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John Tennessee Zimmerman 1801 – 1873 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 February 1801

Birth Location: Henderson, Lewis, Kentucky, USA

Death Date: 6 February 1873

Death Location: Lewistown, Lewis County, Missouri, United States of America

Father: John Zimmerman

Mother: Catherine Zimmerman

Spouse(s): Sarah Zimmerman

Children(s): Martha Zimmerman

John Tennessee Zimmerman was born in 1801 in Henderson, Lewis, Kentucky, USA, the child of John Jacob Zimmerman and Catherine Straeffer\Schaeffer\Shafer Zimmerman. John Tennessee Zimmerman married Sarah "Sally " Freeman Zimmerman, and had children including Martha Ann Zimmerman. John Tennessee Zimmerman passed away in 1873 in Lewistown, Lewis County, Missouri, United States of America.

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Biography

  • John Tennessee Zimmerman was born in 1801 in Henderson, Lewis, Kentucky, USA, the child of John Jacob Zimmerman and Catherine Straeffer\Schaeffer\Shafer Zimmerman.
  • John Tennessee Zimmerman married Sarah "Sally " Freeman Zimmerman, and had children including Martha Ann Zimmerman.
  • John Tennessee Zimmerman passed away in 1873 in Lewistown, Lewis County, Missouri, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Zimmerman
1774 – 1851
Birth Location: Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
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Catherine Zimmerman
1776 – 1836
Birth Location: Frederick County, Maryland
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Spouses(s)

Sarah Zimmerman
1809 – 1881
Birth Location: North Carolina
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Children(s)

Martha Zimmerman
1847 – 1937
Birth Location: Tennessee, USA
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John Zimmerman's Ancestors

Self
John Zimmerman
1801 – 1873
Birth Place: Henderson, Lewis, Kentucky, USA
Parents
John Jacob Zimmerman
1774 – 1851
Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
Catherine (Straeffer\Schaeffer\Shafer) Zimmerman
1776 – 1836
Frederick County, Maryland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Zimmerman's Descendants

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John (Tennessee) Zimmerman (5 February 1801 – 6 February 1873) m. Sarah ("Sally " Freeman) Zimmerman (Mar 07, 1809 – 3 Apr 1881)
  1. 1. Martha (Ann) Zimmerman (6-17-1847 – 7-20-1937) m. Thomas (Houston) Gibbins (13 Apr 1840 – 7 Nov 1926)
    1. 1. James (Richard) Gibbins (23 Jun 1874 – 28 July 1951) m. Irene (E.) Doane (Sep 1881 – 6 Sep 1908)
      1. 1. James (Houston) Gibbons (27 May 1908 – 4 May 1953) m. Audrey (Lillian) Williamson (10 Aug 1911 – 15 Apr 1986) m. Iris (Marie Sapp Dyer Mears) Gibbons (25 February 1898 – 5 February 1980)
        1. 1. Thomas (Edward "Tom") Gibbons (11 Apr 1930 – 21 Nov 2022) m. Anna (Louise "Tuddie" Gibbons) Reuter (3 Nov 1930 – 26 Mar 2019)
        2. 2. Gerald (Ernest "Jerry") Gibbons (10 August 1932 – 11 Apr 1967)

John Zimmerman's Timeline

2 Records

1801
5 February 1801
Birth of John Tennessee Zimmerman in Henderson, Lewis, Kentucky, USA
Henderson, Lewis, Kentucky, USA
1873
6 February 1873
Age 72
Death of John Tennessee Zimmerman in Lewistown, Lewis County, Missouri, United States of America
Lewistown, Lewis County, Missouri, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 February 1801
    Event Place: Henderson, Lewis, Kentucky, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 February 1873
    Event Place: Lewistown, Lewis County, Missouri, United States of America
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