Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Thomas Gray Zinn    
                Born: 1844                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  1,2
                Died: 1923                  2
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  3
             Resided: 1879                 in Ritchie Co, WV  1
              Census: 1850                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
              Father: George Wesley Zinn   (1815 - 1877) 
              Mother: Sarah Gray   (1816 - 1884) 
                Wife: Kate A. Peirpoint   4  
       Also known as: Kate Ann Elizabeth Pierpont 5
             Married: Apr-30-1879          in Ritchie Co, WV  6
                Born: 1853                 in Virginia  2,1
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  3
              Census: 1930                 in Hackers Creek District, Lewis Co, WV   (see note 1)
             Resided: 1879                 in Ritchie Co, WV  1
              Father: Larkin Peirpoint 
           F Child 1: Mary Olive Zinn      
         Census name: Olive 
                Born: Apr-25-1893          in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  5,2,7
                Died: 1970                  2
              Buried:                      in Tombstone Cemetery (Old), Cochise Co, AZ  5
             Resided: 1942                 in Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV  8
              Census: 1930, 1940           in Hackers Creek District, Lewis Co, WV  
             Resided: 1927                 in Lewis Co, WV  7
             Husband: Joseph Frederick Severin  b. Nov-27-1891  d. Jan-26-1970  
             Married: May- 4-1927          in New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, WV  9

Sources:
(1) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(2) Headstone (year only) 
(3) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(4) Marriage record of daughter. 
(5) Findagrave.com. 
(6) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as 
Thomas G. Zinn, 35, b. Doddridge Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of George W. & Sarah; and Kate A. Peirpoint, 25, b. Virginia, 
res. Ritchie Co, dau of Larkin.  Married Apr 30 1879. 
(7) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV. 
(8) National Archives and Records Administration, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Ancestry.com online 
database) 
(9) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV, Identified as Joseph Frederick Severin, single, 35, b. Doddridge Co, res. 
Lewis Co, son of J. H. & Elizabeth Severin, occupation farmer; and Mary Olive Zinn, single, 34, b. Ritchie Co, res. 
Lewis Co, dau of Thomas G. & Kate P. Zinn.  Married May 4 1927 in New Martinsville, W.Va., officiated by Camell N. 
Delaux, a Roman Catholic Priest. 
(NOTE:  Camile Delaux was the priest who, while serving in France during World War I, discovered the crucifixion 
tableaux that would later be imported and emplaced in the cemetery of the St. Clare Catholic 
Church.
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https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/152174526/  ), 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10290158&Type=Marriage. 

Event Notes
Note (1) In household of daughter and son-in-law, Mary & Joseph F. Severin.







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