Jul-28-2018
Husband: Royden Scott Zinn Also known as: Roy S. Zinn 1
Born: Apr- 9-1881 2 Died: Jun-12-1970 in Ritchie Co, WV 3,2 Buried: in Lawford Cemetery, Spruce Run, jct CR 19 & 34, Ritchie Co, WV 4 Resided: in Newberne, Gilmer Co, WV 2 Census: 1930 in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1920 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: 1920, 1930 driller in oil fields 5,6 Father: Cortez Lafeyette Zinn (1847 - 1929) Mother: Allie Drummond (1844 - 1884)
Wife: Lona Orpha Law Birth name: Orpha L. Law 7 Married: Jun-18-1913 in Ritchie Co, WV 8
Born: Jul-12-1888 in Ritchie Co, WV 9,1,2,10 Died: Oct- -1975 2,10 Buried: in Lawford Cemetery, Spruce Run, jct CR 19 & 34, Ritchie Co, WV 4 Resided: in Spencer, Roane Co, WV 2 Census: 1930 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1920 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1900, 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Father: William F. E. "Willy" Law (1864 - 1932) Mother: Ida Mae Goff (1868 - 1945)
F Child 1: Evelyn Law Zinn Born: Dec- 7-1914 11 Died: Feb- 8-1993 11 Buried: in Lawford Cemetery, Spruce Run, jct CR 19 & 34, Ritchie Co, WV 4 Resided: in Spencer, Roane Co, WV 12 Census: 1930 in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1920 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV
M Child 2: Royden Scott Zinn, Jr. Also known as: Roy S. Zinn, Jr. 13 Born: Sep- 1-1917 2,4 Died: Jun-23-1991 2,4 Buried: in Lawford Cemetery, Spruce Run, jct CR 19 & 34, Ritchie Co, WV 4 Census: 1930 in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1920 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Education: Cairo HS, Ritchie Co WV (1936) 14 Wife: Pauline Payne b. Jul-11-1918 d. Apr-24-2013 Married: 1943 13
F Child 3: Ida Mae Zinn Born: Sep-15-1919 in Ritchie Co, WV 11,15,2,5 Died: Jan-25-1978 near Davis, Tucker Co, WV 11,2 Buried: in Lawford Cemetery, Spruce Run, jct CR 19 & 34, Ritchie Co, WV 4 Cause of death: killed by gunshot when kidnapped and held hostage 16 Resided: in Davis, Tucker Co, WV 12 Census: 1940 in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV Resided: 1935 in Lawford, Ritchie Co, WV 17 Census: 1930 in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1920 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Education: 1940 nursing school 17 Husband: Martin Luther "Red" Cooper b. Mar- 4-1910 d. Jun-22-1986
M Child 4: Raymond Drummond Zinn Born: Dec-19-1923 in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV 18 Died: Feb-11-2011 in Terra Alta, Preston Co, WV 19 Buried: (ashes) in West Virginia National Cemetery, Pruntytown, Taylor Co, WV 18 Resided: in Terra Alta, Preston Co, WV 18 Resided: near Cranesville, Preston Co, WV 18 Census: 1930 in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: veterinarian 18 Education: West Virginia Univ (BS, 1948), Ohio State (1957, DVM) 18 Military: U.S. Air Force (World War II and Korean War) 18 Wife: Mary Mann b. Jan-10-1921 d. Jun-13-2006
Sources: (1) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (2) Social Security Death Index. (3) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1956-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1999) (4) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (5) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District). (6) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District) (7) Ritchie County Birth Records, Harrisville, WV. (8) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Roy S. Zinn, 32, of Ritchie Co; and Lona O. Law, 25, of Ritchie Co. Married Jun 18 1913. (9) Ritchie County Birth Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Orpha L. Law, white female, born Jul 12 1888 in Ritchie Co, dau of Willy Law. BR p. 188. (10) Headstone (year only) (11) Headstone. (12) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (13) Obituary of wife. (14) Pennsboro News, 11/1/2006. (15) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (16) Newspaper article, Elyria Chronical Telegram, Thursday, Jan 26 1978: "DAVIS, W.Va. (UPI) - Police awaited further word today from men holding the wife of Davis Mayor Martin "Red" Cooper hostage in return for $750,000 and the release of a friend charged with murdering a state trooper. An unidentified suspect in the Wednesday abduction was captured hours later near a ski slope at Canaan Valley State Park, apparently without incident. State police said they were unable to tell how many persons were involved in the abduction of Ida Mae Cooper. She was kidnapped from this small northeastern West Virginia community when she returned home from a shopping trip in town." Dallas Morning News, Friday, Jan 27 1978: "DAVIS, W.Va. (UPI) - Ida Mae Cooper, the 63-year-old wife of Davis Mayor Martin L. (Red) Cooper, was found shot to death Thursday in a swamp about 12 hours after she was abducted from her home, state police said. David B. Mills, 19, of Davis, was captured Wednesday night and charged with kidnapping and murder in connection with Mrs. Cooper's death. He was in Tucker County Hospital Thursday with facial cuts received when he tried to escape in a car and crashed into a snow bank, authorities said. State police said the kidnapper had demanded a $750,000 ransom and the release of a prisoner charged with a state tropper's death in return for Mrs. Cooper's release. However, Tucker County Prosecutor J. Pat Nichols said, "I have no idea in the world" of Mills' connection with Frederick Hamilton, 19, of Davis, who is charged in the slaying last Oct. 14 of trooper Bruce Brown. There is "no evidence a this time of a conspirace bewteen Mills and Hamilton," Nichols said. The first report that Mrs. Cooper had been kidnapped came Wednesday afternoon when a man, who identified himself as "Scorpio," telephoned a reporter at the Elkins Inter-Mountain newspaper and demanded the money, a 4-wheel drive vehicle, and Hamilton's release by 9 p.m. "We have Red Cooper's wife, Ida Cooper, at gunpoint," the man said. "Scorpio" permitted the reporter to talk with Mrs. Cooper, who said, according to state police: "This is true. He's got a gun on me. He broke into my house when I was in town." State police said they "strongly believe" the abductor then drove Mrs. Cooper from her home to a swampy area 14 mile south of David and shot her at least twice. Authorities theorized that after shooting Mrs. Cooper, the kidnapper called the newspaper a second time to repeat his demands, then made a collect telephone call to state police at Elkins. State police, working in the newsroom, traced the call to a telephone booth at Canaan Valley ski area. Troopers said Mills was spotted Wednesday night at the Canaan Valley ski area and tried to flee in the Coopers' sedan, but he ran into a snow bank. A number of guns were found in the car, state police said." (17) 1940 Census, Kanawha County, WV. (18) Obituary. (19) Obituary - At home.Name Index