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Surnames: Zoll, Alspach
Classification: Obituary
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Bluffton Evening News, April 7, 1910
FUNERAL OF AGED CITIZEN WILL BE HELD SUNDAY AFTER NOON IN THIS CITY
Eli Zoll, one of the county's deeply venerated aged citizens, passed
away at 5:30 O'clock Friday evening at his home in Travisville, three
miles south of Bluffton. He had been in failing health for some time
from Bright's disease, but his last serious illness which confined him to
to his home was only about ten days duration.
The decedent was born in Fairfield County, Ohio on October 13, 1830, a
son of Jacob and Mary Zoll. He was 79 years of age last October. He was
married at Findlay, Ohio to Miss Caroline Alspach in 1850, and they came
to Wells County in the year 1880, and first settled on a farm west of
Murray, where they lived for a number of years. Later, they sold this
farm and bought another place three miles south of Bluffton, where they
resided several years before moving to Bluffton to reside. They lived in
this city at two different periods, a total of four or five
years. Three years ago they bought property at Travisville and retired
to a quiet life in the little village to spend their remaining years.
There were born to Mr. and Mrs. Zoll eight children of whom four, two
boys and two girls, are dead. The four surviving children are Edward and
Milton of Bluffton; I.C. Zoll, west of Murray; and David Zoll, living
southwest of Bluffton. No brothers or sisters survive. He was the last
of a family of nine.
Mr. Zoll was one of the country's honored soldiers of the Civil War
and served 12 months in the 21st Ohio regiment, after enlisting at
Findlay. He was a member of Lew Dalley Post, G.A.R. of Bluffton, and the
post will attend the funeral in a body.
The funeral services will be held at the First Reformed Church in this
city at three o'clock Sunday afternoon in charge of Rev. S.E. Slater,
pastor of the Lutheran church of Uniondale of which Mr. Zoll was a member.
Burial will be in the Fairview Cemetery.
Here is the pension information to use or not, depending on whether
there's a place for it or not.
Eli Zoll served in the Civil War as a Private. He was thirty seven years
of age at the time of his enrollment in the Civil War, October 8,
1862. He was drafted; and mustered out August 12, 1863, upon expiration
of his term of service. He served in Company "H", 21st Regiment, Ohio
Vol. Infantry for a period of 9 months. His personal description at the
time of his enlistment was as follows: Height, 5 feet 5 inches;
complexion, sandy; color of eyes, gray; color of hair, sandy; and his
occupation was farmer; that he was born October 13, 1830, at Fairfield
County, Ohio. That his several places of residence after leaving the
service have been 2 years in Hancock County, Ohio; moved to Wells County,
Indiana in 1865 and lived there ever since. His pension certificate is
number 546.212. This was attested to by William Little and Lewis Shandy,
both of Bluffton, Indiana who knew him for several years. The War
Department, Record and Pension Division show on April
And here is a little about Caroline Alspaugh/Alspach Zoll following the
death of Eli.
After her husband death on April 3, 1910, Caroline had to re-apply for her
widow's pension based on Eli's Civil War service. She was 81 years
old. She states she was married under the name of Caroline Alspaugh on
the 3rd of June, 1849 at home in Findlay, Ohio by Wm. Mirvin (sic). The
undertaker, James McBride, aged 40 years, declared "This certifies that as
undertaker I was called to care for the dead body of Eli Zoll who died on
the 1st day of April 1910 at 8:30 P.M. That the said body was buried in
Fairview Cem. at Bluffton on April 3, 1910." She supplied a copy of the
marriage certificate (#107) dated May 28, 1849 and signed by the Justice
of the Peace, William Marvin. The certificate was recorded July 26,
1849. She was granted her widow's pension. She died April 21, 1911.
Here is the obituary of David D. Zoll and some other information about him.
Two children of David D. Zoll and Harriett Jones Zoll, Rolly Clinton and
Ethel May, died on the same day, April 7, 1894, when a black measles
plague hit Wells County, Indiana.
Homer Zoll, son of David D. and Hariett Jones Zoll died at two years of
age, July 15, 1895, of cholera infantum.
Bluffton Evening News, Bluffton, Indiana, March 1926
DAVID D. ZOLL DROPS DEAD AT FARM SALE
Death From Sudden Attack Of Heart Disease At Albert Steiner Farm.
David D. Zoll, 62, prominent farmer 3 miles south and 2 miles east of
Bluffton died suddenly of angina pectoris this morning at 10 o'clock on
the nearby Albert Steiner farm, where he had gone to attend a sale. He
had been in his usual health this morning. His death occured almost
instantly.
Mr. Zoll was born at Findlay, Ohio, April 18, 1863, a son of Eli Zoll
and Mrs. Caroline Alspaugh Zoll, both of whom were born in Ohio. His
marriage to Harriet Jones, who survives him, took place on April 24, 1888.
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