Þvottadagsslys Mellie Zimmerman

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Langafi minn Parker L. Zimmerman giftist þrisvar. Eftir nokkra mánaða hjónaband með Victoria Harris á meðan 1897 í Franklin County, Missouri, Parker flutti til Bollinger-sýslu, Missouri til að vera nær fjölskyldu sinni. Foreldrar hans, Samuel og Sarah Zimmerman, bjó í Dongola, Bollinger, Missouri. Mars 31, 1902, 27-hinn ársgamli Parker giftist seinni konu sinni, 22-ára gamla Mellie Bollinger.

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1909 – A Bad Ár Fyrir Parker Zimmerman

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1909 var sennilega versta ár lífs Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman er. Hann missti bæði hans tíu mánaða gamlan dóttur Ida maí Zimmerman og seinni konu hans Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Fyrir andlát Parker í Cape Giraurdeau Tornado of 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. I can only imagine how hard 1909

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Ollie J. Zimmerman (1906 – 1977)

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Ollie J. Zimmerman was the third son born to my great-grandfather Parker L. Zimmerman and his second wife Mollie Bollinger. Ollie and his twin sister Dollie were born on either April 27, 1906 or April 27, 1907. Since Ollie’s headstone says “1906”, I’m going with April 27, 1906 as his birthdate. Í 1909, Ollie would lose his mother, þegar Mellie

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Hattie May Story (1896 – 1917)

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My great grandmother Lydia Margaret “Dollie” Story Zimmerman’s youngest sister Hattie May Story was born on August 20, 1896. Hattie was Dollie’s half-sister as she was the daughter of George Washington Story and his second wife Margaret Sweat. Dollie’s mother was George Story’s first wife Malinda Davis. Hattie’s mother Margaret either died in giving birth to Hattie or passed away

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George Washington Story (1843 – 1903)

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My second great-grandfather George Washington Story was born in August 1843 to Gilford Dudley Story and his second wife Nancy Jane Story nee Womack. George was born in Shawneetown, Gallatin County, Illinois, USA. He was the fourth of Dudley’s and Nancy’s nine children. George Washington Story married his first wife and my second great-grandmother Malinda Davis on November 26, 1863,

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Amanda Isabelle “Mandy” Saga

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Many Zimmermans always believed my great-grandfather Parker L. Zimmerman was married five times. Þó, Parker was married three times to Victoria Harris, Mellie Bollinger and Lydia Margaret “Dollie” Saga. It was actually Parker’ sister-in-law Amanda Isabelle “Mandy” Saga, who was married five times. Mandy was born in Illinois on July 16, 1877 to George Washington Story and Malinda Davis although

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John Riley Collects Poll Tax

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My second great-grandfather John Riley Deweese served as Welch Township Republican Committee Chairman in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri for most of his adult life. Besides holding party caucuses in his home, John Riley served as Road Commissioner in the 1910s. Residents mostly traversed the roads by horse and buggy. Eitt af þeim aðferðum sem stjórnvöld notuðu til að innheimta gjöld fyrir vegi

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