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Sloan A Zimmerman
SLOAN A. ZIMMERMAN, general foreman and lineman for the Kittanning
Telephone Company at Rural Valley, was born in Boggs township, Armstrong
county, July 12, 1879, son of Daniel J. and Minerva (Hoover) Zimmerman.Abraham Zimmerman was a pioneer of Boggs township, where he secured wild
land, which he developed into a valuable property, and there he died. He
married Catherine Schrecengost, and they had children as follows: William
Hamilton; Daniel J.; Sally, who married Simeon Gibson; and Jackson.Daniel J. Zimmerman, son of Abraham Zimmerman, was born in Boggs township,
where he grew to manhood, becoming a farmer. In 1908 he moved to Kittanning
borough and embarked in the insurance business, thus continuing until his
death there, in August, 1911, at the age of fifty-six years. His children were
as follows: Annie, who married John Best; Sloan A.; Albert, who is deceased;
Orve; Phebe; Rose, who married Homer Rupp; Mary; and Harry.The maternal grandfather of Sloan A. Zimmerman, Anthony Hoover, was also a
very early settler in Boggs township, and later on in life migrated to Manor
township, which is still his home.Sloan A. Zimmerman, son of Daniel J. Zimmerman, was brought up in Boggs
township, and attended public schools there. Remaining with his father until
he reached the age of twenty-one years, he then spent a couple of years
digging oil and gas wells, and in 1906 associated himself with the Kittanning
Telephone Company, being now general foreman and lineman of that concern, with
headquarters at Rural Valley.In January, 1905, Mr. Zimmerman married Anna Sowers, a daughter of Andrew
and Eliza (Hill) Sowers, of Valley township. The children of Mr. And Mrs.
Zimmerman are Earl and Marie. Mr. Zimmerman is an Odd Fellow. His political
affiliations are with the Republican party, but he has never aspired to public
office.Source: Page 772 Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed September 1998 by Kathy Zagorac for the Armstrong County Beers
Project
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