This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZJYBAEB/1260.1 Message Board Post: I believe the William H. Zimmerman who is in the household of Henry Zimmerman in the 1850 Pike County, Ohio census is the William H. Zimmerman who married Sarah Pry, although I have never found a document that directly states that Henry was the father of William, such as a death certificate. (William died ca 1878). Henry Zimmerman married Sally (Sarah) Curtis in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia on 12 January, 1819. He married his second wife, Mary Chew, in Pike County, Ohio on 6 April 1848. Following is what happened to three of the children listed in the Henry Zimmerman household in 1850: Joseph Cook Zimmerman's obituary from Wayne County, Iowa, states that "Joseph C. Zimmerman born Nov. 25, 1843 in Pike county, Ohio, son of Henry and Sarah Zimmerman, was one of eleven children. After the death of his mother when he was but a child, he came to Iowa with an older brother and settled near Seymour, Iowa." Joseph died 19 February, 1935. David Tharp Zimmerman's obituary from Wayne County, Iowa, says "David Tharp Zimmerman was born in Pike County, Ohio, January 22, 1842, and passed away at his home in Seymour, December 2, 1924...". "When he was about 12 years of age he came with his parents to Louisa County, Iowa. 3 years later the family moved to Wayne County." (So Henry and his second wife Mary (Chew) probably died in Louisa or Wayne County, Iowa.) Abraham Baker Zimmerman's death certificate states that his parents were Henry and Sarah (Curtis) Zimmerman. Abraham died 6 July 1917 in Fayette County, Ohio. The other household that had a William Zimmerman about the same age was Jacob Zimmerman. Jacob Zimmerman married Susannah Cook in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia 29 December 1831. This family moved to Harrison County, Missouri. William married Lucinda Samples, and died there in 1882. John and Margaret Zimmerman, both age 45 in the 1850 Pike County, Ohio census, were also married in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia, on 21 June 1833. Her maiden name was also Cook.