| Name |
Jacob ZELLER |
| Birth |
19 Jan 1846 |
Putnam County, Ohio, United States  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Residence |
28 Sep 1850 |
Union Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States [2] |
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| Residence |
7 Aug 1860 |
Union Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States [3] |
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| Milit-Beg |
5 Oct 1864 |
Hancock County, Ohio, United States [4] |
| Enlisted as a Private in Co. D, 25th Ohio Infantry Regiment |
| Milit-End |
20 Oct 1865 |
Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States [4] |
| Mustered out of Co. D, 25th Ohio Infantry Regiment |
| Misc |
29 Sep 1905 |
Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States [5] |
| Attended the reunion of the 25th Ohio Infantry Regiment |
| Immigration |
1907 |
Canada [6] |
| Naturalization |
1910 |
Canada [6] |
| Death |
8 Dec 1931 |
McComb, Hancock, Ohio, United States [1, 7] |
- Jacob Zeller, 85, War Vet, Expires
Former Postmaster at Mt. Cory Passes Away After Year's Illness
Funeral to be Friday
Widow, Six Children Survive; Was Last Member of G.A.R. at McComb
Jacob Zeller, 85, Mc Comb, last surviving member of the G.A.R. of that village, died at 6:15 last evening at his home. He had been in ill health for about one year.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Friday at the Evangelical church in Mt. Cory. Rev. Weed of McComb will officiate, assisted by Rev. Powell of Mt. Cory. Interment will be in the Clymer Cemetery.
Mr. Zeller, a retired farmer, served during the civil war with Co. 25, O.V.I. For a number of years he was the Union township Treasurer, and her also served as postmaster at Mt. Cory for a long time. He was a member of the Evangelical church and of the Christian Missionary Alliance. At one time he owned and operated a large farm in Canada.
Mr. Zeller was born in Putnam county in 1846 and was the son of Fred and Barbara Christina Croner [sic] Zeller. He was married Jun 27, 1867 to Miss Eva Bookmiller who survives together with six children, three sisters, twenty grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. One child is dead.
The children surviving are Mrs. Levi Bierer, of McComb; Rev. F. A. Zeller, Burbank , Califl A. G. Zeller, Long Beach, Calif.; O. H. Zeller of Pennant, Saskatchewan, Canada; and J. T. Zeller, Long Beach, Calif.
The sisters are Mrs. William Wagoner, of Mt. Cory, Mrs Susie Kamerer, of Akron, and Mrs. D. W. Kerr, of Toronto, Ontario.
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Source: The Findlay Morning Republican, Wednesday, December 9, 1931
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| Burial |
Mount Cory, Hancock, Ohio, United States [8] |
Address:
Clymer Cemetery |
| Person ID |
I4421 |
Watkins |
| Last Modified |
17 Jan 2020 |
| Father |
Rev. Paul Frederick ZELLER, b. 3 Jul 1820, Weiden, Württemberg, Germany d. 7 Sep 1903, Union Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States (Age 83 years) |
| Mother |
Christina Barbara KOERNER, b. 28 Nov 1819, Aistaig, Württemberg, Germany d. 4 Nov 1896, Union Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States (Age 76 years) |
| Marriage |
18 Mar 1842 |
Weiden, Württemberg, Germany [9] |
| Residence |
28 Sep 1850 |
Union Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States [2] |
| Farmer |
- Listed as Frederick and Barbara Seller
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| Residence |
6 Aug 1860 |
Union Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States [3] |
| Farmer |
- Listed as Frederic and Christiana Selers
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| Residence |
11 Jun 1870 |
McComb, Union Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States [10] |
| Ministry |
- Listed as Frederick and Barbara Zellers
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| Residence |
1 Jun 1880 |
Union Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States [11] |
| Family ID |
F19 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Eva BUCHMUELLER, b. 28 Feb 1852, Hancock County, Ohio, United States d. 4 Feb 1941, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 88 years) |
| Marriage |
27 Jun 1867 |
Hancock County, Ohio, United States [1] |
| Residence |
16 Jun 1870 |
Union Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States [12] |
| Farmer |
| Residence |
1 Jun 1880 |
Union Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States [13] |
| Farmer |
| Residence |
21 Jun 1900 |
Mount Cory, Hancock, Ohio, United States [14] |
| Farmer |
- Census records that they had been married for 33 years and that all of their seven children were still living.
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| Misc-Fam |
Nov 1907 |
Bluffton, Allen, Ohio, United States [15] |
| Returned to Bluffton area for a visit |
- "Jacob Zeller and wife of Swift Current, Canada, returned home Monday. It was interesting Monday evening to see the people flock around Mr. Zeller, to hear the good news of Canada."
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| Residence |
1911 |
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada [16] |
| Farmer |
| Residence |
26 Jun 1916 |
Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada [6] |
| Farmer |
- Their religion was listed as Methodist.
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| Misc-Fam |
Dec 1921 |
Torrance, Los Angeles, California, United States [17] |
| Spent the winter with their son |
| Residence |
7 Apr 1930 |
McComb, Union Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States [18] |
- Findlay Republican Courier, Feb. 8, 1941
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| Children |
| | 1. Victoria Idella ZELLER, b. 14 Dec 1871, Union Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States d. 18 Mar 1951, McComb, Union Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States (Age 79 years) |
| | 2. Francis Augustus ZELLER, b. 12 Aug 1874, Union Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States d. 26 May 1939, Ontario, Canada (Age 64 years) |
| | 3. Winfield Warren ZELLER, b. 5 May 1877, Union Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States d. Jan 1922, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 44 years) |
| | 4. Arthur Garfield ZELLER, b. 3 Jun 1881, Union Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States d. 22 Aug 1941, Los Angeles County, California, United States (Age 60 years) |
| | 5. Otto Hartzler ZELLER, b. 9 Apr 1883, Mount Cory, Hancock, Ohio, United States d. 15 Oct 1956, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 73 years) |
| | 6. Clarence Dubbs ZELLER, b. 10 May 1885, Union Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States d. 9 Sep 1962, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 77 years) |
| | 7. John Frederick ZELLER, b. 13 Aug 1887, Union Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States d. 21 May 1969, Reseda, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 81 years) |
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| Family ID |
F714 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
10 Oct 2023 |
1846 - 1931 (85 years)
