Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: William C. Zahn    
                Born: Oct-28-1837          near Wolfsville, Frederick Co, MD  
                Died: Nov- 3-1908          in Mt. Lena, Washington Co, MD  1
              Buried:                      in Mt. Zion Mennonite Church Cemetery, Mapleville, Washington Co, MD  2
             Resided:                      in Mt. Lena, Washington Co, MD  3
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      school teacher in Washington Co MD (20 yrs)  3
            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)  4,5,6 (see note 1)
            Military: Sep- 1-1862 - Jun-15-1865 Sgt, Co B, 12th Md. Vol, and Co F, 11th Md. Inf, Civil War  3 (see note 2)
              Father: Charles Wesley Zahn   (1811 - 1882) 
              Mother: Lydia Hoover   (1811 -     ) 
                Wife: Elizabeth Bowman     
                Born: Dec-16-1839           2
                Died: Jan-27-1913           2
              Buried:                      in Mt. Zion Mennonite Church Cemetery, Mapleville, Washington Co, MD  2
             Resided:                      in Mt. Lena, Washington Co, MD  7
              Father:
              Mother:
           F Child 1: Laurinda F. Zahn      
                Born: May-16-1870           2
                Died: Oct-27-1911           2
              Buried:                      in Mt. Zion Mennonite Church Cemetery, Mapleville, Washington Co, MD  2
           M Child 2: Charles W. Zahn      
                Born: May- 3-1876          in Boonsboro, Washington Co, MD  2
                Died: Nov-18-1968           2
              Buried:                      in Rose Hill Cemetery, Hagerstown, Washington Co, MD  3,2
             Resided:                      in Hagerstown, Washington Co, MD  
          Occupation: 1941 - 1952          real estate broker  3
          Occupation: 1903 - 1941          post office (letter carrier and general delivery clerk)  3
                Wife: Clara Virginia Newman  b. Jan-16-1883  d. Nov-11-1961  
           F Child 3: Martha F. Zahn      
                Born: Jun-15-1879           2
                Died: Sep-19-1917           2
              Buried:                      in Mt. Zion Mennonite Church Cemetery, Mapleville, Washington Co, MD  2
             Husband: ___ Cross  

Sources:
(1) Obituary - At home. 
(2) Findagrave.com. 
(3) Obituary. 
(4) Historical Military Records, www.fold3.com. 
(5) U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(6) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service , 
Ancestry.com. 
(7) Obituary of husband. 

Event Notes
Note (1) 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 (2) "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.]







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