John Michael Zimmerman and Mary B. Vatter

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Husband John Michael Zimmerman ¹

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           Born: Jun 1802 - Goenningen, Wurttemburg, Germany 1
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           Died: 1876 - ? Butler Co, PA 1
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       Marriage: 

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Wife Mary B. Vatter ¹

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           Born:  - Würtemberg, Germany
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           Died: 1883 1
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Children

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1 F Mary Zimmerman ¹

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           Died: Bef 1895
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2 F Margaret A. Zimmerman ^{2 3 4}

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           Born: 1835
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           Died: 1919
         Buried:  - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA

         Spouse: Walter L. Graham (1831-1900/1900) 2 3 4 5 6
           Marr: 1867 3

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3 M Jacob Zimmerman ¹

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           Died: Bef 1895
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4 F Annie Zimmerman ¹

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           Died: Bef 1895
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5 F Catherine Zimmerman ^{1 7}

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           Born: 4 Mar 1842 7
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           Died: 4 Sep 1918 7
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         Spouse: Judge Charles McCandless (1834-1893) 7 8 9 10
           Marr: 16 Oct 1860 7

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6 F Caroline Zimmerman ^{11 12 13}

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           Born:  - Butler, Butler Co, PA
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         Spouse: Capt. Samuel Walker (1835-1896) 11 13 14

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7 M Dr. George M. Zimmerman ^{1 15}

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           Born: 18 Nov 1842 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 1 15
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         Spouse: Jennie E. Ritter (      -      ) 16
           Marr: Aug 1876 16

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8 F Frederica Zimmerman ¹

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         Spouse: H. A. Wise (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - John Michael Zimmerman

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Butler, Butler Co, PA

He was the eldest in a family of five children, and obtained a fair common school education. In 1816 he accompanied Martin J. Reiber to Holland, where they purchased a supply of bulbs and flower seeds, and establishing their headquarters at Moscow, Russia, traveled over that empire disposing of their goods, also through Turkey, Egypt, and other eastern countries, as well as the southern nations of Europe. A severe illness in the fall of 1824 compelled him to return home, and he did not resume his business until the spring of 1826. The following two years he spent in selling his seeds over his former routes. After a brief rest at home, he laid in a supply of flower bulbs and seeds, and crossing the Atlantic located at St. Louis, Missouri, and spent nearly two years selling goods through the southern states and portions of Mexico. In 1830 he returned to Germany, but the following year he again visited America, bringing with him a supply of seeds, besides a number of old fashioned wooden clocks so familiar in pioneer days, which he sold in the principal towns of the northern states and Canada. Returning to Germany once more, he brought with him his wife and child to Philadelphia, and in 1832 came westward to Butler County, settling on the old Brinker farm, in Summit township. In 1833 he moved into the borough of But­ler, taking charge of the tavern which then stood on South Main street. About 1838-39 he bought the old Rising Sun tavern, later known as the Vogeley House, which he carried on until 1847-48, when he sold it to William Vogeley, and purchased the Pennsylvania House, where the Willard Hotel later stood. He conducted business there until 1868, then sold the property to Benjamin Jack and retired to private life. He and his wife were Lutherans in relig­ion, and he took quite an active part in the erection of the old German Lutheran church of Butler. In politics, he was a Democrat, filled the office of county treasurer one term, and served in the borough council for several years. [HBC 1895, 779]
He and his wife had fourteen children, eight of them grew to maturity.

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 779.

2 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 732, 779.

3 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1076.

4 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 26.

5 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 171.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 510.

7 Joseph A. Ferree, The McCandless and Related Families, Pioneers of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Natrona Heights, PA: Self-Published, 1977), Pg 18.

8 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 338.

9 —, Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Biography of Pennsylvania, Vol. II (New York: Atlantic Publishing & Engraving Co., 1889), Pg 221.

10 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 241.

11 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 733.

12 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 675.

13 C. Hale Sipe, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Topeka - Indianapolis: Historical Publishing Co., 1927), Pg 768.

14 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 673.

15 C. Hale Sipe, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Topeka - Indianapolis: Historical Publishing Co., 1927), Pg 796.

16 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 780.