Husband: William Buckner Zinn 1 Also known as: Buckner Zinn 2
Born: Jul- 9-1842 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 3,1 Died: Aug-29-1924 in Ritchie Co, WV 1 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 4 Father: John Wesley Zinn (1814 - 1851) Mother: Elizabeth Hoskins (1824 - ) Notes 2
Wife: Anna M. Ward Also known as: Annie 2 Married: Jul-27-1865 in Ritchie Co, WV 5
Born: Dec- 2-1845 6 (see note 1) Died: Feb-27-1934 in Ritchie Co, WV 7 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Father: Martin Carr Ward (1821 - 1897) Mother: Mary Jane Gaston (1823 - 1908) Notes
F Child 1: Luetta Zinn
Born: Nov- 7-1868 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV 8,9
Died: Mar-26-1886 9
Buried: in Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 10
F Child 2: Eliza Jane Zinn Also known as: Jane Zinn 11 Born: Jul- 3-1870 in Oxford, Ritchie Co, WV 12,13,14,15,16,17 (see note 2) Died: Jul- 5-1952 in Beaver Twp, Mahoning Co, OH 17,14 Buried: in South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 18 Resided: 1950 - 1952 in Beaver Twp, Mahoning Co, OH 17 Census: 1940 in Middle Run, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 3) Census: 1900, 1910, 1930 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Oliver Abraham Sheets b. Mar-11-1866 d. Sep-13-1935 Also known as: Ollie Sheets 11 Married: Oct- 6-1892 in Ritchie Co, WV 19
Sources: (1) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998) (2) Goldenseal Magazine, West Virginia Cultural Center, www.wvlc.wvnet.edu/culture/goldensl.html, Fall 1996. (3) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (4) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. III, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (5) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as William B. Zinn, age 23, b. Lewis Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of John W. & Eliza; and Ann M. Ward, age 20, of Ritchie Co, dau of Martin C. & Mary J. Married Jul 27 1865. (6) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 316. (7) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998), Identified as Anna Ward Zinn, dau of Martin & Betty Gaston Ward, born in Doddridge Co, died Feb 27 1934 at age 88y2m25d. (8) Ritchie County Birth Records, Harrisville, WV, BR p. 58, Line 168 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2269636&Type=Birth. (9) Headstone. (10) Headstone, Inscription reads "Luetta, dau of W. B. & A. M. Zinn, born Nov 7 1868, died Mar 26 1886." (11) Death record of son. (12) Ritchie County Birth Records, Harrisville, WV, BR p. 67, Line 123 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2269231&Type=Birth. (13) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) (14) Headstone (year only) (15) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 78, Line 93 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11539955&Type=Marriage. (16) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). (17) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. (18) Findagrave.com. (19) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Oliver A. Sheets, 26, b. Harrison Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Eliza J. Zinn, 22, b. & res in Ritchie Co. Married Oct 6 1892 in Ritchie County, officiated by A. J. Robinson. MR p. 78, Line 93 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11539955&Type=Marriage. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date on headstone is 1846. Note (2) Death record states birth as Jul 3 1869 in Oxford, West Virginia. But her birth record shows it as Jul 3 1870 in Union Township, Ritchie County. Although generally considered to be in Doddridge County, the community of Oxford straddles the Ritchie-Doddridge. The birth date on her headstone is 1870. Note (3) In household of son Maynard Sheets and his family.