Husband: Silas Harold Zinn 1
Also known as: Harold Zinn 2,3,4,5
Born: Jun-25-1908 at Toll Gate, Doddridge Co, WV 6,7,8
Died: Feb- -1979 7,8
Buried: in Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 4,1
Resided: in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 9,5
Census: 1920, 1930 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: principal, Pennsboro High School 4
Military: (enlisted 3/10/1944) U.S. Army, World War II 10
Father: Albert J. Zinn (1860 - 1926)
Mother: Vida Asenith Taylor (1871 - 1946)
Wife: Hazel Belle Cooper
Married: Dec-22-1933 in Ritchie Co, WV 11
Born: Jun-23-1912 7
Died: Dec-16-1987 7 (see note 1)
Buried: in Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 1
Resided: in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 7
Father: Oscar Elbert Cooper (1882 - 1964)
Mother: Dora Wilson (1883 - 1934)
Sources: (1) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (2) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District). (3) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District). (4) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 241. (5) Obituary of mother. (6) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (7) Social Security Death Index. (8) Headstone (year only) (9) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (10) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (11) 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. Event Notes Note (1) Headstone reads 1988, but SSDI shows death date as Dec 16 1987.