Husband: John Zinn
Born: 1778 1,2
Died: 1848 1,2
Buried: in Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 3,4
Occupation: tanner 4
Father:
Mother:
Wife: Ruth Gandy 4
Born: Aug-10-1785 3
Died: Jun-16-1865 3,2
Buried: in Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 3,4
Census: 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA (see note 1)
Resided: (moved, ca 1812) in Barbour Co, (W)VA 5
Resided: originally in Marion Co, (W)VA 5
Father: Samuel Gandy
Mother: Rachel Combs
Notes
M Child 1: Samuel Gandy Zinn 6 Born: May-15-1806 in Preston Co, (W)VA 7 Died: Oct-27-1895 in Stillwell, Hancock Co, IL 7 Wife: Martha Miranda Weaver Also known as: Miranda Weaver 6 Wife: Ann Dawson
F Child 2: Angelina Susanna Delila Zinn Also known as: Delila Zinn 8 Born: Oct-25-1808 Died: May-23-1871 in Indianola, Warren Co, Iowa 7 Husband: David Harrison Fortney b. Sep-17-1804 d. Aug-29-1879 Married: 1828 in Preston Co, (W)VA 7
M Child 3: Quilla Manley Zinn Also known as: Q. Manley Zinn 3 Born: Aug-14-1814 3,4 Died: Mar-29-1867 in Ritchie Co, WV 3,4 Buried: in Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 4,3 Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Wife: Lucy Ann Wilson b. Apr-15-1822 Married: ca 1842 9
M Child 4: John Wesley Zinn Also known as: Wesley Zinn 4,10,11 Born: Aug-14-1814 4,3 Died: Mar-10-1851 3 Buried: in Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 3 Wife: Elizabeth Hoskins b. ca 1824
M Child 5: George Wesley Zinn 11 Born: Sep-18-1815 in Preston Co, (W)VA 3,2 (see note 2) Died: Nov-16-1877 3 Buried: in Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 3,4 Census: 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Wife: Sarah Gray b. Jul-12-1816 d. Dec-24-1884
F Child 6: Rachel L. Zinn Born: ca 1817 12 Died: Sep-23-1860 3 Buried: in Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 8,13 Resided: in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 8 Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Husband: Thomas S. Gray b. Apr- 8-1812 d. May- 6-1890
M Child 7: Granville Monroe Zinn 14 14 Born: Jul- 9-1818 in Preston Co, (W)VA 14 Died: Jul-13-1894 in Ritchie Co, WV 14 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 15 Occupation: stone mason 16 Wife: Rosetta Lowther b. Feb-16-1820 d. 1912 Married: Sep-28-1843 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 17
F Child 8: Narcissus Zinn 8 Died: bef Feb 1843 18 Husband: Samuel G. Rogers b. ca 1814 d. Aug-14-1885
F Child 9: Elizabeth Zinn Husband: Living
M Child 10: Preston Zinn Wife: Living
F Child 11: Sophia Amelia Zinn Also known as: Amelia Zinn 19 Born: Oct-21-1826 in Preston Co, (W)VA 13 Died: Oct- 3-1867 13 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 13 Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Husband: Thomas Neely Davis b. 1824 d. bef Oct 1849 Husband: Eli Heaton b. Jan- 9-1826 d. Jan-14-1868
F Child 12: Juan Fernandez Zinn Also known as: Fernandez Zinn 20 Born: Nov-30-1828 21,22 Died: Jan- -1909 21 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 21 Census: 1870 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: George G. Griffin b. ca 1828 d. 1909 Married: Feb-22-1849 21
Sources: (1) Headstone (year only) (2) Bradford Spiker (compiled by Barr Wilson), The Good-Will Community: A History of Holbrook, W. Va., 1814-1945, http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/ritchie/history/goodwill.txt. (3) Headstone. (4) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), www.rootsweb.com. (5) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 244. (6) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 231. (7) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) (8) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 232. (9) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 239. (10) Marriage record of daughter. (11) Death record of son. (12) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (13) Findagrave.com. (14) Don Norman, 41991 Emerson Court, Elyria, OH 44035, The Descendants of Robert Lowther, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hcpd/norman/lowther.htm. (15) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 241. (16) 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union Twp). (17) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (18) Record of husband's remarriage. (19) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 230. (20) Obituary of daughter. (21) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 233. (22) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (South West Twp). Event Notes Note (1) In household of son Quilla and his family. Note (2) Bradford Spiker, in "The Good-Will Community: A History of Holbrook, W. Va., 1814-1945," compiled by Barr Wilson, gives George W. Zinn's birth as Jan 17 1814 in Preston County, (W)VA. There is a headstone at Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery for George W. Zinn, b. Jan 17 1814, d. Nov 16 1877, age 63y 9m 29d. But there is another headstone at the same cemetery for George W. Zinn, birthdate not given, who died on Nov 16 1877 at age 62y 1m 29d, which would put birth at Sep 18 1815.