Sophia (Zinn) Dunkin (1828 - 1914)

Born 4 Aug 1828 in Milville, Butler County, Ohio, USA

Ancestors

Wife of John Ewing Dunkin — married 13 May 1852 in Carroll County, Indiana, USA

Died 17 May 1914 at age 85 in Carroll County, Indiana, USA

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Biography

Sophia was born on August 4, 1828 in Millville, Butler County, Ohio. ^[1] She was the daughter of Jacob Zinn and Catherine Kumler. At 21, She was still in their home in Hanover Buttler, Ohio in 1850. ^[2]

She married John Ewing Dunkin (1832-1922) on May 13, 1852 in Carroll County, Indiana.^[3] They had one child.

1. Elizabeth 'Vestina' Ann Dunkin

They made their home in Carrollton, Carroll County, Indiana. in 1870, where he ran a Saw Mill, while Sophia tending the home and Elizabeth was in school.^[4] In 1880, he was Driving a Hack, while Sophia kept the home and Vestina was a School Teacher.^[5] At the age of 71, she, John-68 and Vestina-42, were in Carrollton Twp., Carroll County, Indiana in 1900, were at this time John was a Fruit Grocer^[6]John and Sophia-81 had a Fruit Farm in 1920.^[7]

She passed away on May 17, 1914, at the age of 85, in Carroll County, Indiana and was buried in the Deer Creek United Brethren Cemetery in Deer Creek, Carroll County, Indiana.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #90468218: accessed 25 April 2019), memorial page for Sophia Zinn Dunkin (4 Aug 1828–17 May 1914), citing Deer Creek United Brethren Cemetery, Deer Creek, Carroll County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by Walt McFatridge (contributor 47789420) .
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX3J-SKL : 21 December 2020), Sophia Zinn in household of Jacob Zinn, Hanover, Butler, Ohio, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFXJ-MY1 : 13 January 2020), Sophia Zinn in entry for John E. Dunkin, 1852.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXX3-PHY : 2 January 2021), Sophia Dunkin in entry for John E Dunkin, 1870.
5. ↑ 1880 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Carrollton, Carroll, Indiana; Roll: 267; Page: 148C; Dwelling 174; Family 179; Line 23-25; June 15, 1880; Enumeration District: 018; Ancestry's 1880 Census Image
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMBX-M3J : accessed 6 March 2021), Sophia Dunkin in household of John E Dunkin, Carrollton Township, Carroll, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 27, sheet 1A, family 4, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,361.
7. ↑ 1910 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Carrollton, Carroll, Indiana; Roll: T624_341; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0027; FHL microfilm: 1374354; Ancestry's 1910 Census Image

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Acknowledgments

Thank you to Terry Duncan for creating WikiTree profile Zinn-133 through the import of TDuncan.ged on Jul 11, 2013.