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, John Avis (1848-1937) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 516 John Avis Zinn, born in Barbour County 1848, son of David and Louisa Zinn, was married at Isaac Talbott's, on Hacker's Creek, March 20, 1872, to Mary Maneta, daughter of Isaac and Martha (Mitchell) Talbott. Children, Albert S. and Dora Belle. Mr. Zinn is a member of the Baptist Church, an Odd Fellow, a carpenter and painter, residing on the head of Hacker's Creek where he owns 50 acres of improved land. His ancestry was English, Irish and German. Mrs. Zinn was born April 17, 1855. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Barbour County, WV #10 FULL-NAME: John Alvin Zinn BIRTH-DATE: April 7, 1848 BIRTH-PLACE: Barbour Co. DEATH-DATE: Jan 2, 1937 DEATH-PLACE: Philippi, Barbour County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married (Mary M. Zinn) FATHER: David Zinn (born in Va.) MOTHER: Lavina Zinn (born in Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Lobar Pneumonia BURIAL: Masonic (wife of John Zinn) From Death Certificate, Barbour County, WV #15782 FULL-NAME: Mary May Zinn BIRTH-DATE: April 7, 1855 BIRTH-PLACE: Barbour DEATH-DATE: November 29, 1941 DEATH-PLACE: Philippi, Barbour County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widow FATHER: Isac Talbott (born in Barbour) MOTHER: Martha Mitchell (born in Barbour) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Cerebral Hemorrage INFORMANT: W. T. Dadisman (of Philippi) BURIAL: Masonic Cemetery in Philippi ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------