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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
Centennial
History of Coshocton County,
Ohio
By Wm Bahmer
Vols. I & II
Illustrated
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Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.
1909
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JACOB ZIMMERMAN
is the owner of an excellent farm of one hundred and
fourteen acres situated in Adams township. The land is
rich and productive and the place in its neat and well kept
appearance indicates the careful supervision of a practical
and painstaking owner. Mr. Zimmerman is
one of the respected citizens of this community and has been
a resident of Ohio for more than a half century. He
claims Switzerland as the place of his nativity, his birth
having there occurred Ja. 28, 1838.
His parents, Christ and Margaret Zimmerman, were
also natives of the same country and, crossing the Atlantic
to America in 1854, they located in Tuscarawas county, Ohio,
where the father purchased and improved land. He was a
school teacher by profession and was actively connected with
the educational interests of this state for thirty-eight
years. He died in October, 1862, when about
seventy-one years of age, for his birth occurred in 1791.
His wife survived him only about a year, passing away in
1863.
Jacob Zimmerman is the only survivor in a family
of thirteen children. He remained with his father
until he attained his majority and worked upon the home
farm, early becoming familiar with all the duties and labors
that fall to the lot of the agriculturist. When he had
reached an adult age he bought a farm of seventy acres in
Tuscarawas county, took up his abode there and continued for
nineteen years, bringing the place into a high state of
cultivation. He then sold that property and removed to
Coshocton county, where he bought the farm of one hundred
and fourteen acres on which he now resides. His
persevering efforts, his diligence and thorough knowledge of
farming methods have enabled him to make this a valuable
property and from his fields he annually gathers rich
harvests, which return to him a gratifying income.
In 1859 Mr. Zimmerman was united in marriage to
Miss Sarah Younger, who was born in Tuscarawas
county, Aug. 16, 1840. She was one of twelve children
and her parents are now deceased. Unto Mr. and Mrs.
Zimmerman were born: Ira, whose birth occurred
Aug. 13, 1860; Christ, born June 10, 1862; John F.,
in 1863; David, in 1865; Imeno, in 1867;
Susan, who was born in 1869, and is the wife of
Herbert Shlagle; Daniel, born in 1871; Abraham,
who was born in 1873 and died in 1902; and Anna E.,
who was born in 1873 and is the wife of Adam Young.
the living members of the family are all residents of
Coshocton county and Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman have
reared a family of sons and daughters who are a credit and
honor to their name.
The parents are members of the German Reformed church
and have lived earnest, consistent Christian lives.
Mr. Zimmerman gives his political support to the
democratic party and was assessor and trustee of his
township, while for over twenty-one years he served as a
member of the school board. In his official duties he has
been found prompt and reliable and in all business affairs
honorable and straightforward, so that he enjoys the full
confidence and trust of those who know him. He has
never had occasion to regret his determination to seek a
home in America, for here he has found good opportunities
and by his earnest work and unfaltering perseverance has
gained a creditable measure of success.
Source: Centennial History of
Coshocton County, Ohio - Vol. II - Chicago - The S. J.
Clarke Publishing Co. - 1909 - Page 359 |
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