Doddridge County Roots

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Overy Earl ZINN

Overy Earl ZINN

Male 1896 - 1970  (74 years)

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  • Name Overy Earl ZINN 
    Born 28 Apr 1896  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Military From 1 Apr 1918 to 12 Jun 1919  [2, 3
    Pvt, Co E, 319th Infantry, World War I 
    Census 1930, 1940  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 9 Jul 1970  [4
    Buried South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I5278  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2013 

    Father Wesley Worthington "Wirt" ZINN,   b. 20 Aug 1854, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Nov 1914, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Mother 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) 
    Family ID F2229  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Louie Enid WILSON,   b. 14 May 1901, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Sep 1997, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years)  [5
    Married 10 Aug 1924  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • Wilson-Pepper Genealogy 1595-1989, p. 39, reports marriage date as Aug 7 1924.
    Children 
     1. Nelson Earl ZINN,   b. 19 Apr 1925, Porto Rico (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Sep 2011  (Age 86 years)
     2. Janice Leona ZINN,   b. 7 Dec 1926, Sugar Run (Oxford), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Apr 2016, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     3. Dale Wendell ZINN,   b. 5 Apr 1930, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Sep 1998, Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     4. Vernon Wilson ZINN,   b. 12 Jul 1932, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Living
    Family ID F1805  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    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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  • Sources 
    1. [S683] Janice Zinn Ball (1926-2016).

    2. [S2580] U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    3. [S2624] Military Grave Marker.

    4. [S5] Headstone.

    5. [S1622] Wilson-Pepper Genealogy 1595-1989, William Bernard Wilson, (Gateway Press, Baltimore, MD, 1990).

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