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1001	William Harrison (Harry) was probably born in Moscow/Barton area of Allegany Co., MD. (There is a slim chance that the family lived in the Keyser, WV area at the time of his birth). Family lore tells that the Santmyer boys were "real hell raisers" and Harry was certainly not one to pass up a good time. Harry supposedly was a well-meaning roustabout who felt obligated to share himself with all the girls. As well as a drinker, it seems that Harry was also a gambler. In fairness to Harry, perhaps with the loss of his young wife and third child, he was "drowning his sorrows" in women, booze and gambling. They lived their life on the wild side, worked hard and died tragic deaths. From the tales I heard, I imagined the Santmyer brothers donned in cowboy boots and hats, and always chewing a wad of tobacco - but the few pictures I've seen, portray them more like refined bankers. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Harry, as he was called, was named for both his grandfathers - Harrison Santmyer and William Burns Shaw. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Marriage: Bk 21, Pg 116, Fayette Co., PA Santmyer, Wm. H. to Ghrist - 6 Nov. 1861 Santmyer, Wm. H. Age 21 - woman 17 Residence - Star Junction - wife - Vanderbilt Parents names - James and Helen Occupation - Hauler Birthplace - Maryland ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Harry possibly married again after Sadie's death; although, his sister, Fanny Ethel Santmyer Rowley, insists this is not the case. There was an entry in the family Bible under "Marriages"....Harry Wm Santmyer (name also appears as Harry Wm. for marriage to Sadie) - Myrtle Renmyer 30 Dec. (no year is listed, but it appears between 1913 and 1921 entries). Additional information, received from his grand-daughter, Anna Mae Waggett Walls, states that Harry never remarried. NOTE - January 2006 UPDATE: News article found in the 28 December 1917 edition of the Connellsville Daily Courier "Wed in Pittsburg. Harry Santmyer of Star Junction and Myrtle Renko of Manowa were granted a license to wed in Pittsburg Yesterday." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Connellsville Courier....... 10 April 1903 Harry was charged with breaking into a store in Vanderbilt. He had to pay fines and costs, but was fortunate that he got off going to jail. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Connellsville Courier......24 Dec 1904 Harry Santmyer was sent to Huntingdon Reformatory for robbery. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Harry was killed in a terrible railroad accident in which he was pinned by the coupling apparatus between two railway cars. There wasn't much they could do for him, yet he lingered in pain for several hours in the Fairmont, WV hospital. Funeral services were held by the Christian Church in Perryopolis, PA - burial was in MT. Washington Cemetery. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CONNELLSVILLE DAILY COURIER.........19 November 1923 HARRY SANTMYER KILLED BY TRAIN AT FAIRMONT Harry Santmyer, 45 years old formerly of Star Junction, was killed by a railroad train Saturday at Fairmont, W Va. He was the son of James Santmyer, deceased, and a brother Oscar Santmyer of Star Junction. His mother resides in Braddock. The body was taken to Perryopolis and removed to the funeral parlors of Ira Blair, where it will remain until Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at which time the funeral services will be held at the Christian Church in Perryopolis. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CONNELLSVILLE DAILY COURIER........22 November 1923 WILLIAM H. SANTMYER The funeral service for William H. Santmyer, 47 years old who died last Saturday in the Fairmont W Va Hospital as a result of injuries received in a railroad accident at Fairmont last Friday, was held yesterday afternoon at the Christian Church at Perryopolis with Rev. Davis the pastor officiating. Mr Santmyer was a son of the late James J Santmyer and Mrs Helen Santmyer of this city. He is also survived by two children Mrs. Hilda Waggat of Waltersburg and Roy Santmyer of Dearth, three sisters Mrs. George Bowman of this city, Mrs. Stephen Riley of Willock and Mrs Earl Beighley of Pittsburg, two brothers Oscar of Gates and Donald who is in the Marine Service. Two grandchildren also survive. The interment was made in the Mt Washington Cemetery, Perryopolis. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ref: Family records and papers located in the family Bible Interviews with Fanny Ethel Santmyer Rowley, James R. Rowley & Anna Mae Walls. Newspaper Clippings	SANTMYER, William Harrison (I0015)
1002	William PENN Zentmeyer passed away peacefully surrounded by family on the morning of January 1, 2025 at Lake Prince Woods Skilled Nursing in Suffolk Virginia at the age of 89 1/2. Penn was born on June 26, 1935 in Winston-Salem North Carolina and lived a full and remarkable life. Until he went to college, he lived at the Zentmeyer family homeplace called Sunnyside in rural Patrick County Virginia. Sunnyside was purchased by his great-grandfather John N. Zentmeyer in 1852. He lived there with his mother MAMIE Jane Autrey Zentmeyer, of whom he said in early 2024 that he owed, "everything he ever was or ever achieved" to her. Also living at Sunnyside was his adoring father Peter LEATH Zentmeyer Jr. and brother Robert (BOB) Leath Zentmeyer and grandmother HATTIE Moore Penn Zentmeyer. Penn grew up in a time that most cannot imagine these days. Times after the Depression were hard and his father suffered from an undefined illness that baffled doctors of the day and kept him bedridden for 18 years. Living in such a rural area, the family had no electricity until Penn was a sophomore in high school. The house was heated by fireplaces in each room and there was no phone service or TV until he was in college. Chores as a boy included milking the cow, gathering eggs from the chicken house, working in the garden, and on Saturdays, it was Penn's job to trim the wicks and refill all the oil lamps for lighting the house. By the time he was ten, he was preparing breakfast, often eggs and toast, for his mother and brother before they all went to school where his mother was an elementary school teacher. His boyhood was filled with joys and adventures a country boy should have including pet dogs and cats and goats and squirrels, as well as hunting, fishing, trapping, beekeeping, horseback riding, and skinny dipping in the North Fork of the Mayo River where his brother Bob taught him to swim. After graduating from Hardin Reynolds Memorial School in 1953 in a class of 13, he attended Ferrum College before attending Virginia Tech. He was always Hokie football fan but Hokies know, that?s not always easy! In the summers, he worked as a lifeguard at Fairystone State Park which he recalled fondly as fun, carefree times. In 1956, his brother introduced him to a pretty young classmate at Richmond Polytechnic Institute (now VCU), Ann Hunton Mitchell from Leesburg Virginia. Both were immediately smitten. Penn hitchhiked from Blacksburg to Richmond most weekends before they married on August 31, 1957. He graduated from VPI in 1958 and taught vocational education for several years. He and Ann lived in Leesburg, Orange, and Westmoreland County on the Rappahanock River, Virginia before moving to Richmond in 1962 so that Ann could finish her degree at RPI as he promised her father Claude Mitchell that she would. They lived happily in Chesterfield County until Ann's untimely and shocking death in 1988 at age 52. Penn worked at the Virginia Department of Agriculture for more than 30 years in a number of roles before retiring in 1991. If you knew Penn, you know he could and did fix just about anything. He was a talented landscaper and took great pride in his yards and maintaining the family homeplace Sunnyside. Sunnyside was built in the mid-1800s and stands in remarkable condition thanks in large part to Penn's efforts and devotion to his family and homeplace. He also took up flying small private airplanes in the 1960s and enjoyed it well into the 1990s. Penn was very lucky to have found love again with Anita "Nita" Page McLemore with whom they shared many friends and good times. They married on October 19, 1997 and shared nearly 30 years together. He and Nita left their beloved Surreywood home in September 2023 and moved to Suffolk Virginia to downsize and be nearer her family. Nita was devoted to Penn to the very end. Penn was a devoted father and family man and loved to share his family history. He and Ann had 2 daughters, Jan Penn Zentmeyer and husband Glen A. "Skip" Skinner, and Suzanne Wynn Zentmeyer Stewart survive their dad. He is also survived by 4 grandchildren, Anna Penn Skinner and husband Charles "Chip" Wilson Jackson V, Sydney Autrey Skinner Stockmore and husband Sean J. Stockmoe, Peter Mitchell Stewart, and LucyAnn Zentmeyer Stewart, and one precious great-grandson, Carter Joseph Stockmoe and 3 nieces. Penn is also survived by loving step-children Ann Burton Barnes Heikens and husband Timmy, and Troy McLemore Barnes and wife Wendy, and grandchildren Dillon Heikens and wife Emily, Camryn Heikens, Brianna Barnes, and Charles Barnes, and great granddaughter Penelope Mehegan Heikens. Penn was preceded in death by his parents and beloved brother Bob in 1995 and sister-in-law Betsy Lawrence Zentmeyer Wengert in 2023, but is also survived by loving and devoted nephews Leath and Larry Zentmeyer and their wives and children and grandchildren. Penn's ashes will be buried beside his wife Ann in Oakwood Cemetery in Martinsville VA in the Spring of 2025. No flowers are requested. If individuals are interested, contributions can be made to historic Oakwood Cemetery for the care and upkeep of the grounds. Perhaps not consciously stated but we believe Penn lived by this philosophy: "Your children will follow the footsteps that you leave for them. Walk in the direction of love, integrity, compassion and self-worth." Jan Zentmeyer	ZENTMEYER, William Penn (I1542)
1003	William S. Zentmyer, age 90, of Upper Arlington, died Wednesday, July 6, 1994 at Arlington Court Nursing Home. Retired Branch Manager with Dow Chemical. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Thelma H. Zentmyer. Preceded in death by his brother Edgar Zentmyer and his sisters Marguerite and Lucille Zentmyer. Charter member of the Triangle Lodge #748 F&AM, Upper Arlington, Scottish Rite Valley of Columbus and Noble of the Mystic Shrine of Aladdin Temple, Columbus, and former member of the Drum Corp of the Shrine. The Columbus Dispatch, July 8, 1994	ZENTMYER, William Samuel (I731)
1004	William Strahorn and his brother Samuel both married sisters named Cuttler.	STRAHORN, William Chapman (I174)
1005	Williard must have been an extremely active man. Besides the organizations already mentioned, he was also a member of the Pilgrim Commandry No. 21 Knights Templar, Osiris Temple at Wheeling, the Tygarts Valley Shrine Club, Osiris, Klowns, and the H.W. Daniels Post No. 29 American Legion. Williard was a graduate of Keyser High School; received lab training at Potomac Valley Hospital, Keyser. He worked for a time as a lab technician at Old City Hospital in Elkins, WV. SANTMYER, WILLARD M Sr TEC 4 US ARMY WORLD WAR II DATE OF BIRTH: 08/21/1918 DATE OF DEATH: 06/16/1997 BURIED AT: LITTLE ARLINGTON CEMETERY ELKINS, WV 26241 Ref: http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/j2ee/servlet/NGL_v1	SANTMYER, Willard Maurice Sr (I1096)
1006	Willie Penn was killed in a coal mine explosion. He was an accountant and somehow they talked him into going down to check on a fuse that did not explode.	ZENTMEYER, William Penn (I1737)
1007	Worked for the Pensylvania Railroad System.	LOWMAN, Abraham A. (I3370)
1008	Year of birth 1882 in Zentmyer Family Bible, 1900 US Census, and Oregon Death Index, 1883 in Social Security Death Index, 1884 on headstone.	ZENTMYER, Nona (I2342)
1009	Zentmyer, Richard 85 of Charlotte, died Saturday, August 9, 2003 at his residence. Mr. Zentmyer was born June 5, 1918 in Sylvan Center, Michigan, the son of Cyrus H. and Vergie (Stuver) Zentmyer. He owned an appliance repair business until he retired. He served his country during World War II in the 8th Army Infantry Division and was a life member of the VFW Maple City Post #2406 in Charlotte. He married Reatha I. Satterlee December 22, 1946 and she survives him. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Lavonne in 1994. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at Pray Funeral Home in Charlotte, with Mr. George Howe officiating. Interment will be in West Carmel Cemetery. Visitation will be 7-9 p.m. Sunday and 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Monday. If desired, memorial contributions may be made to Eaton Community Hospice.	ZENTMYER, Richard (I2799)