BIO: Philip ZIMMERMAN, Dauphin County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, 
Containing Sketches of Representative Citizens, and Many of the 
Early Scotch-Irish and German Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: 
J. M. Runk & Company, 1896, page 235.
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  ZIMMERMAN, PHILIP, son of Henry and Barbara (Greiner) Zimmerman, was 
born November 22, 1812.  He spent his early boyhood days amid the rural 
scenes of a quiet farm life.  His early school days were spent both at 
Churchville and Highspire.  He early evinced an active disposition for 
business.  He resided for several years on the farm near Middletown, 
now owned by William H. Ulrich.  He exchanged this farm with David 
Brenneman, of Middletown, and moved to that place into the house that 
is now occupied by L. F. Hemperly.  He first ran the old saw mill on 
Race street, and soon after sold this house to L. F. Hemperly and built 
for himself the house which Mrs. Seymour Raymond occupies.  He engaged 
in business with Dr. Mercer Brown as Brown & Zimmerman, having a lumber 
yard and a saw mill at the "Point."  Dr. Brown having retired, he 
associated himself with Joseph Lescure in the same business as 
Zimmerman & Lescure.  The firm, after doing a large trade for several 
years, was, owing to losses and misfortune, compelled to make an 
assignment and relinquish business.  He was always active and 
energetic, and after this failure he was engaged in a number of 
enterprises, but none of them proved to be very successful.  He was 
married to Mary Vogle, daughter of the late Henry Vogle; she died 
November 26, 1881; by whom he had three daughters; Mrs. Kate Stofer, 
renowned as being the first editress of Pennsylvania, resided in 
Middletown; Mrs. Ada Campbell, of Reading, Pa., and Mary, who died in 
infancy, and three sons, Joseph and William, who died in infancy, and 
Simon, who was unfortunately drowned in the Swatara creek, by the 
upsetting of a sail boat, when he was about twenty years of age.  At 
the time of his death Mr. Zimmerman was living with his daughter, Ada 
Campbell, in Reading, and was interred by the side of his wife in the 
Middletown cemetery.  He was a man of most amiable disposition, 
possessed a rather philosophical mind and seemed to take little 
interest in the political events that were transpiring about him.  He 
died July 6, 1889, from the effects of a stroke of paralysis.  His 
death caused many a deep regret and sincere sorrow on the part of all 
who ever had the good fortune to live in the atmosphere of his generous 
disposition and chivalric kindness.