BIO: Henry Zinn, Cumberland County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania.
Containing History of the Counties, Their Townships, Towns, Villages, 
Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and 
Prominent Men; Biographies; History of Pennsylvania; Statistical and 
Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc.  Illustrated.  Chicago: Warner, Beers 
& Co., 1886.
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                                PART II.

             HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY. PENNSYLVANIA.

                             CHAPTER XXXIX. 

                        BOROUGH OF MECHANICSBURG.

441  BOROUGH OF MECHANICSBURG.

  HENRY ZINN, manufacturer of and dealer in boots and shoes, 
Mechanicsburg, was born in York County, Penn., April 25, 1828, son of 
Jacob and Lydia (Newman) Zinn, na-

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tives of York County, Penn., parents of nine children, seven living; 
George, David, Henry (our subject), Lydia, Mary, William and Daniel.  
They were members of the Evangelical Church.  The mother dying, the 
father then married Mrs. Mary Greenwalt, by whom he had one child, now 
living.  Our subject remained on the farm in his native county until he 
was eighteen, when he was apprenticed to learn to shoe-maker's trade at 
Manchester; thence came to Mechanicsburg, in 1852, and established his 
present business.  Mr. Zinn was married here in December, 1853, to Miss 
Sarah Leidig born in Mechanicsburg, Penn., daughter of Jacob and 
Catharine (Ritner) Leidig, natives of this county.  Mr. and Mrs. Zinn 
are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  They have had six 
children, three now living:  Laura, wife of Samuel Coover, a stock-
dealer of La Cygne, Kas., and Emma and Joseph, both attending school.  
Our subject is a grandson of Jacob Zinn, who was born in Lancaster 
County, Penn., and settled in York County, Penn., at an early day.  The 
family is one of the oldest in Pennsylvania.  His father's people are 
German, and his mother's English.  Mr. Zinn is not only one of our 
leading business men, but is also an honest, Christian gentleman, who 
enjoys the confidence and respect of all.