JOHN ZEMAN, an extensive farmer and stockman of Jefferson township, and the owner of sixty-one acres of good farm land, was born on a farm in Austria-Hungary in 1879, and is the son of Joseph and Mary Zeman.
     Joseph Zeman spent his entire life in Austria-Hungary and was a farmer. He and his wife are deceased. They had four children: Charles; Rose, lives in the United States; Francis, lives in Austria-Hungary, and John, the subject of this sketch.
     John Zeman was educated in the schools of his native land and in 1904 came to the United States and settled in Cleveland, where he remained sixteen years. In 1920 he removed to Ashtabula county and located on his present farm in Jefferson Township. Mr. Zeman is a grain and dairy farmer and raises good stock. He is well known throughout the township and is a successful farmer.
     In 1904 Mr. Zeman was married to Miss Frances Wvashut, a native of Austria-Hungary, born in 1884, and the daughter of Theodore and Mary Wvashut. Mr. and Mrs. Wvashut have six children as follows: Franklin, lives in Pennsylvania; Albert, Anna, Jadurga, and Mary, all living in Austria-Hungary; and Mrs. Zeman.
     To Mr. and Mrs. Zeman three children have been born: Frank, born April 15, 1910; Walter, born September 16, 1916, and Anna, twin sister of Walter.
     Mr. Zeman and his family are members of the Catholic church.
Source: History of Ashtabula County, Ohio - by Moina W. Large - Vol. I - 1924 - Page  1103