Notes for Nancy Zinn

Notes for Nancy Zinn

!US Census 1900 (15 June) Kansas, Rice Co., Page 231, Line 26: Lists Nancy Peterson as mother (b. Feb 1832 - 68 - in Ohio) and widow for10 years? 9 children born 8 living or 10 children born 9 living. Her parents were born in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
******Doesn't appear to be any relationship with the family she is living with********
She appears to be listed with Austin Koeppen (b. Oct 1873 - 26 - in Michigan) and married 1 year to Rachel (b. Jan 1881 - 19 - in Kansas) with 1 child born and living. Child listed is Clara S. (b. Dec 1899 - 6/12 - Kansas).

!Obituary - Bushton, Kansas Newspaper - Feb. 1906:
Died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Blaylock, near Geneseo, at 2 o'clock on the morning of Thursday, February 22nd, 1906, of heart failure. Mrs. Nancy Peterson, aged 73 years and 18 days. Nancy Zinn was born in Jackson County, Ohio, on the 4th day of February, 1833. She moved to Illinois in 1849. On the 12th day of December, 1850, she was married to Charles Peterson. To this union was born ten children, four daughters ans six sons, all of whom with the exception of one daughter, who died in infancy, are living and were present at the funeral. In May, 1874, they moved to Kansas and settled on a farm near Ellenwood. About a year later they moved to Rice County settling on a farm near Bushton, where they resided until the death of Mr. Peterson, some years ago. Mrs. Peterson was converted in the M. E. church in 1879 and continued a faithful Christian to the day of her death. The funeral was conducted by Rev. E. J. Williams, at the M. E. church in Bushton, at 3 o'cock p.m., Friday, February 23rd and the remains were interred in the Bushton cemetery, by the side of her husband. A large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends followed the remains to their final resting place.
The surviving children, all of who were present at the funeral, are: John Peterson, Geneseo; Samuel and Chas. Peterson, of Pond Creek, Oklahoma; Mrs Ella Kuntz, Lyons; Mrs. Lydia Korf, Bushton; Mrs. Mary Blaylock, Geneseo; Bert Peterson, Lyons; J. H. Peterson, Frederick; J. F. Peterson, Bushton