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William Buckner ZINN

William Buckner ZINN

Male 1842 - 1924  (82 years)

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  • Name William Buckner ZINN  [1] 
    Born 9 Jul 1842  Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 29 Aug 1924  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Buried South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • A grand-nephew, Larry Bartlett, tells this story: "During the Civil War, Buckner had served in Company E of the Sixth West Virginia Regiment. Dad remembered him as a frisky old gentleman who was bearded like a prophet. Buckner was a self-taught dentist and inventor, and he was the first farmer in Ritchie County to have electric lights. He built a water-powered generator on the Hughes River, and offered electrical shocks as a treatment for arthritis. He was also a skilled woodcarver, and he created intricate toys that were powered by a water wheel. Two of Buckner Zinn's sons went west to Wyoming in the early 1900's. One of the boys was an oilman, and the other worked as a big game hunter and guide." [4]
    Person ID I29752  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 12 Jan 2013 

    Father John Wesley ZINN,   b. 14 Aug 1814,   d. 10 Mar 1851  (Age 36 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth HOSKINS,   b. CA 1824 
    Family ID F7676  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anna M. WARD,   b. 2 Dec 1845,   d. 27 Feb 1934, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Married 27 Jul 1865  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
     1. Luetta ZINN,   b. 7 Nov 1868, Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Mar 1886  (Age 17 years)
    +2. Eliza Jane ZINN,   b. 3 Jul 1870, Oxford, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jul 1952, Beaver Twp, Mahoning Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
    Family ID F11400  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1781] Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998)).

    2. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).

    3. [S2555] Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. III, Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    4. [S1883] Goldenseal Magazine, (West Virginia Cultural Center, www.wvlc.wvnet.edu/culture/goldensl.html), Fall 1996.

    5. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).
      Identified as William B. Zinn, age 23, b. Lewis Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of John W. & Eliza; and Ann M. Ward, age 20, of Ritchie Co, dau of Martin C. & Mary J. Married Jul 27 1865.