Husband: Okey Zinn
Born: Mar- 2-1892 in Ritchie Co, WV 1,2,3,4 Died: Mar- -1976 2 Buried: in South Fork Community Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 4 Resided: in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV 2 Resided: formerly in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Resided: 1942 at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 5 Census: 1900, 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: 1930 farm laborer 6 Military: Pfc, US Army, World War I 7 Father: Wesley Worthington "Wirt" Zinn (1854 - 1914) Mother: Jemima White (1862 - 1943) Other spouse 2
Wife: Ota Elcie Sheets
Married: Jan- 3-1920 in Ritchie Co, WV 8
Born: Dec-21-1896 near Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 9
Died: Aug-18-1942 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 10
Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 9
Resided: at Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 9
Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Father: James E. W. Sheets (1862 - 1910)
Mother: Vilena L. "Lena" Campbell (1866 - 1946)
F Child 1: Avis Marie Zinn Born: Apr- 7-1921 in Oxford, Ritchie Co, WV 9,11,12 Died: Sep-15-2005 in Mt. Vernon, Knox Co, OH 13 Buried: Forest Cemetery 9 Resided: in Apple Valley (Mt. Vernon), Knox Co, OH 9 Resided: 1946 in Vienna, Wood Co, WV Resided: 1937 in Oxford, Ritchie Co, WV 11 Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Harold Wesley Drane b. ca 1916 Married: Jul-29-1937 in Ritchie Co, WV 11 Husband: Arnold Lawson "Doc" Pierce b. Sep-17-1926 d. Jul- 2-1993 Census name: Lawson Pierce 6 Married: Feb- 8-1946 in Vienna, Wood Co, WV 12
M Child 2: Alva Lee Zinn
Born: Nov- 1-1925 in Ritchie Co, WV 14,15
Died: Nov- 3-1925 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV 14,15
Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 4
M Child 3: Alvin Ray Zinn Born: Jun-16-1927 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV 16,15 Died: Jun-16-1927 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV 16,15 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 4 Cause of death: stillbirth (undetermined, failed to breathe) 16
Sources: (1) Amos Beaty Sharps, The Samuel Barr Family: A Genealogy List of the Various Descendants of This Family (on file at West Virginia University Library; ca 1961) (2) Social Security Death Index. (3) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (4) Findagrave.com. (5) Obituary of wife. (6) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (7) Military Grave Marker. (8) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998) (9) Obituary. (10) Obituary - Hospital. (11) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (12) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV. (13) Obituary - Nursing home. (14) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1402635&Type=Death. (15) Headstone (year only) (16) Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV, DR p. 604, Line 7 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=4852563&Type=Death.