Tripping Over My Ancestors One By One Week 1 #8 Jonathan Adam Zion 1861 - 1927

Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her Challenge 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks which she started in 2014.  I have participated off and on with different theme posts.  

I have decided to start with biographies of my ancestors starting with my great grandparents using the ahnentafel order. 

By doing this it should help me get to know each of my ancestors better.  I will be adding the 

information to my Rootsmagic 7 which I recently purchased and work at adding content there and getting to understand the program.  This also will be a great way to eventually share this information with my family members. I have images of many of my sources but have not included due to length of post. I have or will share some of these in other weekly theme posts.

I am missing the birth certificate

Jonathan Adam Zion is #8 on my Ancestor Name List  and is my great grandfather.  I am descended through 

* his son #4 Perry Glenn Zion  (1886-1958)

* his son #2 Arthur Ray Zion (1921-2008)

* me #1 Grace Zion Johnson (1948- still walking

Name Jonathan Adam Zion (1)

Sex    Male

Father John Henderson Zion (1831-1920)

Mother Mary M Cassell (1834- 1919)

Individual Facts

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Birth  29 Sept 1861 Decatur City, Decatur, Iowa, USA (1)

Census 1 1870 Aug 1870 (age 8) Bloomington, Decatur, Iowa (2)
Occupation 1 1876 (age 15) Left family farm to become a blacksmith apprentice (3)
Census 1 1880  July 1889 (age 18) Bloomington, Decatur, Iowa  (4)
Occupation 1 1880 (age 18) after 4 years as an apprentice he becomes a blacksmith as his trade (5)
Census 1 1885  (age 23) Bloomington, Decatur, Iowa (6)
Occupation 1 1885 Blacksmith Bloomington, Decatur, Iowa (7)
Census 1 1900 June 1900 (age 38) Ringgold, Washington, Iowa (8)
Occupation 1 June 1900 Blacksmith Ringgold, Washington, Iowa (9)
Census 1 1905 June 1905 (age 43) Elcker, Beltrami, Minnesota (10)
Occupation 1 June 1905 (age 43) Farmer Elcker, Beltrami, Minnesota (11)
Census 1 1910 May 1910 (age 48) Sargent, Custer, Nebraska (12)
Occupation 1 May 1910 (48) Farmer Sargent, Custer, Nebraska (13)
Census 1 1920 January 1920 (age 58) Lay, Moffitt, Colorado (14)
Occupation 1 January 1920 (age 58) Farmer Lay, Moffitt, Colorado(15)
Death  07 April 1927 (age 65) Craig, Moffitt, Colorado  (16)
Burial  April 1927 (age 65) Craig, Moffitt, Colorado (17 18 )


Marriage/ Children
Rachel Ann Millsap (1863 - 1945)
11 February 1886 (24) Lamoni, Decatur, Iowa
Children
Perry Glenn (1886 - 1958)
Norton (1889 - 1957)
Mary E ( 1891 - 1977)
Anna Gertrude ( 1893 -1972)
Bessie P (1898 - 1963)

Names used Jonathan Adam Zion , Adam Zion

Sources with Research Notes

1. Census giving age of birth
 
 I am missing birth certificate 

.Jonathan Adam Zion was born 29th of Sept 1861 in Decatur City, Decatur, Iowa  to John Henderson and Mary M ( Cassell) Zion

2. Iowa 1870 United States Federal Census digital images Ancestry.com Provo UT USA                       Washington DC National Archives Washington DC Minnesota Census Schedule for 1870
     Dwelling #11 Family  #11

    John Henderson Zion household included

    John H Zion age 40 male born Indiana  Farmer
    Mary M Zion age 32 female born Iowa Keeps House
    Mary E Zion age 16 female born Iowa Keeps House
    William McC age 13 male born Missouri
    Jonathan A age 8 male born Iowa
    Anna E age 1 female born Iowa

3. Family history states that Jonathan Adam left the family farm age age 15 to become an apprentice      for blacksmith

4  Iowa 1880 United States Federal Census digital images Ancestry.com  Family History Film                Bloomington, Decatur, Iowa Page 42 , Dwelling 319 Family 333

     John Henderson Zion household included

     John H Zion age 48 male farmer Indiana
     Mary Ann Zion age 42 female keeps house Illinois
     William M Zion age 22 male helps on farm Missouri
     J A Zion age 18 male helps on farm Iowa
     Annie E G Zion age 11 female at home Iowa

5. Occupation Finished his apprentice and became a black smith

6. Census 1885 Iowa State Census Ancestry Record , Family History Film 1021460 vol 174
    Township 68 Dwelling 7 Family 8
   
     Adam Zion household
   
     Adam Zion age 18 male blacksmith  Iowa ( living next door to father, mother 16 year old sister
     Anna G Zion
   
7. Occupation 1 1885 Blacksmith Bloomington, Decatur, Iowa
 
8. 1900 Iowa State Census Place Washington, Ringgold Iowa Roll T623 457 page 3b
        District 114
     Ancestry.com

        Adam Zion household includes
 
        Adam Zion age 38 male Iowa blacksmith
        Rachel Zion age 38 female Iowa
        Perry B Zion age 13 male Kansas at school
        Norton Zion age 11 male Iowa at school
        Mary E Zion age 8 female Iowa at school
        Irma G Zion age 6 female Iowa at school
        Bessie P Zion age 2 female Iowa

 9,  Occupation 1900  (age 38) Blacksmith Washington Ringgold, Iowa

10.  Minnesota Territorial and State Censuses 1849 - 1905
       29 June 1905 Elcker, Beltrami, Minnesota

       Adam Zion Household Includes

       Adam Zion
       Rachel Zion
       Perry Zion
       Norton Zion
       Ettie Zion
       Gertrude Zion
       Bessie Zion

11. Occupation 1 June 1905 (age 43) Farmer Elcker, Beltrami, Minnesota


 12. 1910 Nebraska State Census Sargent, Custer, Nebraska Roll T624 841 page 9B
       Ancestry.com  Census date 23 and 24 of May

      Adam Zion household includes
 
      Adam Zion age 48 Male Head Iowa farmer renting can read and write married 24 years speaks            English
      Rachel Zion age 48 female Wife Iowa keeps house can read and write speaks English
      Perry Zion age 23 male son Kansas helping on farm can read and write speaks English
      Norton Zion age 21 male son Iowa helping on farm can read and write speaks English
      Ettie Zion age 18 female daughter Iowa none can read and write English has not gone to school          since September 1st
      Gertrude Zion age 16 female daughter Iowa none can read and write English has not gone to                 school since September 1st
      Bessie Zion age 11 female daughter Iowa none can read and write English  Has not gone to s               school since September 1st

13. Occupation 1 May 1910 (48) Farmer Sargent, Custer, Nebraska

14, Census 1 1920 January 1920 Lay, Moffitt, Colorado  Roll T625 167 page 2B

      Adam Zion household includes
      Adam Zion 58 years male Iowa farmer can read and write
      Rachel Ann Zion 57 years female Iowa can read and write


15. Occupation 1 January 1920 (age 58) Farmer Lay, Moffitt, Colorado

16. Death  07 April 1927 (age 65) Craig, Moffitt, Colorado.

      need death certificate

17. Burial  April 1927 (age 65) Craig, Moffitt, Colorado
      Craig Cemetery in Craig Colorado
      Head Stone


18. Find A Grave data base and images 

Memories passed down from members of the family that knew him. We are told he like to chew tobacco and raised sheep.  One time he turned his back on the big Ram and got butted.  He was a large man around the waist.  His grandson Joe Zion tells of trying to put on his pants and he could of gotten them around his waist twice.  Adam's health began to deteriorate due the hard work of being a blacksmith and he retired to the farm. He developed the family brand in 1907 and this branding iron is still used by family on their cattle.  It is a Z with quarter circle under the Z. 

About 1926 Adam went to Denver to  see the doctors about his cancer.  He was unable to work after this and spent time with his family

Treasure Chest Thursday Marriage Records of Epherine Philo and Ephraim Lockwood 1866

Katherine Philo in the North American Family Histories 1500 - 2000 

Katherine Philo ( Katherine Fillow )

Female

Birth Date 18 Feb 1831

First Marriage Date 12 April 1866

Father Aaron Fillow

Mother Elizabeth Hough

Spouse Ephraim Lockwood

Child Gertrude May Lockwood 

Source Book title The Fillow, Philo and Phileo Genealogy a record of descendants of John Fillow a Huguenott 

Source Ancestry. com Family Histories 1500 - 2000 data base on line

Ephraim Lockwood is my 4th great uncle , his brother Hiram E Lockwood is my 3rd great grandfather . Hiram married Emma Moser Mosier my 3rd great grandmother

Hiram is the son of John Lockwood  and Anna Sturges also known as Mary Polly 

Hiram son John Lockwood and Betsey Eddington are my great great grandparents

Their daughter Carrie Betsey Lockwood married William Albert Day and are my great grandparents

Their Son William H Day married Grace Esler ( Daly)  and they are my grandparents

Their daughter Muriel Joyce Day is my mother , She married Arthur Ray Zion my father. 

and then there is me Grace

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OBITUARY Rachel Millsap Zion Dies on Mother's Day 1862 - 1945

Obituary Rachel Millsap Zion Adding another obituary to my files

     Mrs Rachel Ann Zion, 83 of Chehalis died Sunday morning of a heart attack while spending mother's day with her son Norton Zion of R 1 Box 224 Spanaway.
     Mrs Zion was the first of an Iowa family of 10 children to die.  She was a member of the Christian Church of Craig Colorado and had resided in Washington state for 14 years. Funeral services were to be held Monday at 3 pm at Tuell's Chapel, the Rev Merlin Hill officiating.  The body will be sent to  Craig Colorado for burial.
      Besides her son of Spanaway Mrs Zion is survived by another son Perry G Zion of Winlock Washington ; three daughters Mrs Etta Exley of  Chelhais, Mrs Gertrude Seick  Tacoma, and Mrs Betsy Waters of Palisade , Colorado; five brothers George Millsap Kellogg, Idaho, Frank and Arthur of Syracuse, Kansas, John and Carl of Manter Kansas;   four sisters Mrs Mary Ferguson Bend, Oregon,  Mrs Susie Pfister Pawnee Rock Kansas, Eula Johnson Spokane and Ora Browers Missouri; 29 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren.

Obituary Adam Zion 1861 - 1927

While searching Ancestry this morning I found the obituary of my great grandfather Adam.

Craig Empire Courier - April 13, 1927

"Adam Zion, 66 succumbs to long illness"

Adam Zion, one of Moffat county’s best citizens and a true Christian gentleman, died Thursday at the home of his daughter in Rosedale, after a long illness with cancer. His passing is mourned by a host of friends, who loved him for his accomplishments. Adam Zion was born In Decatur, la., September 26, 1861. He resided with his parents on a farm near Decatur until he was 16 years old, when he became a blacksmith’s apprentice. After four years as an apprentice he became a tradesman and was a blacksmith until forced by ill health to retire to a farm. He moved from Sargent, Neb,, to Moffat county in 1916. In partnership with his two sons he developed a large and profitable farm on the North fork of Big gulch. He united with the Christian church 30 years ago and stood firm in his beliefs throughout life. He was married in 1886 to Miss Rachel 'Milsap of Lamonl, la., who survives him. Their five children. Perry and Norton Zion of Craig, Mrs. O. M. Exley of Sargent. Nebr., and Mrs. M. A. Seick and Mrs. Floyd Sillivan of Craig, survive him. Funeral services were held in Craig Sunday.

Where Can I Look For More Hints In My Family Research

Amanuensis Monday 1905 Leon Reporter Decatur County

Amanuensis Monday Leon Reporter Thursday April 6th 1905

     On Tuesday, the 26th of this month W H Colier of Decatur, gave Earl Riley a large cottonwood tree on the farm to cut down, providing he took limbs, brush and all except the stump. The tree was cut down and measured 30 inches in diameter across the stump and contained 49 circles from the heart of the log to the surface, which gives the age of 49 years.  About 7 feet up from the butt of the tree a horseshoe was found in the heart of the log hung there by Milton Board in the spring of 1860, forty five years ago when the tree was a small sapling of four years. W D Shelton of Decatur is very familiar with the circumstances being a boy at the time, 15 years of age.  Mr Shelton says Milton hung the horseshoe on the sampling, early in the spring and some time in the fall about horseshoeing time Milton wanted the shoe, but the sapling had grown so much during the summer and the shoe being so tight around the tree he left it there.
     James Milsap , John Gardner and Samuel Black remember of the horse shoe being in the tree and Milton talking about it at different times.  This tree was located on John Cole's farm south by west of Decatur half a mile and 150 yards south by west of John Coles house,standing directly on the spur of the two ravines leading west.  John Cole sold the farm to George McClain and McClain sold it to Calvin Board and is now owned by W H Colter.  Milton Board was Calvin's son. This horseshoe and the nails were hammered out by James Ownsby ( that is the supposition of the old settlers who live here Howand James Ownsley son.  The shoe, as it being around the sapling is  a block of wood just as it appeared in the tree and is a curiosity to look at.  If any of the old settlers or anybody wishes to see it call at C R Riley's office, Decatur. I am told forty nine years ago around DeCatur was mostly prairie and that the public road led from house to house all over the neighborhood. and that a man called everyone his neighbor from one to twenty miles away. How different now a man now seldom calls the man living next door a neighbor. Some of the old neighbors living in and near DeCatur that were farmers are: John Cole, James Millsap, Jessie Lloyd , William Cash, Verd Covington, Lewis Walker, James Summers, Calvin Board, George McClain, Fred Teale, Commodore Ward, Medley Shelton , John Evritt, James Woodmansee, John McLaughlin, Amos McLaughlin , John Tullis, Mat Cornett, Robert French, Al Wafford, John Zion, Henry Ellis, Thomas Black, Matthew Hauston, Peter Scott, William Akers, Spence Akers and Al Aden.
Merchants John Hall , Robert Notson, Geo Shelly, Wash McGrew and Medley Shelton. These men got their goods by wagon route from Keokur. Blacksmiths James Ownsley and William Bear. doctors J O Day, Dr McClelland , Dunn brothers and James Lane.  Preachers J C Porter, Moses Hull, Samuel French and Benjamin Springln. Carpenters John Shelton, Frank Hacker and Samuel Page. Millers John Wartenbe, Judge Absalom Black. Justice, Merchant, Mayor and a gentleman of leisure W D Moore.  A few of these old settlers live here now.  Some have moved away and a majority have passed over the river.  These old settlers wild neighbors were Indians, deer , wolves and Elk
C R Riley

NOTE Genea-blogger John Newmark (who writes the TransylvanianDutch blog) started his own Monday blog theme many months ago called Amanuensis Monday.What does "amanuensis" mean?John offers this definition:"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."

52 Ancestors 52 Weeks Bachelor Uncle Fairfax W Day

A Bachelor Uncle  Fairfax Day 1894 - 1966 

    Sadly I know very little about my great uncle Fairfax.  I know that he was born the 2nd of February 1894 to William Albert and Carrie Lockwood Day in Clinton, Big Stone County,  Minnesota.  He was the third child and third son.  At the age of 6 the year is 1900 and he is living in Moonshine Township, Big Stone, Minnesota and the family now has seven children William Henry my grandfather, Morris, Fairfax , Bernard , Dewey , Gladys and Grace.  Within a year the family will move to Mora Minnesota and a Lester will be born.
    In 1917 the family will be living in Sacred Heart Minnesota with the father opening a bank. Fairfax will not be working and is listed as medium height slender with grey eyes and black hair.  He will claim exemption from the military service stating he is crippled in both legs.

   By 1920 William Albert the father will have died due to a problem with diabetes. The family is left with out the main bread winner.
   The next date we know of is 1930 and Fairfax is living with his mother Carrie who has remarried to George Warner.  They are living in Shamrock , Atkin County , Minnesota and will move with mother and and step father to McGregor, Minnesota .  I have a picture of him and his mother and they seem happy living by a lake and fishing.
  The year 1946 his mother passes away and by 1950 he is renting an apartment in Minneapolis Minnesota.
   I do remember meeting him some where when I was a child and he seemed pleasant and gentle to me.
   His sister Grace and Gladys and brother Lester lived in the same city so I would think he saw and
attended family doings with them and their children.
   Fairfax passed away 4th of September 1966 at the age of 72 and is buried in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
 
 

Death Certificate For John Henderson Zion 1831 - 1920

Death Certificate For Mary Cossell Zion 1834 - 1919

OBITUARY John L H Zion 1831 to 1920 Leon Iowa One My 2nd Great Grandfathers

Found this at Genealogy Bank March 7th 2019

I am always so excited when I find something new on one of my ancestors . I found a few other items on great great grandpa John and will be sharing them soon.  I see a strong kind man when I look at his eyes.

Thursday  May 06, 1920 Leon Reporter Leon Iowa page 11 

     John L H Zion was born November 28th 1831 in Rush County Indiana and departed from earthly existence on April 22, 1920 at Foster Missouri being at the time of his death of the great age of 88 years 4 months and 4 days.  He was the son of McCormick and Mary Zion, his father being a baptist minister.  When a young boy he removed with his parents to Des Moises County , Iowa , where he met and married Mary Cossell in September 1853. To this union were born four children Mary Elizabeth Creveling of near Foster Missouri, William M Zion of Smith Center, Kansas, Adam Jonathan Zion of Craig Colorado and Anna Gertrude Piercy who preceded him to the great beyond 29 years. His aged wife departed this life November 29 1919 and was laid to rest in Lillie cemetery, two miles north of Lamoni, Iowa.
     The subject of this sketch and his young wife were among the first settlers of De Catur City in 1859, where he engaged in the business of farming the virgin soil. Soon after the great civil war he purchased and removed to a fine farm three miles N W of Lamoni where he continued to reside until age compelled him to retire.
     Uncle John, as his hundreds of friends called him was large in statue, exemplary in morals and faithful husband, an indulgent father and an obliging friend.
     Funeral by Rev E C Vanderpool of Grand River, Iowa April 25th 1920. Interment in Lillie cemetery.

March Woman's History Month Post 1 Mary Cassell Zion GG Grandmother Paternal Side

March is National Women's History Month . The theme for National Women's History Month 2019 is “Visionary Women: Champions of Peace & Nonviolence”. 

This is a perfect month to concentrate on my female ancestors. They may not of led efforts to end war, violence and injustice but I am sure they each have a story. of holding the family together. Being strong in their own right. And you never know I may find that story. 

This month I have been searching for the civil war records of my second great grandfather John Henderson Zion.  At this time I know he was drafted June 1863 into the Iowa 5th but I have nothing else as of now.  I need to research deeper into ancestry records.  As of this time I have found nothing more. I plan to call the National Archives to see if this is enough information to get his record.  I have asked for help from 
http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan.htm tonight. Hopefully they will be able to help me.  This is a wonderful site to find information and will be spending more time there. 

As my great great grandfather is drafted into the civil war my great great grandmother is left at home to take care of the family. 

Her name is Mary Cassell . She was born on the 19th of October 1834 in Coles, Illinois to Jonathan Cassell 1812 - 1845 and Elizabeth Carmicheal 1812 - 1899.

At the time John is drafted to fight in the war she is will be left home to care for three children.  They are Mary Elizabeth born 21st of September 1854, William McCormick born 12th of March 1858 and Johnathan Adam my great grandfather who was born 29th of September 1861.  John and Mary's fourth child will join the family in 1868 and be named Etta Anna Gertrude. 

John and Mary were living in Jamul, Decatur county, Iowa in 1863 and is a local farmer.  

Questions to answer 
Who was living near by to help Mary when John goes to war.?
What was life like in the area during this time? 
 I look at her eyes and I see a strong woman and I look forward to researching her more this week. 

To be Continued