Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Cortez Lafeyette Zinn    
       Also known as: Lafayette Zinn 1
                Born: 1847                  2 (see note 1)
                Died: May-15-1929          in Ritchie Co, WV  3,2
              Buried:                      in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV  4
             Resided:                      in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV  5
              Census: 1870, 1900           in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1850                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      stone mason  6
              Father: Quilla Manley Zinn   (1814 - 1867) 
              Mother: Lucy Ann Wilson   (1822 -     ) 
Other spouse 2
Notes 5 
                Wife: Allie Drummond   1,4  
                Born: Mar-10-1844           7
                Died: Feb-11-1884           7
              Buried:                      in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV  4
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: Royden Scott Zinn      
       Also known as: Roy S. Zinn 8
                Born: Apr- 9-1881           9
                Died: Jun-12-1970          in Ritchie Co, WV  10,9
              Buried:                      in Lawford Cemetery, Spruce Run, jct CR 19 & 34, Ritchie Co, WV  4
             Resided:                      in Newberne, Gilmer Co, WV  9
              Census: 1930                 in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1920, 1930           driller in oil fields  11,12
                Wife: Lona Orpha Law  b. Jul-12-1888  d. Oct-  -1975  
          Birth name: Orpha L. Law 13
             Married: Jun-18-1913          in Ritchie Co, WV  14

Sources:
(1) Death record of son. 
(2) Headstone (year only) 
(3) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998) 
(4) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(5) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 239. 
(6) 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union Twp). 
(7) Headstone. 
(8) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(9) Social Security Death Index. 
(10) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1956-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1999) 
(11) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District). 
(12) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District) 
(13) Ritchie County Birth Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(14) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Roy 
S. Zinn, 32, of Ritchie Co; and Lona O. Law, 25, of Ritchie Co.  Married Jun 18 
1913. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birthdate given in 1900 Census as Dec 1846.  But headstone date is
1847.







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