Person:Jacob Zinsmeister (1)

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Jacob Michael Zinsmeister
b.5 Feb 1833 Steinwenden
d.1 Feb 1888
Facts and Events
Name[1][3][5] Jacob Michael Zinsmeister
Gender Male
Birth? 5 Feb 1833 Steinwenden
Immigration[4] 1853
Marriage 30 Apr 1867 Dallas Township, Huntington County, Indianato Margaretha Urschel
Death[2] 1 Feb 1888
Burial[2] Huntington County, Indiana
References
  1. James Haupert of Urbana, Indiana.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "St. Paul's United Church of Christ Cemetery" compiled by Arthur Schenkel.

    Died: age 55

  3. "History of Huntington County, Indiana" (1887).
  4. "Full Circle" by William Dillon (1983).

    The book describes the grinding poverty that JACOB suffered in Steinwenden. He was quoted as saying he often needed to brush the snow from his blankets on his bed every morning, that followed a snowfall.

  5. RootsWeb.com.

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