Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Benjamin F. Zinn    
                Born: Sep-23-1860          in Marion Co, (W)VA  1
                Died: bef 1900              2
             Resided: 1884                 in Doddridge Co, WV  1
              Census: 1880                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Mannington District, Marion Co, WV  
              Father: James I. Zinn   (1836 - 1893) 
              Mother: Harriet Davis   (1838 - 1875) 
                Wife: West Virginia Bee 3,4    
         Census name: Jennie 
             Married: Nov- 9-1884          in Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV  5
                Born: Jan- 1-1863           3,6,7
                Died: Mar-15-1953          in Grafton, Taylor Co, WV  
              Buried:                      in Bluemont Cemetery, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV  6
             Resided:                      in Grafton, Taylor Co, WV  6
              Census: 1930                 in Vienna, Wood Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in Grafton, Taylor Co, WV  
              Census: 1910                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Ephraim Bee   (1802 - 1888) 
              Mother: Mary Melissa "Polly" Welch   (1823 - 1905) 
Notes 
           M Child 1: Clarence Zinn      
                Born: Sep-  -1885          in West Virginia  2
              Census: 1910                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
           F Child 2: Mary Pauline "Pearl" Zinn      
         Census name: Pauline Zinn 
                Born: Mar- 9-1891          in Pennsylvania  6,2,8,9 (see note 1)
                Died: Mar-28-1957          in Grafton, Taylor Co, WV  6
              Buried:                      in Bluemont Cemetery, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV  6
              Census: 1920, 1930, 1940     in Grafton, Taylor Co, WV  
             Resided: 1912                 at Toll Gate, Ritchie Co, WV  10
              Census: 1910                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  2
             Husband: Brooke Carr Duskey  b. Dec- 8-1888  d. Aug- 8-1954  
       Also known as: Brooks Duskey 11
             Married: Oct- 5-1912          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  10
           M Child 3: Benjamin Franklin Zinn      
       Also known as: Frank B. Zinn 12
                Born: Oct-24-1895          in Washington Co, PA  12,2,13,14 (see note 2)
             Resided: 1924                 in Grafton, Taylor Co, WV  14
              Census: 1920                 in Grafton, Taylor Co, WV   (see note 3)
             Resided: 1917                 in Grafton, Taylor Co, WV  12
              Census: 1910                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  2
          Occupation: 1917                 brakeman at B & O Railroad  12
                Wife: Mattie Hazel Jackson  b. ca 1900  
             Married: Mar-18-1924          in Taylor Co, WV  14

Sources:
(1) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(2) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District) 
(3) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & 
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 55. 
(4) Death record of daughter. 
(5) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Benjamin F. Zinn, 24, b. Sep 23 1860 in Marion Co, res. 
Doddridge Co; and Virginia Bee, 22, b. & res. in Doddridge Co.  Married Nov 9 1884 at Greenwood. MR p. 
333. 
(6) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(7) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(8) 1930 Census, Taylor County, WV. 
(9) 1940 Census, Taylor County, WV. 
(10) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV. 
(11) Obituary of sister. 
(12) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online 
database) 
(13) 1920 Census, Taylor County, WV. 
(14) Taylor County Marriage Records, Grafton, WV. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birthplace given in marriage record as Ritchie County, and in death record
and obituary as Doddridge County.  But census records consistently indicate
Pennsylvania.
Note (2) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Oct 1894, but in WW I draft registration
as Oct 24 1895.  Birthplace in both cases given as Pennsylvania.
Note (3) Marital status:  Widowed.  He was married at the time of his June 1917 WW I
draft registration, but his marital status was divorced in his 1924 marriage
record.







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