Claude Hars ZENTMIRE

Claude — Bertha M. SIMPSON. Bertha was born 15 Oct 1897, Kentucky; died 9 May 1981, Hopkins, Kentucky; was buried Odd Fellows Cemetery, Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]

1. Neal Thomas ZENTMIRE was born 27 Apr 1933, Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky; died 1 Jun 2002, South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana; was buried St. Joseph Crematory, South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiaia.

Horace married Lou Ada BARTON 15 Nov 1893, Madisonville, Hopkins Co., Kentucky. Lou was born 1875. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

"Benjamin Franklin Zentmyer (Frank) and his brother William went from Vermillion Illinois to Kentucky by oxen, pulling a saw mill across the frozen Ohio River in the winter of 1883-1884. They settled near Manitou, Kentucky. Bill and his family lived in Madisonville and their younger brother Thomas Jefferson Zentmyer worked on a railroad near St Louis and fell off the train and was killed. Don't think he ever married.

After Elena died, Frank sold the sawmill and went West. He traveled and worked as a sawyer and a machinist, and worked in Colorado, Hawaii, California, and Washington. Uncle Bill and Aunt Kasie looked after the children who were not married. They had a very hard time.

Thanks again!" Charlotte Gayle Zentmyer Price
Effingham, Illinois

William married Lillie Katherine PECK Abt 1868. Lillie was born 1850, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania; died 1939, near Richland, Hopkins Co., Kentucky; was buried Odd Fellows Cemetery, Madisonville, Hopkins Co., Kentucky. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Benjamin G. Zentmyer was enrolled on the 11th day of September, 1862 at Ephrata, Pennsylvania in Co. C, 17th Regiment of Pennsylvania Cavalry Volunteers to serve three years or during the Civil War, and mustered into service as a Sergeant on the 27th day of September, 1862 at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He was taken prisoner at Ocoguan City, Virginia on the 27th day of December, 1862 and after being paroled, was sent to parole camp at Annapolis, Marylend., where he contracted smallpox. This statement was from Major Weidner H. Spera of the Pennsylvania Cavalry. He was sent home on leave the 3rd day of April, 1863. Jno. H. Shink M.D. saw him on the day he reached home. He stated that Benjamin G. Zentmyer's smallpox was in the secondary stage and was beyond medical aid. He lived until the 21st day of April, 1863.

From the National Archives, submitted by Charlotte Gayle Zentmyer Price

Benjamin married Caroline SANDS 28 May 1848, Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, New Holland, Lancaster Co., PA. Caroline was born 17 Dec 1830, Warwick, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; died 19 Apr 1900, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., PA; was buried Moravian Cemetery, Lititz, Lancaster Co., PA. [Group Sheet]