Amos Lafayette Zimmerman and Dessemiah Ashbaugh Ross

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Husband Amos Lafayette Zimmerman ^{1 2}

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           Born: 22 Feb 1838 - Allegheny Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: Daniel Zimmerman (1794-1876) 1 2 3
         Mother: Rebecca Waugaman (1796-1886) 1 2 3

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       Marriage: 17 Sep 1863 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 4

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Wife Dessemiah Ashbaugh Ross ⁴

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         Father: Joseph Ross (      -      ) 4
         Mother: Elizabeth [Unk] (      -      ) 4

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Children

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1 F Rebecca Zimmerman ⁴

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           Born: 6 Dec 1865 4
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2 F Edwana Zimmerman ⁴

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           Born: 2 Jul 1873 4
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3 F Abbie Zimmerman ⁴

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           Born: 7 Dec 1877 4
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         Spouse: William M. Gracey (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 1903 4

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4 F Grace Zimmerman ⁴

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           Born: 29 Sep 1881 4
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5 M Ralph Zimmerman ⁴

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           Born: 14 Nov 1883 4
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6 M Paul Zimmerman ⁴

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           Born: 18 Oct 1886 4
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         Status: Twin

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7 M John Zimmerman ⁴

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           Born: 18 Oct 1886 4
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General Notes: Husband - Amos Lafayette Zimmerman

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He attended the public schools until he was fourteen years of age, and then enjoyed academic training for four years more, afterward remaining on the home farm until the outbreak of the Civil war. On June 8, 1861, he enlisted for service in Company G, 11th Pennsylvania R. C., and served for one and a half years, during this time experiencing many of the hardships incident to army life. His regiment was encamped near Washington, D. C., until after the first battle of Bull Run, when it was attached to General Meade's brigade and moved to the front, afterward narrowly escaping capture by the Confederates. Mr. Zimmerman was taken sick after this and was placed on a boat to be sent to a hospital at Point Lookout, Maryland, and after treatment there was discharged on account of disability, Dec. 25, 1862.
After recuperating he went to work in the oil fields at Oil City, Pennsylvania, and continued for three years, in 1867 becoming a contractor on the Valley railroad. In 1882 he came to Apollo and went to work in the iron mills, and after they were sold, in 1897, became manager of the rolling mills. After the big plant was moved to Vandergrift he became inspector of pays in 1902. He continued with the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company.
He and his family were members of the Lutheran Church. Fraternally he was associated with the Masons and the Elks and belonged also to the G. A. R.

He and his wife had thirteen children; seven surviving in 1914.

1 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 629.

2 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 568.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 118.

4 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 569.