Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: James I. Zinn    
                Born: ca 1836              in Preston Co, (W)VA  1,2 (see note 1)
                Died: Aug- 8-1893          in Doddridge Co, WV  3
              Buried:                      in Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV  4
             Resided: 1890                 at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV  5
              Census: 1880                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Mannington District, Marion Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Marion Co, (W)VA  
             Resided: 1856                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  6
              Census: 1850                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation: 1880                 farmer  7
          Occupation: 1870                 day laborer  8
          Occupation: 1860                 farmer  9
            Military: Aug-13-1862 - Jun-16-1865 Pvt, Co F, 12th W.Va. Inf, Civil War (gunshot in right shoulder)  5,10,11
              Father: George Wesley Zinn   (1815 - 1877) 
              Mother: Sarah Gray   (1816 - 1884) 
Other spouse 1
                Wife: Sarah S. Valentine     
             Married: Sep-21-1876          in Ritchie Co, WV  12
                Born: Aug-  -1859          in Marion Co, (W)VA  13,2
                Died: Jul-23-1922          in Moundsville, Marshall Co, WV  14
              Buried: Green Lawn            14
              Census: 1910                 in Moundsville, Marshall Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Isaac Valentine   (1816 -     ) 
              Mother: Elmina Hayhurst   (1824 - 1889) 
           F Child 1: Augusta Zinn      
                Born: Sep-10-1877          in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  15,7 (see note 2)
                Died: Jan-18-1898          in Ritchie Co, WV  16,17
              Buried:                      in Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV  18
             Resided: 1894                 in Ritchie Co, WV  19
              Census: 1880                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: Charles T. Black  b. Oct-21-1869  d. Aug-21-1944  
         Census name: C. T. Black 
             Married: Dec-24-1894          in Ritchie Co, WV  19,20
           F Child 2: Dora Zinn      
                Born: Feb-  -1880          in Ritchie Co, WV  13,21
              Census: 1910, 1920, 1930     in Moundsville, Marshall Co, WV   (see note 3)
             Resided: 1906                 in Tyler Co, WV  21
              Census: 1900                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV   (see note 4)
              Census: 1880                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: Edward Mikes  b. ca 1879  
             Married: Dec-25-1906          in Kidwell, Tyler Co, WV  21
             Husband: Steven B. Bassett  b. ca 1846  
           F Child 3: Mina Zinn      
                Born: Dec-  -1882           13
              Census: 1900                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
           M Child 4: John Logen Zinn      
                Born: Oct-20-1885          in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV  22 (see note 5)
                Died: Aug- 5-1959          in Mullens, Wyoming Co, WV  23
              Buried:                      in Baisden Family Cemetery, Baisden, Mingo Co, WV  23,18
             Resided:                      in Baisden, Mingo Co, WV  23
      Cause of death:                      effects of two-car collision two days before  23
              Census: 1910                 in Moundsville, Marshall Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      steel worker  23
           M Child 5: Alpha Zinn      
                Born: Apr-  -1888           13
              Census: 1910                 in Moundsville, Marshall Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
           F Child 6: Sally Zinn      
         Census name: Sallie Zinn 
                Born: Jan-  -1893           13
              Census: 1910                 in Moundsville, Marshall Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  

Sources:
(1) 1850 Census. 
(2) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(3) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. 
(4) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. 
(5) 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. 
(6) Marion County Marriage Records, Fairmont, WV. 
(7) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District). 
(8) 1870 Census, Marion County, WV. 
(9) 1860 Census, Marion County, (W)VA. 
(10) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service , 
Ancestry.com. 
(11) U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National 
Archives & Records Administration. 
(12) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as James I. Zinn, widower, 32, b. Preston Co, res. Ritchie 
Co, son of George W. & Sarah; and Sarah S. Valentine, single, 18, b. Marion Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Isaac & Elmina.  
Married Sep 21 1876 in Ritchie County. MR p. 34 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11538032&Type=Marriage. 
(13) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) 
(14) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(15) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(16) Headstone. 
(17) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(18) Findagrave.com. 
(19) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(20) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(21) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV. 
(22) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR p. 143, Line 13 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2602333&Type=Birth. 
(23) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2589172&Type=Death. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Age 32 at 1876 marriage would put birth in about 1844.  But age 14 in 1850
Census puts it in about 1836, age 43 in 1880 Census puts it in about 1837, while
age 59 in death record puts it in about 1834.  His age was 21 in his 1856
marriage record.
Note (2) Birthplace given in marriage record as Doddridge County.
Note (3) In household of her widowed mother.  Marital status married.  Her son James
was with her, but her husband was not.
Note (4) Dora Zinn appears to have been enumerated twice in the 1900 Census, once with
her family in Ritchie County (birth date Feb 1880), and again as a hotel
servant/dishwasher in West Union, Doddridge County (birth date Feb 1882).
Note (5) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Sep 1885, while death record indicates
1887.  But birth record shows it as Oct 20 1885.







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