Robert Anderson ZENTMYER

1861 - 1923  (61 years)

• Name	Robert Anderson ZENTMYER
  Birth	24 Apr 1861	Huntingdon Furnace, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Feb 1923	Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania
  Burial	Grandview Cemetery, Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania
  Notes	"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. Robert A. Zentmyer was an only child. (His father, David Zentmyer, was killed at the Battle of Fredericksburg when Robert was 20 months old -Ed) 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. 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." It should be noted that this biography was published in 1897, before Robert's marriage to Edna Taylor and twenty-six years before his death. Additional details of his life after 1897 are noted in his obituary below. Robert's son David possessed a series of hand-written genealogical charts relating to the descendants of Christopher Zentmeyer, copies of which were obtained by Michael Fichtel in the 1970s. David told Michael that the charts had been compiled by his father Robert Anderson Zentmyer around 1904 after a lengthy letter-writing campaign to persons having the Zentmyer surname and its variants. We obtained partial copies of these from Michael in 2007, and they have proven to be accurate and informative. In 2022 I was able to obtain full copies from Vicki Zentmyer Bergstrom, David's daughter. -Ed.
  Person ID	I2893	Zentmeyer Main Tree
  Last Modified	2 Oct 2024

  
  

  Father	David ZENTMYER,   b. 7 May 1835, Springfield Furnace, Franklin, Huntingdon, Pennsylvana d. 13 Dec 1862, Fredericksburg, Virginia (Age 27 years)
  Mother	Susanna KINCH,   b. 5 Jan 1835, Neffs Mills, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania d. 5 Jul 1917, Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	1860	Franklin, Huntingdon, Pennsylvana
  Family ID	F359	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edna Myrtle TAYLOR,   b. 26 Jan 1877, Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania d. Dec 1979, Lancaster, Lancaster, Co., Pennsylvania (Age 102 years)
  Marriage	22 Apr 1903	Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania
  Children	1. Rebekah ZENTMYER,   b. 17 May 1910, Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania d. 29 Nov 1910, Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania (Age 0 years) + 2. Dr. David Taylor ZENTMYER, Sr.,   b. 1 Jun 1915, Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania d. 8 Apr 1990, Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Age 74 years)   3. Mary Roberta ZENTMYER,   b. 26 Sep 1904, Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania d. 3 Mar 1998, San Rafael, Marin, California (Age 93 years)
  Photos		Marriage Application for Robert Zentmyer and Edna Taylor In Blair County, Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F450	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Nov 2018

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Robert Anderson Zentmyer A young man, it is not clear what the significance of the uniform was.
  		Robert Anderson Zentmyer A more mature view.
  		Letter from R.A. Zentmyer In the Zentmyer Collection, from eBay June 2012
  		Obituary for Robert Anderson Zentmyer From Monday, 26 Feb 1923, in the Tyrone Daily Herald, page 9
  		Early Iron Works of Central Pennsylvania A paper read before the Fortnightly Club of Tyrone, Pennsylvania by Robert Anderson Zentmyer in 1916.
  		Headstone for Robert Anderson Zentmyer In Grandview Cemetery, Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania Photo courtesy Eric and Margaret Skrivseth