Adam ZENTMEYER

1786 - 1872  (86 years)

• Name	Adam ZENTMEYER
  Birth	03 Jul 1786	Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Dec 1872	Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
  Burial	Lehn's Graveyard, Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
  Notes	1850 - Elizabeth, Lancaster, Pennsylvania Adam Zentmeyer 63 - Pennsylvania Susanna 53 - Pennsylvania Susan 23 - Pennsylvania 1860 - Naperville, DuPage, Illinois Adam Zentmeyer 72 - Pennsylvania Susanna 62 - Pennsylvania 1870 - Naperville, DuPage, Illinois Adam Sentmire 84 - Pennsylvania Susanna 75 - Pennsylvania "As for Adam, he definitely died in Lancaster Co. The Naperville Clarion of October 19, 1870 carried this item in the 'Gossip columns": "Mr Adam Zentmyer, the oldest man in Copenhagen, is about to shake the dust from his feet, turn his back upon that burg and remove to Pennsylvania. He has sale on the 28th inst., and has three of the best cows in this county, which will be sold." The diary of Jacob Zentmyer, grandson of Adam, says on December 25, 1872: "We hat A poor chrismus no fun ataul we hat A turkey for diner Anuff to Eat and we are all well today we got A letter from M L Miller she rides that grandfather Zentmyer died he was 86 years & 5 month & 12 day old only sick from Sat till Sunday Night cold it began to Snow this Evening" Spelling and punctuation are as in the original. M. L. (Mary Louise) Miller was a first cousin to Jacob and lived (at least in later years) in Lancaster city." Mike Fichtel
  Person ID	I1659	Zentmeyer Main Tree
  Last Modified	18 May 2015

  
  

  Father	Johann Jacob ZENTMEYER,   b. 30 Dec 1751, Bischwiller, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France d. 22 Mar 1831, Ephrata, Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Catharine Susanna ZARTMAN,   b. 3 Dec 1751, Brickerville, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania d. 8 Oct 1833, Cocalico Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F23665	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Anna BRICKER,   b. 10 Oct 1793   d. 12 Sep 1815 (Age 21 years)
  Family ID	F23683	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Feb 2014

  
  

  Family 2	Susanna ENCK,   b. 1797, Pennsylvania d. 31 Mar 1874, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1815	Pennsylvania
  Children	+ 1. Benjamin E ZENTMYER,   b. 1817, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania d. 17 Dec 1856, Aurora, Kane Co., Illinois (Age 39 years) + 2. Isaac Enck ZENTMYER,   b. Apr 1822, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania d. 28 Sep 1904, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Age ~ 82 years) + 3. George E. ZENTMYER,   b. 10 Oct 1824, Lancaster, Pennsylvania d. 22 Feb 1907, Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Age 82 years)   4. Susanna ZENTMEYER,   b. 20 Jun 1827   d. 13 Aug 1914 (Age 87 years)   5. Elizabeth ZENTMEYER,   b. 1830, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F250	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 May 2015

  
  

• Photos		Headstone of Adam Zentmeyer Located in Lehn's Graveyard, in a field about 600 feet east and a little south of 3250 Kissell Hill Rd., Lititz, PA Photo courtesy of Denise Witwer Lahr
  		Lehn's Graveyard Located in a field about 600 feet east and a little south of 3250 Kissell Hill Rd., Lititz, PA Photo courtesy of Denise Witwer Lahr