Ralph Wayne ZENTMYER

Generation: 1

Ralph Wayne ZENTMYER was born 10 Oct 1945 (son of William Nelson ZENTMYER and Kate UTLEY).

Ralph married Dixie Ella Jean PHELPS 3 Apr 1964, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana. Dixie was born 23 Oct 1946, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana; died 26 Jun 2019, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana; was buried Tupman Cemetery Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Generation: 2

William Nelson ZENTMYER was born 04 Nov 1911, Hopkins Co., Kentucky (son of Walter ZENTMYER and Missouri Belle FORK); died 03 Jan 1998, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana; was buried Tupman Cemetery, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana.

William — Kate UTLEY. Kate was born 11 Oct 1915; died 2 May 1999. [Group Sheet]

Kate UTLEY was born 11 Oct 1915; died 2 May 1999.

Children:

Harold Nelson ZENTMYER was born Oct 1934; died 2003, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana; was buried Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana.
1. Ralph Wayne ZENTMYER was born 10 Oct 1945.

Generation: 3

Walter ZENTMYER was born 28 Sep 1889, near Richland, Hopkins Co., Kentucky (son of William Henry ZENTMYER and Lillie Katherine PECK); died 17 Apr 1951, Richland, Hopkins Co., Kentucky; was buried Odd Fellows Cemetery, Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky.

Walter married Missouri Belle FORK 25 Apr 1909, Hopkins Co., KY. Missouri was born 4 Oct 1890; died 13 May 1973. [Group Sheet]

Missouri Belle FORK was born 4 Oct 1890; died 13 May 1973.

Children:

Carrie May ZENTMYER was born 13 Oct 1909, Hopkins Co., Kentucky; died Feb 1983, Hopkins Co., Kentucky.
2. William Nelson ZENTMYER was born 04 Nov 1911, Hopkins Co., Kentucky; died 03 Jan 1998, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana; was buried Tupman Cemetery, Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana.
Lillie ZENTMYER was born 29 Jul 1919, Hopkins Co., Kentucky; died 18 Feb 2001, Hopkins Co., Kentucky.
Lillian Katherine ZENTMYER was born c.1922, Hopkins Co., Kentucky.

Generation: 4

William Henry ZENTMYER was born 24 Jun 1849, Warwick, Lancaster, Pennsylvania (son of Benjamin Gorgas ZENTMEYER and Caroline SANDS); died 5 Jul 1927, Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky; was buried Odd Fellows Cemetery, Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky.

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]

Lillie Katherine PECK was born 1850, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania; died 1939, near Richland, Hopkins Co., Kentucky; was buried Odd Fellows Cemetery, Madisonville, Hopkins Co., Kentucky.

Children:

William ZENTMYER was born 1868; died 1880.
Horace ZENTMYRE was born 04 Mar 1870, Pennsylvania; died 25 Feb 1907.
Carrie ZENTMYER was born 01 Feb 1877, Hunter Twp., Edgar Co., Illinois.
Nora(h) ZENTMYER was born 17 Jun 1881, Hunter Twp., Edgar Co., Illinois; died 06 Jan 1965, Madisonville, Hopkins Co., Kentucky; was buried Odd Fellows Cemetery, Madisonville, Hopkins Co., Kentucky.
Charlie ZENTMYER was born 23 Jan 1883, Symmes Twp., Edgar Co., Illinois; died 17 Feb 1974, Richmond, Indiana; was buried Odd Fellows Cemetery, Hopkins Co., Madisonville, Kentucky.
4. Walter ZENTMYER was born 28 Sep 1889, near Richland, Hopkins Co., Kentucky; died 17 Apr 1951, Richland, Hopkins Co., Kentucky; was buried Odd Fellows Cemetery, Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky.