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Is this the same George Zinn?
Evelyn
Major George John Zinn came of a military people and a proud race. He served with valor in
the Austrian army, but when ill-timed counsels brought obscurity to the Austrians he
departed to the United Stated. Soon after landing he settled in Hanover, York county,
where he made a home for himself and family. His brother served in the Union army,
commanding a brigade of New York troops and leading then at the battle of the Wilderness.
When the smoke of that terrible conflict had cleared away General Zinn was numbered among
the missing, and was never afterward heard of. Major Zinn was born in Wittenberg, Germany.
March 18, 1810, and in 1857 came to Hanover, York Co. He was made superintendent of Mt.
Olivet cemetery, holding that position until his death, in 1879, when he was laid to rest
with honors accorded Odd Fellows and members of the Grand Army of the Repbulic in the
cemetery which he had so long cared for. Like all his family he was large of stature and
noted for his streng!
th. During the Civil War he served nine months in Company F, 166th P.V.I. His wife,
Theresa Herhesal, was a daughter of Henry Herhesal, of Austria. Five children blessed his
home, all of them born at Hirschberg, Austria, namley: Mary K., wife of Henry Fleeschauer,
of New York City; Fanny, wife of Ludwig Marerott, of Hanover, York county, Rosa Theresa,
wife of Joseph Every, of New York City; John L., who succeeded his father as
superintendent of Mount Olivet cemetery; and Francis S. the alterman of the Sixth Ward.