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Wesley Worthington "Wirt" ZINN

Wesley Worthington "Wirt" ZINN

Male 1854 - 1914  (60 years)

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  • Name Wesley Worthington "Wirt" ZINN 
    Born 20 Aug 1854  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Census 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1880  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Census 1900  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [5
    Residence Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Died 29 Nov 1914  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 7
    Buried South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Person ID I6326  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 4 Nov 2015 

    Father Quilla Manley ZINN,   b. 14 Aug 1814,   d. 29 Mar 1867, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Mother Lucy Ann WILSON,   b. 15 Apr 1822,   bur. Oxford Baptist Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2230  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jemima WHITE,   b. 1862, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Mar 1943, Vienna, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)  [9
    Married 25 Mar 1880  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Children 
     1. Cecil Clyde ZINN,   b. 7 May 1881, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Nov 1962, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     2. Joseph Hamilton ZINN,   b. 28 Dec 1883, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Essie ZINN,   b. 27 Nov 1884, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Nov 1959, Vienna, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     4. Otley Stay ZINN,   b. 12 Jul 1887, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Dec 1977, Polk Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
     5. William Manley ZINN,   b. Aug 1889, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 May 1957, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 67 years)
     6. Okey ZINN,   b. 2 Mar 1892, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1976  (Age 84 years)
     7. Ruby ZINN,   b. 20 Mar 1894, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Apr 1982  (Age 88 years)
     8. Overy Earl ZINN,   b. 28 Apr 1896, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jul 1970  (Age 74 years)
     9. Shirley ZINN,   b. 11 May 1898, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Nov 1983, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    Family ID F2229  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
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    6326_ZINN_WesleyW_JemimaWhite_SouthForkBaptCem_Oxford_DoddridgeCoWV.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1864] Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    4. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    5. [S2053] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District).

    6. [S283] Ritchie County in History and Romance, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 239.

    7. [S1736] Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV.

    8. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    9. [S215] The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, (Taylor Publishing Co, 1979), p. 295.

    10. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 240.
      Identified as Wesley W. Zinn, 27, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, son of Quilley M. & Lucy A. Zinn: and Jemima White, 17, b. Barbour Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of William & Sarah D. White. Married Mar 25 1880 in Doddridge County.