Marshall County KS Archives Biographies.....Zimmerling, Oscar W. H. 1884 - 
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Author: Emma E. Forter (1917)

OSCAR W. H. ZIMMERLING.

    Oscar W. H. Zimmerling, one of the best-known and most progressive young
farmers of Franklin township and the local agent for Marshall county for the
Haynes Automobile Company, is a native son of Marshall county and has lived here
all his life, a continuous resident of the farm on which he still makes his
home, one of the pioneer farms of Franklin township. He was born on that farm on
June 20, 1884, son of Ernest Zimmerling and wife, pioneers of this county,
further mention of whom is made elsewhere in this volume.

    Reared on the home farm in Franklin township, Oscar W. H. Zimmerling
received his schooling in school district No. 104 and remained with his father,
a valued assistant in the labors of developing and improving the home farm,
until his fathers death, after which he inherited a quarter of a section of the
old home place and has continued to make his home there. Since coming into
possession of the farm Mr. Zimmerling has made numerous important improvements
on the place and now has one of the best-kept and most skillfully cultivated
farms in that part of the county. In addition to his general farming he has for
some years given considerable attention to the raising of high-grade live stock
and%has done very well. In 1916 Mr. Zimmerling accepted the local sales agency
for the Haynes Automobile Company for Marshall county and is doing very well
along that line, having been quite successful in extending, the sales of this
make of car throughout this section. Mr. Zimmerling is a Democrat and has ever
given his thoughtful attention to local political affairs, but has not been a
seeker after public office.

    On November 25, 1915, Oscar W. H. Zimmerling was united in marriage to Clara
Brandt, who was born in Rooks county, this state, November 19, 1893, daughter of
Fred C. and Louisa M. (Jesberg) Brandt, the former a native of Germany and the
latter of Kansas, who were the parents of nine children, of whom Mrs. Zimmerling
is the eldest. Fred C. Brandt was born in Germany on December 16, 1854, and was
for years a well-known farmer in Rooks county, this state. He died in 1910 and
his widow, who was born in Lee county, this state, on January 25, 1865, is now
living near St. Joseph, Missouri.

    Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerling are members of the Evangelical church at Marysville
and take a proper interest in church work, as well as in the general social
activities of the community in which they live and are helpful factors in the
promotion of all worthy causes designed to advance the common welfare. Mr.
Zimmerling is a member of the local lodge of the Knights and Ladies of Security
and takes a warm interest in the affairs of the same.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

History of Marshall County, Kansas: its people, industries, and institutions
by
Emma E. Forter

Indianapolis, Ind.: B.F. Bowen & Co. (1917)


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