U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Zinn, Augustus J. (1845-1924) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Barbour County, West Virginia, From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by Hu Maxwell The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va., 1899 Page 515 Agustus J. Zinn, born in 1844, on the head of Shook's Run, son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Carlin) Zinn, was married September 12, 1867, at Bear's Run, to Mary Catherine, daughter of George and Louisa (Reed) Kerr. Children, Charlotte, Charles L., Asa G., Emory Otto, Oscar, E. Dowden, Herbert Goff. He is a member of the M. E. Church; a Republican and a farmer, living on the head of Shook's Run, where he owns 125 acres of highly improved land, including a sugar grove and strawberry garden. He had the first wheat reaped by machinery in Barbour. The Carlins came from Ireland, and the grandfather of the subject of this sketch settled near Wheeling on an island; and the grandfather on the other side, Peter Zinn, married Phoebe Chriss, and settled on the old Zinn homestead near Philippi. The Kerrs came from Highland County, Virginia. Charles Zinn married a daughter of David Smith, and Asa G. married Roberta J. Utz. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Barbour County, WV #8172 FULL-NAME: August J. Zinn BIRTH-DATE: March 26, 1845 BIRTH-PLACE: West Va. DEATH-DATE: July 28, 1924 DEATH-PLACE: Philippi, Philippi District, Barbour, WV MARITAL-STATUS: married OCCUPATION: Farmer FATHER: Isac Zinn (born in Virginia) MOTHER: Elizabeth Carlin (born in Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Arterio sclerosis and other changes incident to age BURIAL: Mt. Olive Theres a double tombstone in Mt. Olive Cemetery, Philippi, WV A. J. ZINN 1845 - 1924 MARY C., HIS WIFE 1848 - 1925 ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Barbour County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/barbour/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------