Person:John Zehring (1)

a retired farmer of Brookville, Montgomery county, Ohio, was born in Jackson township, in the same county, March 8, 1841, a son of Barnheart and Elizabeth (Swartzel) Zehring, who were of Pennsylvania-German stock, of whom mention is made in the biography of Rev. Aaron Zehring.

John Zehring was reared on his father’s farm, and was educated in the common schools. May 2, 1864, having enlisted in Johnsville, he was mustered into the Union service at Camp Chase, Ohio, under Capt. Coaler, but served under Capt. David Holderrman at Federal Hill, Baltimore, Md., on guard duty, and was honorably discharged at Camp Chase, August 25, 1864, having served about two weeks over his term of enlistment. His marriage took place at Lewisburg, Ohio, October 15, 1868, to Lucretia Kumler, who was born near Lewisburg, Ohio, August 13, 1844, a daughter of David and Frances (Disher) Kumler, both of German descent and respectively of Pennsylvania and Virginia parentage.

Rev. Henry Kumler, father of David, was a son of a pioneer minister, also named Henry whose wife lived to the great age of ninety-seven years –her portrait, which is still in the family, being included in a group of five generations. Rev. Henry Kumler, the younger, and the grandfather of Mrs. Zehring, was a bishop in the United Brethren church, and traveled through many circuits, but made his permanent home in Lewisburg, Ohio. He lived to be eighty years of age, and was the father of nine children, viz: David, Andrew, Noah, Henry, Susannah, Jesse, Salome, Daniel and Samuel, of whom two of the sons—Jesse and Samuel—served three years each in an Ohio regiment during the Civil war.

David Kumler was born in Harrison township, Preble county, Ohio, was a millwright, and also a surveyor, and lived to the age of seventy-two years. To him and his wife, Mrs. Frances (Disher) Kumler, were born two children—Lucretia and Civilla.

The great-grandfather of Mrs. Lucretia Zehring, Peter Discher (as the name was originally spelled), came from Germany prior to the Revolution, was a soldier in that glorious struggle, and fought under Benedict Arnold at Quebec, Canada. At the close of the war he located in Maryland, but some years later removed to Botetourt county, where his death took place about 1821 or 1822. Of his seven children, the youngest, Christian was born in Maryland in 1788, was a lieutenant in the war of 1812, and was stationed at Norfolk, Va. He married Frances Circle and settled on a farm in Botetourt county, Va., where he lived until the fall of 1829, when he came with his wife and five children to Ohio, and settled on a farm in Harrison township, Preble county, where his son, Christian, now lives, and where he died in 1871, at the age of eighty-two years and eleven months. His son, Capt. Matthias Disher, raised or recruited company H. Ninety-third Ohio volunteer infantry, and fought through the Civil war, thus continuing the military record of the family.
After marriage Mr. and Mrs. John Zehring located on a farm of ninety-seven acres in Harrison township, where there were born to them three children—Estolle, Clare and Ernest. In 1882 they removed to Brookville, where they bought a pleasant residence, which is still their home. They are members of the United Brethren church—old constitution—in which Mr. Zehring has held the offices of trustee and steward. He has always been zealous and active in his church work, and largely aided with his means in the erection of the United Brethren church in Perry township. He is a republican in politics, but has never been ambitious for public office. He is greatly respected by his neighbors in Brookville, and was always regarded with esteem in his township as a man of the strictest integrity.

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Name: John Zehring
Age: 40
Birth Year: abt 1840
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1880: Harrison, Preble, Ohio
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Lucretia Zehring
Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birthplace: Ohio
Occupation: Farmer
Household Members:
Name Age
John Zehring 40
Lucretia Zehring 37
Frances E. Zehring 9
Elizabeth C. Zehring 4
Abram Zehring 48

1900 United States Federal Census
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Name: Clare Zehring
Age: 24
Birth Date: Mar 1876
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1900: Brookville, Montgomery, Ohio
Street: Pyrmont Street
Sheet Number: 1
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 18
Family Number: 19
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital status: Single
Father's name: John Zehring
Father's Birthplace: Ohio
Mother's name: Lucretia Zehring
Mother's Birthplace: Ohio
Occupation: Servant
Months Not Employed: 0
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Can Speak English: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
John Zehring 59
Lucretia Zehring 55
Estole Zehring 29
Clare Zehring 24
Earnest Zehring 17

John A Zehring
Ohio Death Index, and 1958-2007
Name John A Zehring
Event Type Death
Event Date 02 Apr 1918
Event Place , Montgomery, Ohio, United States
Residence Place Ohio
Source Reference Ohio Department of Health
Citing this Record
"Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VK1S-99H : 8 December 2014), John A Zehring, 02 Apr 1918; from "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2010); citing vol. , certificate number , Ohio Historical Society, Columbus; Ohio Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Columbus.

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John Zehring
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death: 4 March 1921 , Montgomery, Ohio, United States
residence: 4 March 1921 Ohio