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Silas Harold ZINN

Silas Harold ZINN

Male 1908 - 1979  (70 years)

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  • Name Silas Harold ZINN  [1] 
    Born 25 Jun 1908  Toll Gate, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Military (ENLISTED 3/10/1944)  [5] 
    U.S. Army, World War II 
    Census 1910, 1920, 1930  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Education Pennsboro H.S. (1928), Salem College (1932), Marshall College (M.A, 1949) 
    Occupation principal, Pennsboro High School  [6] 
    Residence Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    Died Feb 1979  [3, 4] 
    Buried Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6, 9] 
    Person ID I47784  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 18 Feb 2024 

    Father Albert J. ZINN,   b. 19 May 1860, Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Sep 1926, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Vida Asenith TAYLOR,   b. 30 Nov 1871, Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Nov 1946, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Family ID F19188  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hazel Belle COOPER,   b. 23 Jun 1912,   d. 16 Dec 1987  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 22 Dec 1933  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Family ID F19574  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    2. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    3. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    4. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    5. [S2512] U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    6. [S283] Ritchie County in History and Romance, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 241.

    7. [S1924] Social Security Death Index.

    8. [S960] Obituary of mother.

    9. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    10. [S1769] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998)).
      Identified as Silas Harold Zinn, 24, of Ritchie Co; and Hazel Belle Cooper, 21, of Ritchie Co. Married Dec 22 1933.