Person:George Zahn (1)

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IND. HERALD HUNTINGTON, IND 19 NOV. 1884

ANOTHER OLD RESIDENT GONE

ON SUNDAY OCCURRED THE DEATH OF ANOTHER OF THE OLD CITIZENS OF OUR CITY, GEORGE F. ZAHN, OF THE SECOND WARD. THE DECEASED WAS AN OLD RESIDENT HAVING COME TO THIS COUNTY IN 1837, FROM ERBSBUEDESHEIM, GERMANY. SETTLING IN MAUMEE, OHIO. FOR THREE YEARS HE WORKED ON THE CANAL, BUILDING LOCKS BETWEEN THIS PLACE AND MAUMEE, AND ON APRIL 10TH, 1840, HE SETTLED IN HUNTINGTON AND WORKED FOR THE MIAME INDIANS. AT THE TIME OF DEATH HE WAS IN THE SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR OF HIS AGE, HAVING BEEN BORN FEBUARY 18TH, 1811. FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO HIS DEATH HE HAD BEEN COMPLANING, BUT HAD BEEN CONFINED TO HIS BED ONLY FOR THE LAST THREE WEEKS. THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS DROPSY OF THE HEART. HE LEAVES A FAMILY OF A WIFE AND SEVEN CHILDREN. THE FUNERAL TOOK PLACE TUESDAY MORNING AT NINE O'CLOCK, AT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. THUS THE OLD PIONEERS OF OUR COMMUNITY ARE RAPIDLY PASSING AWAY. IN HIS RESIDENCE IN OUR CITY, MR ZAHN HAS WITNESSED ITS GROWTH FROM A VILLAGE TO A THRIVING TOWN, AND BY HIS PERSONAL LABORS HAS AIDED IN THIS WORK. THE HERALD EXTENDS ITS SYMPATHY TO THE FAMILY IN THER AFFICTION.