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JACOB ZIMMERMAN,
of the firm of Zimmerman & Monroe, dealers in dry goods,
notions, boots, shoes, etc., Ashmore; was born in Augusta County,
Va., Sept. 19, 1836; in 1837, his father, Martin Zimmerman,
removed with his family to Edgar Co., Ill., where he resided one
year, and then settled in the edge of what is now Oakland Township,
in 1838; in common with most of the pioneers, he began life in the
West with an empty pocket, but with that unconquerable determination
to succeed before which all obstacles recede and vanish away; he
entered some land from the Government, to which he added until he
owned a fine farm of 400 acres, and was regarded as one of the most
reliable and substantial farmers in the vicinity; he died in 1852,
leaving a family of eight children. Jacob Zimmerman
remained on the home farm about two years after his father's death,
and then engaged in farming for himself; a few years later, he
started in the mercantile business in Ashmore; he has been the agent
of the American Express Co., for the past eighteen years; he served
about two years on the Board of Supervisors, and a term or two as
Assessor; he was a member of the Board of Trustees of the village of
Ashmore seven terms, and several years, of the Board of School
Directors. He was married in September, 1855, to Miss Sarah
C. Ashmore, a daughter of the late Hezekiah J. Ashmore,
of this town, and has three children - Lillian, Norman L.,
and Vernona.
(Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
Jr., & Co. - 1879 - Page 607) |
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JAMES ZIMMERMAN,
farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Ashmore; a son of Martin and Sarah
Zimmerman; was born in August Co., Va., Dec. 8, 1827, and came
to the State of Illinois with his parents in 1837, at the age of 10
years; his father, after spending one year in Edgar Co., removed to
Coles Co., in 1838, and settled on a farm in the edge of Oakland
Twp.; this farm is now owned and occupied by John B. Zimmerman,
one of his sons. On the 12th of January, 1854, the subject of
this sketch was married to Miss Mary A. McDavitt, a daughter
of Nortlely McDavitt, of Edgar Co., Ill.; she was born in
Hampshire Co., Va., Jan. 13, 1830, and came to Edgar Co. with her
parents in 1832; of seven children of this marriage five are living
- William R., Roley O., Mary I., Ella E. and Cora N.
Mr. Zimmerman began life for himself by working out by the
month, and, in 1853, began improving his present home, which was
then nothing but the raw prairie; he first entered 160 acre of land,
from the Government; to this he has added at various times, until he
now owns some 400 acres of as fine land as is to be found in
Illinois, with good improvements and well-stocked, etc.; he has made
a specialty of stock-raising, raising what grain was necessary to
feed his stock, thus consuming the products of the land upon the
farm; he has never been an office-seeker, nor an office-holder, but
has devoted himself to his business of farming.
(Source: History of Coles County, Illinois - Chicago - Wm. LeBaron,
Jr., & Co. - 1879 - Page 607) |
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