This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lg.2ADE/1203.2 Message Board Post: I have Zimmerly information back to Jacob of Washington Co VA. I also have a photocopy of portraits of both Jacob T and Josephine. If you are interested. Below is a brief descendant list, which may help fill in a few blanks for you. Descendants of Isaac Harmon Zimmerly Generation No. 1 1. ISAAC HARMON6 ZIMMERLY (JACOB5, ISAAC4, JACOB3, JACOB2, JOHANN1 ZIMMERLE) was born August 14, 1859 in Edgar County, Illinois, and died November 09, 1937 in Paris, Edgar County, Illinois. He married EUGENIA ELDREDGE November 17, 1878 in Edgar County, Illinois, daughter of OTIS ELDREDGE and CATHARINE CLAPP. She was born August 15, 1855 in Symmes Twp., Edgar County, Illinois, and died June 25, 1950 in Paris, Edgar County, Illinois. Children of ISAAC ZIMMERLY and EUGENIA ELDREDGE are: 2. i. WILLIAM LEE7 ZIMMERLY, b. August 25, 1879, Edgar County, Illinois; d. November 02, 1939, Edgar County, Illinois. ii. CHILD ZIMMERLY, b. August 25, 1879, Edgar County, Illinois; d. September 04, 1879, Edgar County, Illinois. 3. iii. JACOB TRUMAN ZIMMERLY, b. October 17, 1881, Edgar County, Illinois; d. March 05, 1952, Paris, Edgar County, Illinois. iv. MARY EVALINE ZIMMERLY, b. December 12, 1882, Edgar County, Illinois; d. July 16, 1958, Alton, Illinois; m. LUNDA E. FORD, Bef. 1920, Edgar County, Illinois; b. August 1864, Indiana. 4. v. ZELLA CATHERINE ZIMMERLY, b. January 16, 1884, Edgar County, Illinois; d. July 29, 1941, Parsons, Labette County, Kansas. 5. vi. OTIS HARMON ZIMMERLY, b. February 20, 1886, Edgar County, Illinois; d. July 15, 1964, San Bernadino, Califorinia. Generation No. 2 2. WILLIAM LEE7 ZIMMERLY (ISAAC HARMON6, JACOB5, ISAAC4, JACOB3, JACOB2, JOHANN1 ZIMMERLE) was born August 25, 1879 in Edgar County, Illinois, and died November 02, 1939 in Edgar County, Illinois. He married NINA VALARIA BLUE May 15, 1904 in Edgar County, Illinois, daughter of RHEUBAN BLUE and ROSETTA JOHNSON. She was born February 27, 1886 in Illinois, and died December 1983 in Tampa, Florida. Children of WILLIAM ZIMMERLY and NINA BLUE are: i. CHRISTINA MARCELLA8 ZIMMERLY, b. September 03, 1905, Paris, Edgar County, Illinois; m. RENIS CAMERON; b. May 15, 1903; d. December 1972, Tampa, Florida. ii. GERTRUDE KATHRYN ZIMMERLY, b. June 19, 1907, Paris, Edgar County, Illinois; d. August 23, 1909, Paris, Edgar County, Illinois. iii. EDYTHE GWENDOLYN ZIMMERLY, b. February 09, 1909, Paris, Edgar County, Illinois; m. ERNEST LAHN STEPHENS, August 11, 1930, Greenfield, Hancock County, Indiana; b. September 15, 1904, Paris , Illinois; d. February 11, 1981, Paris, Edgar, Illinois. iv. WILLIAM ROBERT ZIMMERLY, b. November 09, 1914, Edgar County, Illinois; d. February 28, 1999, Overland, St. Louis, Missouri; m. MARION METCALF. 3. JACOB TRUMAN7 ZIMMERLY (ISAAC HARMON6, JACOB5, ISAAC4, JACOB3, JACOB2, JOHANN1 ZIMMERLE) was born October 17, 1881 in Edgar County, Illinois, and died March 05, 1952 in Paris, Edgar County, Illinois. He married (1) JOSEPHINE BLANCHE PRESTON September 27, 1905 in Edgar County, Illinois, daughter of SAMUEL PRESTON and LAURA LYCAN. She was born December 1886 in Illinois, and died June 30, 1920 in Paris, Edgar County, Illinois. He married (2) MATILDA P. MORRISON June 29, 1922 in Peotone, Illinois. She was born Abt. 1896 in Peotone, Illinois, and died Bef. February 15, 1987 in Edgar County, Illinois. Children of JACOB ZIMMERLY and JOSEPHINE PRESTON are: i. ISAAC PRESTON8 ZIMMERLY, b. July 17, 1906, Denhoff, Sheridan, North Dakota; d. December 18, 2000, Edgar County, Illinois; m. (1) FLORA KATHRYN WISEMAN, Abt. 1933; d. Bef. 1963; m. (2) LOLA MUNS WALKER, December 01, 1963, Wellesley, Mass; b. May 05, 1905, Massachusetts; d. January 28, 2001, Edgar County, Illinois. ii. RUTH MARIE IRENE ZIMMERLY, b. April 17, 1908, Illinois; d. January 19, 1996, Illinois; m. UNKNOWN MORRISON. iii. VESTA EILEEN ZIMMERLY, b. May 01, 1910, Illinois; m. UNKNOWN MATTIE. iv. WAYNE IRA ZIMMERLY, b. December 01, 1911, McClusky, Sheridan, North Dakota; d. Bef. October 13, 1972, <Illinois>; m. ELEANOR VIRGINIA SHAW, November 20, 1937; b. Abt. 1916. v. JUNE F. ZIMMERLY, b. June 03, 1917, Illinois. vi. JOSEPHINE E. ZIMMERLY, b. June 18, 1919, Illinois. Children of JACOB ZIMMERLY and MATILDA MORRISON are: vii. BESSIE CATHERINE8 ZIMMERLY, b. October 29, 1924, Edgar County, Illinois; m. EDWARD E. TERRELL. viii. MARGARET JEAN ZIMMERLY, b. April 16, 1926, Edgar County, Illinois; m. JOHN WILLIAM PATRICK. 4. ZELLA CATHERINE7 ZIMMERLY (ISAAC HARMON6, JACOB5, ISAAC4, JACOB3, JACOB2, JOHANN1 ZIMMERLE) was born January 16, 1884 in Edgar County, Illinois, and died July 29, 1941 in Parsons, Labette County, Kansas. She married JAMES ROBERT DAVIS June 19, 1904 in Parsons, Labette County, Kansas, son of MARTIN DAVIS and THURSA DOWNS. He was born October 25, 1861 in Charleston, Coles County, Illinois, and died June 26, 1949 in Parsons, Labette County, Kansas. Children of ZELLA ZIMMERLY and JAMES DAVIS are: i. EUGENE KENNETH8 DAVIS, b. April 12, 1907, Parsons, Labette County, Kansas; d. December 06, 1995, Baton Rouge, Louisianna; m. LORINDA WILLA DICKENSON, August 02, 1927, Kansas; b. April 07, 1909, Kansas; d. March 14, 1978, Albuqurque, New Mexico. ii. MARGARET VIVIAN DAVIS, b. August 26, 1910, Parsons, Labette County, Kansas; d. July 20, 1987, Las Vegas, Nevada; m. GEORGE E. BEGEY, September 16, 1940, Parsons, Labette County, Kansas; b. August 12, 1908, Parsons, Labette County, Kansas; d. April 24, 1976, Parsons, Labette County, Kansas. iii. ETHEL LORENE DAVIS, b. June 04, 1915, Parsons, Labette County, Kansas; d. September 24, 2005, Loveland, Colorado; m. (1) MELVIN FRANK SASSER, May 09, 1934, Parsons, Labette County, Kansas; b. September 15, 1913, Denison, Grayson,Texas; d. September 01, 1958, Loveland, Colorado; m. (2) LOWELL CLAYBURN, February 16, 1968, Longmont, Colorado; b. December 19, 1912, Colorado; d. February 06, 1989, Longmont, Colorado. 5. OTIS HARMON7 ZIMMERLY (ISAAC HARMON6, JACOB5, ISAAC4, JACOB3, JACOB2, JOHANN1 ZIMMERLE) was born February 20, 1886 in Edgar County, Illinois, and died July 15, 1964 in San Bernadino, Califorinia. He married (1) MARTHA "MATTIE" WATTS Abt. 1905 in Edgar County, Illinois. She was born February 15, 1881, and died July 14, 1906 in Clark County, Illinois. He married (2) ATHA JANE MCELVAIN May 18, 1909 in McKluskey, North Dakota. She was born December 01, 1891 in Missouri, and died December 09, 1977 in San Bernadino, Califorinia. Child of OTIS ZIMMERLY and MARTHA WATTS is: i. MATTHEW8 ZIMMERLY, b. July 16, 1906, Clark County, Illinois; d. August 01, 1906, Clark County, Illinois. Children of OTIS ZIMMERLY and ATHA MCELVAIN are: ii. VELVA MARIE8 ZIMMERLY, b. February 22, 1911, Denhoff, Sheridan, North Dakota; d. September 14, 1918, Denhoff, Sheridan, North Dakota. iii. OTIS HAROLD ZIMMERLY, b. February 26, 1916, Denhoff, Sheridan, North Dakota; d. February 05, 1928, Paris, Edgar County, Illinois. iv. DOROTHY EILEEN ZIMMERLY, b. September 27, 1919, Denhoff, Sheridan, North Dakota.