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Author: Marvin_Zimmerman
Surnames: Zimmerman
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Don't know if this will help:
Judge John Zimmerman
Awful Accident
Our citizens were startled on yesterday afternoon by the painful intelligence that
their esteemed neighbor and fellow citizen, Judge John ZIMMERMAN, and a youth, aged about
14, were both buried beneath a bank of sand, a short distance south east of the city. Upon
repairing to the spot, they found but too sad a reality!
It appears that the Judge had been hauling sand, and proceeded to the bank immediately
after dinner. The boy and himself descended the pit, and whilst engaged in digging, a
portion of the bank caved away and fell upon them; burying them about four feet beneath
the surface.
There was no one present at the time of the occurrence, nor for several hours
afterwards. An individial enganed in a cornfield in the vicinity, observing the team
standing unemployed at the bank for several hours, proceeded to the spot to ascertain the
cause, and discovered that the bank had caved in, and immediately gave the alarm.
The Judge leaves a large family to mourn his sudden and untimely departure. He was
much esteemed as an honest and upright man, and at the time of his death, was one of the
Associate Judges of this county. He was formerly a citizen of Frederick county, Maryland.
found at:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohseneca/obitsr-z.html
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