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    FRED ZIMMERMAN

    FRED ZIMMERMAN is a prosperous farmer and tobacco grower of Newton Township, Miami County, Ohio, and is the owner of a tract of forty acres located in Section 23. He was born at Dayton, Ohio December 12, 1853, and is a son of Charles and Sophia (Trost) Zimmerman.

    Charles Zimmerman was born in Germany and lived in that country until after his marriage. Upon coming to the United States he located at Dayton, Ohio, where his first work was in helping to clean the canal and build the railroad. He worked by the day in the vicinity of that city for three years, then bought thirty acres of land east of Little York, which he farmed some years. He sold that place and then for two years farmed near Harrisburg, at the end of which time he purchased eighty acres in Newton Township, Miami County, of which one-half is the forty acres now owned by the subject of this sketch. He cleared some twelve acres of the land and made various improvements. He also was the owner of the Trost farm, which he later sold to Z. Pierce. He was a hard worker and prospered. His wife, who also was born in Germany, died in August, 1894, and he survived her about seventeen months. He died January 23, 1896, and both were buried in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery. They were parents of the following children: Charles, Fred, Henry, Katherine, Joseph, John, Samuel Margaret, Mary and Emma. In religious attachment they were members of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Zimmerman was a Democrat in politics.

    Fred Zimmerman first attended the Quaker school near Chambersburg, and afterward the Harrisburg and Fall Branch schools. Upon leaving school, he worked at farming by the month, being in the employ of one man for nine years. After his marriage he settled on his father's farm in Newton Township, where he has resided continuously since. He has remodeled the buildings and in addition erected a good tobacco shed. In addition to general farming, he has in from three to five acres of tobacco each year, and has been very successful with that crop. He has put in about 800 rods of tile for drainage purposes and has a well improved place throughout.

    December 20, 1885, Mr. Zimmerman married Miss Mollie Jennings, a daughter of William and Sarah (Karns) Jennings, and they have one son, William, who is unmarried and lives at the home place. Religiously, they are members of the Christian Church. He is a Democrat in politics and is a member of the Fair Board.

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