Husband: Ernest Erickson Zinn 1
Also known as: Earnest E. Zinn 1
Born: Sep-25-1883 in Ritchie Co, WV 2,3,4
Died: Dec-19-1979 5,3,4
Buried: in Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 1
Resided: in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 3
Resided: 1946 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 6
Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Father: Granville Preston Zinn (1840 - 1920)
Mother: Elizabeth Rufina Shuckhart (1844 - 1887)
Notes
Wife: Vallie Gay Calhoun 1
Also known as: Gay Calhoun 7,8,9
Married: Jun-14-1906 in Ritchie Co, WV 10
Born: Mar-16-1889 3,4
Died: Apr- -1981 3,4
Buried: in Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 1
Resided: in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 3
Resided: 1969 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 9
Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Father: John Wesley Calhoun (1848 - 1927)
Mother: Emily Laverna Stewart (1854 - 1944)
M Child 1: Harold Carmon Zinn Birth name: Harold Carman Zinn 11 Born: Oct- 9-1908 at Oxford, Ritchie Co, WV 11,12,1 Died: Nov-10-1994 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 13,1 Buried: in Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 1 Resided: in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 12,9,14 Resided: 1959 in Akron, Summit Co, OH 15 Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: Baptist minister, machinist for Cornwell Quality Too Co, Mogadore OH (21 yrs) 12,15 Education: Salem College 16 Military: (enlisted 9/17/1943) Tec 5, U.S. Army, World War II 1 Wife: Wilma J. Smith b. Jun-25-1911 d. May- 4-1991 Married: Feb-11-1934 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 14 Wife: Laura L. ___ Divorced: Sep- 8-1959 in Summit Co, OH 17 Wife: Cora Alice Straight b. Sep-17-1905 d. Sep-23-2004 Married: Oct-11-1959 in Summit Co, OH 15
M Child 2: Fred R. Zinn Born: Mar- 2-1911 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 12,1 Died: Nov-11-1987 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 18,1 Buried: in Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 1 Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Pauline M. Prunty b. Nov- 6-1915 d. Feb- 8-2001 Married: Dec-14-1935 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 19
F Child 3: Ethel M. Zinn
Born: Aug-28-1913 1
Died: Sep- 8-1917 1
Buried: in Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 1
M Child 4: Lincoln Carroll Zinn 3 Also known as: Carroll L. Zinn 20,7,21,9 Born: Feb-18-1916 3 Died: Feb- 1-1989 3 Resided: in Orrville, Wayne Co, OH 9,3 (see note 1) Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Evelyn Wilma Tate b. Aug-30-1920 d. Aug- -1994 Married: Sep-25-1937 in Ritchie Co, WV 21
M Child 5: Archie D. Zinn Born: Jul- 4-1918 3,7 Died: May- 5-2006 3 Resided: in Daleville, Dale Co, AL 9,22 Resided: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
M Child 6: Arlie Doris Zinn Born: Jul- 4-1918 in Ritchie Co, WV 11,12,3 Died: Feb-11-2011 3 Buried: in Sunset Hills Burial Park & Memory Gardens, Canton, Stark Co, OH 12 Resided: in Canton, Stark Co, OH 22,9 Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: Canton Drop Forge (43 yrs, retired 1983) 12 Military: U.S. Army, World War II Wife: Ethel N. Shull b. Jul- 8-1924 d. Mar-26-2003 Married: ca 1953 23
M Child 7: Warren Lyle Zinn Born: May-24-1921 at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 12,6 (see note 2) Died: Sep-24-2009 in Glenville, Gilmer Co, WV 12 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 12 Resided: in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 12,9 Resided: formerly in Massillon, Stark Co, OH 12 Resided: 1964 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: steel worker, Ford Moter Co, timberman 12 Education: Pullman High School 6 Military: Pvt, U.S. Army, World War II (North Africa, Rome, Po Valley) 6,12 Wife: Edna Mae Hall b. Jun-20-1920 d. Dec-30-2007 Married: Jul-30-1942 in Ritchie Co, WV 21 Wife: Geneva Goldie Smith b. Mar-28-1913 d. Jun-29-2002 Birth name: Goldie Geneva Smith 11 Married: Nov-21-1964 in Ritchie Co, WV 19
M Child 8: Ernest Erickson Zinn, Jr. 21 Also known as: Junior Zinn 9,12 Born: May-30-1923 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 12 Died: Nov- 5-2003 in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV 12 Buried: in Toll Gate Baptist Church Cemetery, Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV 12 Resided: in Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV 9,12 Resided: 1953 in Ritchie Co, WV 24 Resided: 1944 in Doddridge Co, WV 21 Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: truck driver & mechanic, Ashland Bulk Plant, Pennsboro WV 12 Wife: Dorothy Elizabeth Hardman b. May-12-1923 d. Oct- 8-2004 Married: Jun-28-1944 in Ritchie Co, WV 25 Wife: Betty Jean Taylor b. Aug-29-1918 d. Mar- 3-1990 Married: Apr-25-1953 in Ritchie Co, WV 26
F Child 9: (Infant female) Zinn Died: in infancy 9
M Child 10: Everett Noel Zinn Also known as: Noel Zinn 9 Born: Oct-26-1927 1,3 Died: Dec-30-1993 1,3 Buried: in Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 1 Resided: in Mogadore, Summit Co, OH 22,9 Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: June Loretta Hardman b. Jun- 2-1925 d. Jan-10-2000 Married: Mar-23-1946 in Ritchie Co, WV 24
Sources: (1) Headstone. (2) Ritchie County Birth Records, Harrisville, WV. (3) Social Security Death Index. (4) Headstone (year only) (5) Findagrave.com. (6) Young American Patriots: The Youth of West Virginia in World War II (National Publishing Co, Richmond, VA, 1946), p. 1094. (7) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (8) Marriage record of son. (9) Obituary of brother. (10) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (11) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (12) Obituary. (13) Obituary - Veterans Administration Hospital. (14) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (15) Summit County, Ohio, Marriage Records, 1840-1980 [online database], Ancestry.com & Summit County Probate Court. (16) Dirigo, Salem College Yearbook, 1932. (17) Record of husband's remarriage. (18) Obituary - Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital. (19) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (20) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (21) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998) (22) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (23) Obituary of husband. (24) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1945-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Dec 2003) (25) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998), Identified as Ernest Erickson Zinn, Jr., 21, b. Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Ernest Erickson Zinn & Valley Gay Calhoun; and Dorothy Elizabeth Hardman, 21, of Ritchie Co, dau of George W.Hardman & Margretta Stewart. Married Jun 28 1944. (26) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1945-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Dec 2003), Identified as Ernest E. Zinn Jr., divorced, b. May 30 1923 in Ritchie Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Ernest E. Zinn Sr. & Vallie Gay Calhoun; and Betty Bhaskar, divorced, b. Aug 29 1918 in Ritchie Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of W. C. Taylor & Kathleen Harris. Married Apr 25 1953. Event Notes Note (1) Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. Name listed in SSDI as Lincoln C. Zinn. Note (2) Birthplace given in 1964 marriage record as Ritchie County.