Jul-28-2018
Husband: Charles Wesley Zahn
Also known as: C. W. Zahn 1,2
Born: Nov- 9-1811 in Augusta Co, VA 3,4,5
Died: Apr- -1882 in Doddridge Co, WV 1,2
Buried: unknown
Cause of death: diabetes 1
Census: 1870, 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Occupation: 1880 farmer 6
Occupation: 1870 school teacher 7
Occupation: 1860 physician 4
Military: Sep-24-1861 - Nov-16-1864 Pvt, Co M, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 5 (see note 1)
Father: John Zahn (1774 - )
Mother: Mary Magdaline Strock (1777 - )
Wife: Lydia Hoover
Census name: Lyddy
Married: May-20-1836 in Frederick Co, MD 8
Born: ca 1811 in Maryland 4,7
Census: 1870, 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Father: Jacob Hoover
Notes
M Child 1: William C. Zahn
Born: Oct-28-1837 near Wolfsville, Frederick Co, MD
Died: Nov- 3-1908 in Mt. Lena, Washington Co, MD 9
Buried: in Mt. Zion Mennonite Church Cemetery, Mapleville, Washington Co, MD 10
Resided: in Mt. Lena, Washington Co, MD 11
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Occupation: school teacher in Washington Co MD (20 yrs) 11
Military: Sep- 5-1861 - May-23-1862 Pvt, Co F, 1st W.Va. Mtd Cav, Civil War (POW at Libby Prison, paroled in prisoner exchange) 12,13,14 (see note 2)
Military: Sep- 1-1862 - Jun-15-1865 Sgt, Co B, 12th Md. Vol, and Co F, 11th Md. Inf, Civil War 11 (see note 3)
Wife: Elizabeth Bowman b. Dec-16-1839 d. Jan-27-1913
M Child 2: John Henry Zahn
M Child 3: Ezra Hoover Zahn
M Child 4: Charles Markwood Zahn
Born: ca 1844 4
Census: 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
F Child 5: Sarah Elizabeth Zahn
Born: ca 1847 7
Cause of death: lung disease
Census: 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 6: Joseph Hoover Zahn
Born: ca 1848 6
Died: Feb-18-1899 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 15
Buried: in Weston State Hospital Cemetery, Lewis Co, WV 15
Census: 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
F Child 7: Mary Catherine Zahn
Born: ca 1851 7
Census: 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
F Child 8: Nancy Jane Zahn
Born: Jun- 9-1853 at Georges Camp, Doddridge Co, (W)VA 16,17
Died: Jul- 7-1854 at Georges Camp, Doddridge Co, (W)VA 16,2
Cause of death: fits 16
M Child 9: Benjamin Franklin Zahn
Census name: Franklin Zahn
Born: Jun- -1857 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 10,18,19
Died: 1944 18
Buried: in Wolverton (aka Powell or new Victory) Cemetery, Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV 20,10
Census: 1940 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 4)
Census: 1910 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1900 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1870, 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Occupation: 1910 farmer (rents farm) 21
Occupation: 1900 farmer 22
Wife: Eliza Alice Lipscomb b. Apr- 5-1859 d. Nov- 2-1933
Also known as: Alice Lipscomb 23
Married: Jan- 1-1883 in Doddridge Co, WV 24
F Child 10: Lydia Zahn
Died: Feb-16-1887
Sources:
(1) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 37 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5045979&Type=Death.
(2) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
(3) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com)
(4) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.
(5) Civil War Service Records, .
(6) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District).
(7) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (South West Twp).
(8) Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
(9) Obituary - At home.
(10) Findagrave.com.
(11) Obituary.
(12) Historical Military Records, www.fold3.com.
(13) U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
(14) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service ,
Ancestry.com.
(15) Lewis County Death Records, Weston, WV, DR p. 254, line 117 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=4928205&Type=Death.
(16) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 2, line 19 :
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5046381&Type=Death.
(17) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
(18) Headstone (year only)
(19) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.
(20) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)
(21) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District)
(22) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Cove District)
(23) Death record of daughter.
(24) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Benjamin F. Zahn, age 27 as of Jun 9 1882, b. & res. in
Doddridge Co; and Eliza A. Lipscomb, age 23 as of Aug 8 1882, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Jan 1 1883 "at the
residence of Louis Lipscomb," officiated by Milton C. Czigans, a Minister of the Gospel. MR p. 171 :
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790223&Type=Marriage.
Event Notes
Note (1) Charles W. Zahn joined for duty in West Union on Sep 24 1861 for a term of
three years. He mustered in as a Private in Co M, 6th W.Va. Inf, on March 16
1861 in West Union. He was present for every muster roll. He was scheduled to
muster out at Grafton on Dec 1 1864, rank Private, but the company muster-out
roll stated that he was "sick in U.S. Genl Hospital at Cumberland, Md. Not
mustered out." Following Charles W. Zahn's discharge, his unit, Co M of the 6th
W.Va. Inf, was transferred to Co L, 6th W.Va. Inf, per Special Order No. 72,
dated Dec 26 1864.
The 6th infantry was organized by authority of the War Department and was
mustered into the U. S. service from August to December 1861 for the purpose of
guarding the Baltimore & Ohio railroad in the state. During the years 1862 the
companies were moved about from place to place as their services were needed.
... The non-veterans were mustered out at the expiration of the original term
of enlistment and the veterans and recruits were retained in service until June
10, 1865, when they were mustered out by order of the war department.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 2, p. 301.
Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., American Civil War Regiments, 1861-1866
[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
His military discharge, which includes an annotation that a $100 bounty was
paid in full, reads as follows:
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
KNOW YE, That Charles W. Zahn, a Private of Captain John Carroll's
Company M, Sixth Regiment of West Virginia Infantry Volunteers, who was enrolled
on the twenty-fourth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and Sixty-one,
to serve three years or during the war, is hereby DISCHARGED from the service of
the United States this Sixteenth day of November 1864 at Wheeling, West Va., by
reason of Expiration of Term of service. (No objection to his being re-enlisted
is known to exist.)
Said Charles W. Zahn was born in Augusta County in the State of
Virginia, is Forty-three years of age, Five feet Eleven inches high, Dark
complexion, Blue eyes, Light hair, and by occupation when enrolled, a Physician.
Given at Wheeling, W.Va., this Fifth day of December 1864.
(Signed) (name illegible), 1st Lieut, 4th U.S. Infty, M and L Officer
(Signed) James Washburn, Col., 116th Ohio Vol. Infy, (illegible)
Comd
Despite Charles W. Zahn's occupation as physician in the 1860 Census and at
the time of his enlistment, the 26 pages of military records on file for him at
the U.S. National Archives refer to him only by the rank of Private and give no
indication that his military duties may have been of a medical nature.
Note (2) Military records show that William C. Zahn enlisted on 5 Sep 1861 in
Clarksburg, Va. (age 23), and mustered in on 21 Sep 1861 in Clarksburg, Va., as
a Private in Co F, 1st Reg. Va. Mtd. Cav. Vol. Descriive Book: 5’10", fair
complexion, hazel eyes, sandy hair, born in Frederick County, Maryland,
occupation farmer. He was captured by Ashby's Cavalry near Strasburg, Virginia,
on 26 Mar 1862, confined at Richmond, Virginia (presumably at Libby Prison). He
was paroled on 11 May 1862 and granted a discharge on 23 May 1862 in Washington,
DC, by surgeon's certificate.
Note (3) "He served in the Civil War from Sep 1, 1862, until the close of the war. He
enlisted in the First Virginia Cavalry, and after serving eight months he was
captured and put in Libby prison. He was later exchanged as a paroled prisoner
of war. Afterward he enlisted as Sergeant in Company B, Twelfth Regiment,
Maryland Volunteers, until Sept. 1864, and then he again enlisted as sergeant in
Company F, Eleventh Regiment, Maryland Volunteer Infantry." [From his obituary.
The stated 1862 enlistment date pertains to his Maryland service, not his West
Virginia service, which records show began on Sep 5 1861.]
Note (4) In household of daughter and son-in-law Lelia & Hobert Lipscomb.
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