John William Zimmerman (1853 - 1881)

Born 9 Sep 1853 in Stoystown, Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Died 22 Aug 1881 at age 27 in McKeesport, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Biography

Son of Jacob J. Zimmerman and Elizabeth Knupp. Killed by a locomotive.

"ZIMMERMAN. -- At McKeesport, Pa., on August 22d, 1881, buried at Stoystown, Pa., on August 24th, 1881, John William Zimmerman, son of Jacob Zimmerman, Jr., aged 27 years, 11 months, 13 days. 'In the midst of life we are in death' was truly verified in the case of this young man whose sudden death by accident has been duly noticed in the papers of the county. He was highly esteemed in the community in which he lived, being of a generous, noble disposition. A few weeks previous to his death he saved a man from being crushed beneath the cars at the risk of his own life. He was in the act of going to the rescue of a fellow-workman, who was in imminent danger, when he himself was struck down and crushed beneath an engine. His heroic act and the sad result will not soon be forgotten. Baptized in infancy, at the proper age he did not hesitate to assume for himself the vows then made in his name by his parents, and thus was admitted into full communion with the Reformed church, at Stoystown, by the solemn rite of confirmation, in which relation he was 'faithful unto death.' X."

The Somerset Herald (Somerset, Pennsylvania), 14 Sep 1881, Wed • First Edition

Burial: IOOF Cemetery Stoystown Somerset County Pennsylvania, USA

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