This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Zimmerman, Rhoads, Parmly, Keith, Hunsaker, Rhoads, Vaught, Kimmel Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Wh.2ADE/1838.1.1 Message Board Post: http://www.hostville.com/family/gen1/d0009/g0000044.html Jacob Zimmerman b 12 Sep 1802 KY, d 12 Feb 1859, m Muhlenberg Co KY 20 Nov1821 Catherine Rhoads. History of Alexander, Union and Pulaski Counties, page 125 of the biographical section, says Catherine b 6 Sep 1792 KY and that she survived her husband. They had seven girls and two boys; only two of these children were living in 1883. Jacob was "one of the earliest settlers in the county, living here almost all his life, and for one term was a member of the Illinois state legislature". LDS Ancestral File http://www.familysearch.org gives Jacob's father's name as Mathias Zimmerman (b before 1776, d Dec 1838 Union Co IL), and names six siblings of Jacob. http://gozips.uakron.edu/~agould/HTMLRhoads/fam00226.htm Some info on the Rhoads ancestry at this site. Mentions Sara Zimmerman marrying Jacob Rhoads in Muhlenberg Co KY. The Zimmerman family may have come to Union County from Muhlenberg Co KY with some members of the Parmly, Keith, Hunsaker, Rhoads, Vaught and Kimmel families.