Doddridge County Roots


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Rachel J. ZINN

Rachel J. ZINN

Female 1827 - 1924  (97 years)


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  • Name Rachel J. ZINN
    Birth 9 May 1827  Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female
    Death 19 Oct 1924  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Burial South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I31346  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 24 Nov 2007

    Father Samuel Gandy ZINN,   b. 15 May 1806, Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Oct 1895, Stillwell, Hancock Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    Mother Martha Miranda WEAVER
    Family ID F12145  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edward Marshall BROWN,   b. 26 Sep 1832, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Aug 1911 (Age 78 years)  [4]
    Marriage 19 Jul 1877  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Family ID F12144  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

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

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

    4. [S293] Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 231.

    5. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).
      Identified as Edward M. Brown, widowed, 42, b. Lewis Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of David E. & Debora; and Rachel J. Zinn, 37, b. Preston Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Samuel. Married Jul 19 1877. The bride's stated age would put her birth in about 1840, but her death record of Oct 19 1924 shows her age as 97y5m10d and birth date as May 9 1827.