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1889
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ELI ZARING, the present efficient and
well-known clerk of common pleas of Wayne County, and one who by his
own unaided efforts and unabating pluck has gradually but surely
risen in the ranks of men, was born in Plain Twp., Wayne Co., Ohio,
January 16, 1836. In
1832 his parents, Peter and
Matilda Zaring, came to Wayne Co. (being then unmarried), and
have here since made their home and reared their family.
Eli, whose name heads this sketch, first saw the light of day upon a
farm. His early life was
not the idle, careless one enjoyed by most of the youths of this
day, but, being the son of a poor shoemaker, who had a large family
to support, he was early put the treadmill of toil to earn his own
sustenance, and soon had mastered the intricacies of his father’s
trade, at which he labored for years.
He made, however, a diligent use of his educational
opportunities, and at eighteen he was enabled to teach school, in
which employment he spent four winters, thus accumulating sufficient
money to enable him to attend for a time the academy at Hayesville, Ohio.
Aug. 20, 1857, Mr. Zaring was united in marriage with
Miss Mary Stevic, a native of Pennsylvania, but who was brought when
a child to Wayne County.
To this union six children have been born, as follows:
Ida F. (deceased);
James (principal of the
Smithville public schools);
Charles, Cora, Dora (a recent graduate of
Wooster
High School) and
Daniel, at home.
Mr. Zaring has
represented the Democratic party in various office, having been for
two terms township clerk in a Republican township; was at one time
assessor, and assisted in appraising the land in Chester Twp., Wayne
Co. In the fall of 1886
he was elected clerk of the courts of
Wayne
County, which position he
is new satisfactorily filling.
Previous to his coming into the county clerkship,
Mr. Zaring for two and a
half years acted as clerk and book-keeper in the office of the
Wayne County Democrat.
His life has been an earnest one, and an unremitting fight
against bitter and adverse circumstances, but his progress has been
gradually upward, and he is to-day a man of whom all speak highly.
Source:
Commemorative Biographical Record of Wayne and Holmes Cos.,
Ohio – Publ. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. – 1889 -
Page 14
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JAMES L. ZARING,
principal of the public school, Smithville, Wayne Co., Ohio, is the
eldest son of the Eli Zaring, clerk of courts of the county,
under whose name, on another page of this volume, is given the
family history. His mother's maiden name of Mary Stevic.
They are now residents of Wooster, where Mr. Zaring's
official duties demand his presence. The subject of this
sketch was born in Plain Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, Dec. 4, 1859.
He attended the district school near his home, and when the suitable
age learned the trade of shoemaking in summers in his father's shop.
He, however, never followed this trade regularly. His common
school education was supplemented by a thorough course at the Normal
School in Smithville, then conducted by Prof. Eberly.
At the age of eighteen he was examined and obtained a teacher's
certificate, but being of a youthful appearance did not obtain a
school until he was twenty years old. His first school was in
Chester Township, where he taught three terms, constituting a full
year. The succeeding two years he taught in Dist. No. 3, in
Plain Township, and then one year in Dist. No. 4, in the same
township. The following two years he taught in District No. 1,
his home school, in which all his common-school education had been
obtained. Each move was a step upward, and each position more
responsible and more lucrative. Ever since he began his chosen
career his course has been steadily onward. After leaving his
home school he taught for a year in Dist. No. 4, in Wooster
Township, and was then offered and accepted the responsible position
of principal of the public school at Smithville, which he still
holds. This was a merited as well as gratifying tribute to his
faithful and successful work as an educator.
June 8, 1883, Mr. Zaring was married to
Wessie Reamer, a daughter of Jacob and Sophia Reamer, of
Smithville, where she was born Jan. 25, 1863. Her parents came
to Ohio from Mechanicsburg, Penn., many years ago. Her father
was a soldier in the Union army during the Civil War, and was killed
in the battle of Chancellorsville, May 2, 1863. Her mother is
now living in Smithville. Mr. and Mrs. Zaring are the
parents of two children: Ethel and Walter. Mr.
Zaring is a member of the order of the Knights of the Maccabees.
He is universally recognized as a gentleman of high principle, of
unquestioned integrity, and as one of the most capable and
successful educators in the county.
Source:
Commemorative
Biographical Record of Wayne & Holmes Co. - Publ. Chicago: J. H.
Beers & Co. 1889 ~ Page 52 |
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JOHN EDWIN ZIMMERMAN,
of Smithville, Wayne Co., Ohio, is the youngest son of John and
Mary (Strock) Zimmerman, who have been residents of the county
for forty years, and are probably the oldest married couple in the
county, having lived together for nearly sixty-four years. The
paternal grandparents of our subject, George and Elizabeth
(Lyttle) Zimmerman, were both natives of Pennsylvania, the
former born in Germantown, and the latter in Chester. The
father was of German extraction, his parents having come to this
country prior to the Revolution. The mother was of
Scotch-Irish descent. George Zimmerman was a currier by
trade, and lived in Philadelphia until after his marriage. On
the breaking out of the yellow fever there, in 1801, he removed to
Germantown, and shortly after to Lancaster County, Penn., where he
and his wife died, he aged sixty-one, and she seventy-three.
John Zimmerman, father of our subject, lived in
Lancaster until he was nineteen, when he went to Mechanicsburg,
Cumberland Co., Penn., where he worked at cabinetmaking and house
carpentering, and later helped to build the State capitol, at
Harrisburg, Penn. On the completion of the State house he
returned to Cumberland County, and again engaged in cabinetmaking
until 1848, when he removed to Ohio, living the first six months in
New Carlisle, Clarke County, then coming to Smithville, Wayne
County, where he has ever since lived. There he engaged in
merchandising for three years, and then again started the
cabinet-making, carrying it on until 1884, when he retired, giving
up the business to his sons. Mar. 3, 1825, John Zimmerman
was married to Mary Strock, who was born in Pennsylvania Aug.
31, 1802. They are the parents of three sons and two
daughters. Two are deceased. Joseph died Oct. 6,
1846, aged twenty years and nine months, and Mary Emily died
May 19, 1855. The survivors are Manuel S., married to
Sarah Ginley, carrying on cabinet-making and undertaking with
his brother, and John E., our subject. The daughter is
Adeline, wife of Henry Willaman, of Canton, Ohio.
John Zimmerman was for two years a member of the Pennsylvania
Legislature, and since coming to Ohio has held several important
offices. For fourteen years he was justice of the peace, and
for almost as long a time was notary public. He was an
executor and administrator, and settled many estates, his first
experience in that line being in Pennsylvania sixty-three years ago.
He has enjoyed in a marked degree the confidence of his neighbors,
who felt safe in entrusting their business in his hands. He and his
wife are members of the Church of God of Smithville. For
nearly fifty years he was an elder, but the growing infirmities of
age caused his resignation. During all the many years they
have been residents of Smithville he and his wife have ever enjoyed
the respect and esteem of their neighbors, as most upright and
honorable persons and consistent Christians, and now, well advanced
in years, can look back with satisfaction to a life well spent.
John Edwin Zimmerman was born in Cumberland
County, Penn., Sept. 25, 1834. He came to Ohio with his
parents, and since their removal to Smithville has ever since made
that place his home. He learned his father's trade of
cabinet-making, working with the latter until his retirement, when,
as stated, he and his brother Manuel took the business.
They also do undertaking, which has become the principal part of
their trade. On May 2, 1864, John E. and his brother
Manuel enlisted for 100 days in Company A, One Hundred and
Sixty-ninth Volunteer Infantry, serving four months. Nov. 9, 1865,
he was married to Isabella, daughter of William and
Maria Greenamyer, of whose family a full history is
given under the name of
P. S. Greenamyer. She was born
in Columbiana, Ohio, Jan. 30, 1840. They have one child, a
son, named William G., now twenty-one years of age, who lives
with his parents. Mr. Zimmerman has been treasurer of
the township, and has also held other positions of trust. He
is a friend to education, and is one of the incorporators of the
Northern Ohio Normal School. He is a member of Davidson Post,
No. 190, G. A. R., and as a neighbor and citizen is highly esteemed.
Source:
Commemorative
Biographical Record of Wayne & Holmes Co. - Publ.
Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1889 ~ Page 35 |
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SAMUEL ZIMMERMAN
(deceased) was a native of Pennsylvania, born in 1798, a son of
Michael Zimmerman. Samuel was left an orphan
at the age of twelve years, when he went with a sister to the State
of New York, where he lived until manhood. In 1824 he came to
Ohio, and located in Wayne County, entering a tract of heavily
timbered land in Wayne Township. He built a log cabin, in
which he lived for a time and began the clearing of his land.
He was energetic and ambitious, and continued to make improvements
on his land until it was one of the best farms in the county.
Here he made his home until his death, which occurred Mar. 24, 1888,
when he was aged ninety years. The last years of his life were
spent in comfort, in the enjoyment of that rest so well merited by
the pioneers who labored to transform a wilderness into a country of
thriving villages and productive farms. In early life Mr.
Zimmerman learned the tailor's trade, but devoted his
attention to farming after coming to Ohio. His widow still
lives on the homestead, and is a lady of bright intellect, in the
eighty-second year of her age.
Mr. Zimmerman was married in 1826, to Sarah
Lehman, daughter of Henry Lehman. Of the eleven
children born to them, but five are living: Fannie, Sarah,
Mary M., David and Jacob. Mrs.
Zimmerman has long been identified with the Lutheran Church, as
was also her husband. In politics he was a Democrat.
Source:
Commemorative
Biographical Record of Wayne & Holmes Co. - Publ.
Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1889 ~ Page 563 |
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J D. ZOOK Source:
Commemorative
Biographical Record of Wayne & Holmes Co. - Publ.
Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1889 ~ Page 126 |
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ALVI ZUVER Source:
Commemorative
Biographical Record of Wayne & Holmes Co. - Publ.
Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1889 ~ Page 283 |
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