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There are differences of opinions on the identity of the parentage of Susannah Zickafoose Wimer. Some genealogies have stated that she was the daughter of Elias Zickafoose and some genealogies have stated that she was the daughter of Peter Zickafoose, father of Elias. However, court documents support the former.
Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia is an extraction of original court records of Augusta County. On page 208, labeled as "Buzard vs. Zickafoose--O. S. 276; N. S. 97--Bill, November, 1814" the extraction states the following:
Peter Sickafoose died, intestate, leaving Catharine Zickafoose, widow of Peter Zickafoose and children. (The list of children includes daughter Susanna Buzzard and son Elias Zickafoose.) Elias died shortly after his father, leaving widow Elizabeth and infant children: Susanna, Elias, Elizabeth, Henry and Mary.
The court document is evidence that Susanna Buzzard was the daughter of Peter and Catharine Zickafoose. Susannah Zickafoose, daughter of Elias Zickafoose, is the Susannah who married George Wimer.[1][2]
The 1830 and 1840 census implies that Susannah was born between 1800 and 1810. Her age in the 1850 census implies that she was born about 1799. Susannah Zickafoose married George Wimer.
In the 1830 census in Pendleton County, Virginia, the household consisted of a man in his thirties, a woman in her twenties,two boys and a girl.[3]
George Wimer resided in Pendleton County, Virginia in 1840. The household consisted of a man in his forties, a woman in her thirties, six boys and three girls.[4]
In 1850, George (63) and Susan (51) Wymer resided in Pendleton County, Virginia with the following children in their household: Abel (23), Peter (20), George (16), Ellen (14), Jacob (13), Elias (11), Susan (9), Henry (4), Mary (3) and Elizabeth Zickafoose (19) with husband George. The next household listed in the census included son Nathan with wife and children.[5]
Although there is not a tombstone with her name, the page on findagrave states that she was probably buried in Wimer Cemetery, Pendleton County, West Virginia. The page also states that she died 13 Jan 1856; it states that these dates are from a Bible Record, but does not provide any clues to the source of this information.[6]
Marriage records for two of her children state that the names of the parents were George and Susan Wimer. Daughter Eleanor Wimer (age 19) married Jackson Cunningham on 25 Aug 1853 in Pendleton County (then in Virginia but now in West Virginia).[7] Son Nathan Wimer (age 45) married his second wife Caroline Heivner on 9 Jan 1870 in Rockingham County, Virginia.[8]
This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.[9] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.
The following tree states that Susannah Zickafoose was the daughter of Peter Zickafoose which is contracted by court records.
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