David Conoway ZENTMEYERS

Notes:

Sometime after 1880 and by 1900, he was admitted to the Iowa State Hospital for the Insane in Mt Pleasant, Henry Co. This is most likely where he died in 1916 as he is listed as an inmate here in the 1910 U.S. Census and again in 1915 in the Iowa State Census.

Notes:

1850 Census - IA - Henry - Trenton
John Zentmyers 37 PA Farmer
Sarah 34 PA
David 14 OH
Sarah 12 OH
Lydia 10 OH
Martha 7 OH
Elizabeth 5 OH
Samuel 3 IA
Catherine 6/12 IA


1860 Census - IA - Henry - Trenton
John Zentmyers 47 PA Farmer
David 4 OH
Lydia 20 OH
Martha 17 OH
Elizabeth 14 OH
Samuel 12 IA
Sarah10 IA


1870 Census - IA - Henry - Trenton
John Zentmyers 57 PA Farmer
David 34 PA Farm laborer
Samuel 22 IA Farm laborer
Sarah E 20 IA
Lydia 30 OH

1852 IA State Census Index 1A34
Zentmyers, John Henry Co. Trenton Twp. 3 males 6 females

1856 IA State Census Index
Henry Co Jefferson Twp
John Zentmyers 43 PA Farmer resident 10 yrs
David 20 OH
Liddy 16 OH
Martha 13 OH
Elizabeth 11 OH
Samuel 7 IA
Sarah 6 IA



1870 US Census in Trenton, Henry, Iowa

John married Sarah CONOWAY 23 Oct 1833, Welsh Run, Franklin, Pennsylvania. Sarah was born 1816, Pennsylvania; died 11 Jan 1852, Henry Co., Iowa; was buried Jan 1852, Old Richwood Cemetery, Trenton, Henry Co., Iowa. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Last name in marriage notice as 'Conoway,' in obituary of her son Samuel as 'Conoway,' in Henry County death record of daughter Elizabeth Zentmyer Jay as 'Conway,' and in Mills County death record of daughter Martha Zentmyer Haines as 'Hawbecker.'

Notes:

from Biographical Annals of Franklin Co.:

" . . John Zentmyers, a wagonmaker by trade, who, coming from Lancaster County, located near Upton, Franklin County, in 1817, but later farmed in Antrim Township, and still later worked at his trade in Peters Township. He died about 1854 (sic) in Antrim Township, and was interred in the old United Bretheran cemetery at Greencastle, a man highly respected during life, and sincerely mourned at death."

Burials in the Bretheran Cemetery were removed to Cedar Hill Cemetery in July of 1958. A bronze plaque there states, "This hallowed place is dedicated to the memory of those originally buried in the cemetery of the First E. U. B. Church, Greencastle, between 1812-1889, and removed to this plot July 1958." Unfortunately, no individual names are noted.

John married Mary Elizabeth WINGERT 18 Apr 1809, Reading First Reformed Church, Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania. Mary was born 03 Mar 1791, (calculated from headstone); died 23 Feb 1848, Greencastle, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania; was buried Feb 1848, Cedar Hill Cemetery, Greencastle, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

(Johann) Jacob Zentmeyer, third surviving son of (Johann) Bernhard Zentmeyer and (Maria) Salome Roth Zentmeyer. Birth year on headstone does not agree with church records in Bischwiller. A blacksmith and farmer, he lived in Cocalico Township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, and farmed at least 50 acres there on land between present-day Lincoln Gardens Rd. and Hackman Rd.

Johann — Catharine Susanna ZARTMAN. Catharine was born 3 Dec 1751, Brickerville, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 8 Oct 1833, Cocalico Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; was buried Keller's Cemetery, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Here lies Catharina Zentmeyer wife of Jacob Zentmeyer born Zartman was born the 3rd of January 1751 died October 1833 was 82 years 9 months and 5 days old

Birth date on headstone is at odds with church records.