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  1. 1.  Rebekah ZENTMYER was born 17 May 1910, Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania (daughter of Robert Anderson ZENTMYER and Edna Myrtle TAYLOR); died 29 Nov 1910, Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania; was buried Grandview Cemetery, Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Robert Anderson ZENTMYER was born 24 Apr 1861, Huntingdon Furnace, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania (son of David ZENTMYER and Susanna KINCH); died 25 Feb 1923, Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania; was buried Grandview Cemetery, Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania.

    Notes:

    Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers. Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897, pages 118-119.
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    ROBERT A. ZENTMYER, Spruce Creek, Huntingdon county, Pa., was born at Huntingdon Furnace, April 24, 1861. He is the son of David and Susan (Kinch) Zentmyer. (David Zentmyer was killed at the Battle of Fredericksburg when Robert was 20 months old -Ed) Robert A. Zentmyer was an only child. His boyhood was spent on the farm; he attended the public school, and when he was eighteen entered Juniata College; graduating in the teacher's and business course in 1882. For five years he was principal of the public schools of Curwensville and New Washington. In 1887 he became assistant superintendent of the Britton Coal and Coke Company of Philadelphia, in West Virginia, which position he held for a year and a half. Returning to Clearfield county, he located at Madera, and for four years was employed in surveying, mining engineering, and as a coal contractor. In 1893 he went to Huntingdon Furnace, as book-keeper and assistant manager of the Huntingdon Furnace estate. This position he held for a year and then took charge of a grist mill belonging to the estate. Mr. Zentmyer's politics are Republican. For thirteen years he has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and takes a prominent part in all church work.

    Robert married Edna Myrtle TAYLOR 22 Apr 1903, Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania. Edna was born 26 Jan 1877, Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania; died Dec 1979, Lancaster, Lancaster, Co., Pennsylvania; was buried Grandview Cemetery, Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Edna Myrtle TAYLOR was born 26 Jan 1877, Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania; died Dec 1979, Lancaster, Lancaster, Co., Pennsylvania; was buried Grandview Cemetery, Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania.

    Notes:

    In the 1900 US Census, Edna, before she was married, listed her occupation as 'Crayon Artist.' Her granddaughter Vicki Zentmyer Bergstrom explains that this is how people were described who hand-colored black-and-white photographs.

    Children:
    1. 1. Rebekah ZENTMYER was born 17 May 1910, Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania; died 29 Nov 1910, Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania; was buried Grandview Cemetery, Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania.
    2. Dr. David Taylor ZENTMYER, Sr. was born 1 Jun 1915, Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania; died 8 Apr 1990, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; was buried First Presbyterian Church, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
    3. Mary Roberta ZENTMYER was born 26 Sep 1904, Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania; died 3 Mar 1998, San Rafael, Marin, California.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  David ZENTMYER was born 7 May 1835, Springfield Furnace, Franklin, Huntingdon, Pennsylvana (son of John ZENTMYER and Margaret GATES); died 13 Dec 1862, Fredericksburg, Virginia; was buried Fredericksburg National Cemetery.

    Notes:

    David Zentmyer was born at Springfield Furnace, Huntingdon county. He was the son of Major John Zentmyer and Margaret (Gates) Zentmyer. His parents moved to a farm near Spruce Creek, in Huntingdon county, where he worked with his father, who was a jobber in lumbering. In May, 1861, he enlisted in Company I, Fifth Pennsylvania Reserves. This company, known as the Scott Infantry, was one of the old militia companies, organized before the war. They were mustered into service at Harrisburg and sent to the front in July, 1861. He enlisted as orderly sergeant, became second, then first lieutenant, and on the promotion of Captain Dare to colonel of the regiment, commanded the company for some time. At the time of his death he was adjutant of the regiment, with the rank of first lieutenant. He was in active service for eighteen months and took part in many battles. He was killed in the battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862, and buried in the field.

    According to the National Park Service, these field burials were mass graves, long trenches with hundreds of soldiers in each trench. After the war, Congress established the Fredericksburg National Cemetery, and approximately 15,000 Union soldiers we re-interred there, most anonymously. The official I spoke with could not find a record of David's re-internment, but virtually guaranteed that this is his final resting place.

    David married Susanna KINCH 1860, Franklin, Huntingdon, Pennsylvana. Susanna (daughter of David KINCH and Mary Magdalena DAVIS) was born 5 Jan 1835, Neffs Mills, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania; died 5 Jul 1917, Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania; was buried Grandview Cemetery, Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Susanna KINCH was born 5 Jan 1835, Neffs Mills, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania (daughter of David KINCH and Mary Magdalena DAVIS); died 5 Jul 1917, Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania; was buried Grandview Cemetery, Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania.

    Notes:

    1850 US Census in Franklin, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania with her parents
    1860 US Census in Franklin, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania with her mother, single, 'milliner'
    1870 US Census in Franklin, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania with her mother and siblings (Zntmore)
    1880 US Census in Franklin, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania with son Robert, her sister Mary, and Mary's children
    1900 US Census in Franklin, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania alone
    1910 US Census in Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania with Robert's family

    Children:
    1. 2. Robert Anderson ZENTMYER was born 24 Apr 1861, Huntingdon Furnace, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania; died 25 Feb 1923, Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania; was buried Grandview Cemetery, Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John ZENTMYER was born 24 Mar 1808, Washington County, Maryland (son of David ZENTMYER and Eve Ann WELTY); died 13 Mar 1891, Porter Twp., Huntingdon Co., Pennsylvania; was buried Alexandria Presbyterian Cemetery, Alexandria, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.

    Notes:

    From various sources he have good data that John was quite the entrepreneur. He farmed, bought and sold logs, and mined iron ore, having located his residences near the Springfield Furnace, Huntingdon Furnace, and the Juniata Iron Works, early blast furnaces in Huntingdon County.

    "John Zentmyer was born in Franklin County, Pa., near the South Mountains, not far from Pen Mar, about 1806. (probably 1808 -Ed) In 1831 he went to Springfield Furnace, Blair County, (actually Huntingdon County, Blair County was not formed until 1846 -Ed) where he remained for some time, (four years -Ed) after which he moved to Spruce Creek valley to the farm now owned by the heirs of Robert L. Henderson. He then rented one of the farms of the Huntingdon Furnace Company, and in 1866 bought a farm in Porter township, Huntingdon county, where he resided until his death." -Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers. Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897, pages 118-119.

    "He was well known as Major Zentmyer, having held that rank in the State militia. He married Margaret Gates, of Blair county, (see Blair Co. note above -Ed) who died about 1889. Mr. Zentmyer died in 1891; he and his wife are buried in a small graveyard on the farm." (However, there are currently no Zentmyer headstones in the farm cemetery, now called the Huyett Cemetery. The headstones are located in the Alexandria Presbyterian Cemetery, indicating a likely relocation of the graves. -Ed)

    "Their children are: Isabella, wife of David Kinch, of Altoona; David (who died at the Battle of Fredricksburg -Ed); Frank, enlisted in Company I, Fifth Pennsylvania Reserves, was wounded at Fredericksburg, and died in Libby Prison; Priscilla, wife of E. C. Kinch, resides near Altoona; Porter, secretary and treasurer of the Clearfield Manufacturing Company; Miles, attorney in Schuyler, Neb.; Margaret, wife of David C. Stine, Bellefonte, Pa.; John W., insurance solicitor, resides in Blair county; Benjamin, on the homestead; and George, who died young." - article provided by Dante Hebert, Kingston, Washington

    "After a brief illness, Major John Zentmyer died on Wednesday evening at his home in Hartzlog [sic] Valley, Potter township, Huntingdon county. While the deceased had not resided in Blair county for some years past, yet he was well known throughout the county and especially among the older citizens. Born near Williamsport, Md., March 24, 1808, he came to what is now Blair, but was then Huntingdon county, in the year 1832, settling at Springfield Furnace. There in the same year he was married to Margaret Gates, who preceded him to the tomb some three years, after a long and happy married life. Major Zentmyer's death was sudden, for he had been always very strong in health. Some ten days ago, however, he contracted a heavy cold, which resulted in typhoid pneumonia, and this disease was the cause of his demise. He removed from this county to Hartslog Valley in 1866. To Mr. and Mrs. Zentmyer, nine children were born. The living children are: Isabella, wife of David Kinch, of Altoona; Priscilla, wife of E. C. Kinch, of Sinking Valley; Maggie, wife of D. C. Stone, of Bellefonte; Miles Zentmyer, esq., an attorney of Schuyler, Neb.; Porter R., superintendent of the Clearfield Creek Coal company, Madera, Pa., and John and Benjamin, residing on the old homestead. In politics Major Zentmyer was a staunch democrat and during the war was a candidate on that ticket in Huntingdon county for the legislature. He was not successful, however. In religion he was a Reformed and was a member of the church at Alexandria. Funeral will take place at noon to-day and the interment will be in the family burying ground on the farm." Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Friday, March 13, 1891



    It is almost certain that John Zentmyer knew Alfred Crewitt, whose daughter Jane would marry John's son Miles, as they both worked in the iron industry in Huntingdon County during the same period, and were both Presbyterians.

    John married Margaret GATES 29 Mar 1832. Margaret (daughter of Johann Godlieb GÖTZ and Elizabeth GEAURNEY/GAUBY) was born 28 Mar 1810, Berks, Pennsylvania; died 14 Jul 1888, Alexandria, Porter Twp., Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Margaret GATES was born 28 Mar 1810, Berks, Pennsylvania (daughter of Johann Godlieb GÖTZ and Elizabeth GEAURNEY/GAUBY); died 14 Jul 1888, Alexandria, Porter Twp., Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.
    Children:
    1. Isabella ZENTMYER was born 17 Jun 1833, Springfield Furnace, Franklin, Huntingdon, Pennsylvana; died 11 Jan 1923, Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania; was buried Oak Ridge Cemetery, Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania.
    2. 4. David ZENTMYER was born 7 May 1835, Springfield Furnace, Franklin, Huntingdon, Pennsylvana; died 13 Dec 1862, Fredericksburg, Virginia; was buried Fredericksburg National Cemetery.
    3. Franklin ZENTMYER was born 13 Sep 1836, Spruce Creek, Franklin, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania; died 27 or 31 Dec 1862, Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia; was buried 27 or 31 Dec 1862, Burial record states the place of death as Richmond, Virginia and date of death as noted..
    4. Priscilla M. ZENTMYER was born 20 Dec 1838, Spruce Creek, Franklin, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania; died 9 Mar 1909, Juniata, Blair, Pennsylvania; was buried Greenwood Cemetery, Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania.
    5. Porter B. ZENTMYER was born 11 Aug 1840, Spruce Creek, Franklin, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania; died 9 Jun 1919, Clearfield, Clearfield, Pennsylvania; was buried Hillcrest Cemetery, Clearfield, Clearfield, Pennsylvania.
    6. Miles ZENTMYER was born 25 Jun 1842, Spruce Creek, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania; died 18 Sep 1911, Schuyler, Colfax, Nebraska (pronounced 'Skyler'); was buried Schuyler Cemetery, Schuyler, Colfax, Nebraska - Plot: Cascade section, Lot 98.
    7. Margaret Odessa ZENTMYER was born 11 May 1845, Spruce Creek, Franklin, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania; died 17 Jul 1930, Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania; was buried Alexandria Presbyterian Cemetery, Alexandria, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.
    8. John ZENTMYER was born 11 Jul 1848, Spruce Creek, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania; died 21 Apr 1932, Lewiston, Mifflin, Pennsylvania.
    9. Benjamin ZENTMYER was born 5 Sep 1850, Spruce Creek, Franklin, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania; died 29 Jun 1925, Huntingdon, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania; was buried Riverview Cemetery, Huntingdon, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania Section 17&18; Plot 146.
    10. George ZENTMYER was born 1852, Spruce Creek, Franklin, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania; died Bef. 1870.

  3. 10.  David KINCH was born 2 Oct 1805, Lancaster, Pennsylvania (son of Johannes KINSCH and Susannah Hauer); died 9 Apr 1853, Franklin, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania; was buried Seven Stars Cemetery, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania .

    David married Mary Magdalena DAVIS 26 Apr 1829, East Hempfield, Lancaster, Pennsylvania by Rev. Jacob Stine. Mary was born 13 Sep 1812, Pennsylvania; died 10 Feb 1888, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania ; was buried Seven Stars Cemetery, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania . [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Mary Magdalena DAVIS was born 13 Sep 1812, Pennsylvania; died 10 Feb 1888, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania ; was buried Seven Stars Cemetery, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania .
    Children:
    1. Catherine KINCH was born 25 Sep 1829; died 26 Jan 1863.
    2. John KINCH was born 2 Feb 1831, Pennsylvania; died 2 Jan 1894, Franklin, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania; was buried Seven Stars Cemetery, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.
    3. David KINCH was born 22 Oct 1833, Neffs Mills, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania; died 30 Mar 1915, Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania; was buried Oak Ridge Cemetery, Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania.
    4. 5. Susanna KINCH was born 5 Jan 1835, Neffs Mills, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania; died 5 Jul 1917, Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania; was buried Grandview Cemetery, Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania.
    5. Henry KINCH was born 1 May 1836, Warriors Mark, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania; died 16 Feb 1905, Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania; was buried Burket Cemetery, Warriors Mark, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.
    6. Daniel KINCH was born 6 Nov 1837, Warriors Mark, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania ; died 22 Feb 1898, Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania; was buried Burket Cemetery, Warriors Mark, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.
    7. Abraham KINCH was born 24 Dec 1838, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania; died 17 Mar 1839, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.
    8. Samuel L. KINCH was born 3 Aug 1840, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania; died 10 Aug 1873, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania; was buried Seven Stars Cemetery, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.
    9. Maryann KINCH was born 19 Jan 1842, Warriors Mark, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania; died 22 Jun 1907, Philipsburg, Centre, Pennsylvania; was buried Seven Stars Cemetery, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.
    10. Ann Elizabeth KINCH was born 1 May 1844, Franklinville, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania; died 21 May 1886, Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania; was buried Seven Stars Cemetery, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.
    11. Benjamin Franklin KINCH was born 2 Jan 1847, Huntingdon Furnace, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania; died 4 Dec 1924, Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania; was buried Oak Ridge Cemetery, Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania.
    12. Caroline KINCH was born 10 Apr 1851, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania; died 3 Oct 1923, Gaysport, Blair, Pennsylvania; was buried Seven Stars Cemetery, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania .