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Francis S. Zinn
Francis S. Zinn, junk dealer of Hanover, Penn., was born in Austria in 1847, and is the
eldest of two sons of George J. and Theresa (Hergesell) Zinn, natives of Austria. The
father was a major in the Austrian army for eighteen years; he came to this country in
1858 and settled at Hanover; in 1862 he enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Sixty-sixth
Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, for one year, and died in 1879. Francis S. was brought
up at Hanover, where he received a good German and English education, which enabled him to
teach a German school in New York State one term. In 1868 he was married to Belinda Parr,
who died, leaving five children: Ida K., George W., Otto J., Harry W. (deceased), and Rosa
J. Mr. Zinn belongs to the Lutheran Church of Hanover; is a Mason and a member of the
I.O.O.F., commander of Encampment No. 47, of Hanover. In politics he is an active
Democrat, and has held the offices of assessor, school director, district superintendent
of schools of Heid!
elberg and Penn Townships, and in 1880 was enumerator of the census for the same
townships. Before engaging in his present business he followed farming.
Taken from the book, “History of York County, Illustrated 1886” by John Gibson, Historical
Editor