Biography, J.L. Floyd & Co., 1911, "Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County Pennsylvania", (Chicago), pp. 242-244
Excerpt from "ZIMMERMAN. ..."
"... SEBASTIAN ZIMMERMAN, son of Sebastian and Elizabeth B. (Klock) Zimmerman, was born June 2, 1830, in Cameron township, Northumberland Co., Pa. His parents moved across the line into Upper Mahantango township, Schuylkill county, when he was about a year old, and he was there reared to farming, which he continued to follow after beginning life on his own account acquiring a farm in that locality which he cultivated until his removal to Northumberland county in 1867. At that time he settled in Lower Augusta township, the part now included in Rockefeller township, remaining there for about twenty years, until he retired from active pursuits, in 1887. Since his retirement he has made his home in Sunbury, of which place he is one of the oldest and most respected residents. Mr. Zimmerman has never sought office, but he has served thirteen years as school director, part of the time for what is now Rockefeller township and part of the time for the borough of Sunbury. He is a Democrat in political matters. He has always been interested in the welfare of the Lutheran Church, having served as deacon while he was a resident of Upper Mahantango, and he and his wife are members of the Zion's New Lutheran Church at Sunbury. On Oct. 28, 1862, Mr. Zimmerman enlisted from Schuylkill county in Company K, 172d Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, under Capt. F. A. Hoffman, was promoted to second sergeant of that company, and served with the Army of the Potomac. He was discharged Aug. 1, 1863, with his regiment, at Harrisburg. Mr. Zimmerman has long been an active member of William Bruner Post, No. 335, G.A.R., in which he has held various offices.
On Feb. 23, 1851, Mr. Zimmerman married (first) Elizabeth Schlappig, who was born Nov. 25, 1832, daughter of Benjamin Schlappig, and died Dec. 8, 1872, in her forty-first year. They had a family of ten children, born as follows: Henry S., Jan. 22, 1852; Sarah, Sept. 17, 1853; Lewis, May 1, 1855 (died Nov. 22, 1907); Edwin, March 10, 1857 (died June 15, 1866); John, July 20, 1859; Sebastian, Dec. 15, 1861; Elizabeth, May 12, 1864 (died Dec. 8, 1872); William, July 11, 1866; Benjamin, July 25, 1868 (died Aug. 11, 1870); Mary Ann, May 26, 1870 (died July 15, 1871).
Mr. Zimmerman's second marriage was to Mrs. Harriet (Klock) Yoder, born Feb. 18, 1832, daughter of Jacob and Polly (Masser) Klock, and to this union there are two children: Alice, born Feb. 13, 1874, and Clara, born Dec. 13, 1875. By her first marriage, to Peter Yoder, son of Anthony Yoder, of Schuylkill county and later of Northumberland county, Mrs. Zimmerman had six children: Sarah (deceased), Lewis, Emma, Juliann, Christian and Peter.
Mr. Zimmerman is much interested in incidents of the early days in this region, and he relates one story, about the manner in which the famous Conrad Weiser acquired possession of one of the islands in the Susquehanna river, which is worth repeating: The Indians had great faith in dreams, and as far as possible executed commands or heeded warnings received during sleep. Conrad Weiser, the great friend of the Indians, had a fine gun which the Redmen admired as much as the owner prized it. Shikellimy, the Oneida chief, who was Weiser's stanch friend, was stationed at Sunbury at the time of this happening. He coveted the gun, and one night dreamed that Weiser gave it to him. The next time he met Weiser he told him of the dream, and Weiser, knowing that it would be bad policy to deny him the gift gave his treasured gun to the Indian, though reluctantly. Now it was the white man's turn to dream. In the Susquehanna river, below Sunbury, is the Isle of Cue, upon which the Indians lived and which they valued highly. Weiser had often asked for it, but the Indians, though friendly, said they could not part with it: Weiser dreamed that his friend Shikellimy made him a present of the island, and when he met the Chief began by apologizing for having a dream to relate which might not please the latter. The Chief reassured him on the strength of their great friendship and Weiser, with apparent regret, told his story. Shikellimy, though evidently disturbed, was game and insisted that the dream must be fulfilled, but at the same time he gave his friend to understand that it was time to put an end to their dreaming. This story is related as the true version of the manner in which the island came into Weiser's possession. It is a matter of record that he did own it. ..."
Excerpt from "ZIMMERMAN. ..."
"... SEBASTIAN ZIMMERMAN, son of Sebastian and Elizabeth B. (Klock) Zimmerman, was born June 2, 1830, in Cameron township, Northumberland Co., Pa. His parents moved across the line into Upper Mahantango township, Schuylkill county, when he was about a year old, and he was there reared to farming, which he continued to follow after beginning life on his own account acquiring a farm in that locality which he cultivated until his removal to Northumberland county in 1867. At that time he settled in Lower Augusta township, the part now included in Rockefeller township, remaining there for about twenty years, until he retired from active pursuits, in 1887. Since his retirement he has made his home in Sunbury, of which place he is one of the oldest and most respected residents. Mr. Zimmerman has never sought office, but he has served thirteen years as school director, part of the time for what is now Rockefeller township and part of the time for the borough of Sunbury. He is a Democrat in political matters. He has always been interested in the welfare of the Lutheran Church, having served as deacon while he was a resident of Upper Mahantango, and he and his wife are members of the Zion's New Lutheran Church at Sunbury. On Oct. 28, 1862, Mr. Zimmerman enlisted from Schuylkill county in Company K, 172d Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, under Capt. F. A. Hoffman, was promoted to second sergeant of that company, and served with the Army of the Potomac. He was discharged Aug. 1, 1863, with his regiment, at Harrisburg. Mr. Zimmerman has long been an active member of William Bruner Post, No. 335, G.A.R., in which he has held various offices.
On Feb. 23, 1851, Mr. Zimmerman married (first) Elizabeth Schlappig, who was born Nov. 25, 1832, daughter of Benjamin Schlappig, and died Dec. 8, 1872, in her forty-first year. They had a family of ten children, born as follows: Henry S., Jan. 22, 1852; Sarah, Sept. 17, 1853; Lewis, May 1, 1855 (died Nov. 22, 1907); Edwin, March 10, 1857 (died June 15, 1866); John, July 20, 1859; Sebastian, Dec. 15, 1861; Elizabeth, May 12, 1864 (died Dec. 8, 1872); William, July 11, 1866; Benjamin, July 25, 1868 (died Aug. 11, 1870); Mary Ann, May 26, 1870 (died July 15, 1871).
Mr. Zimmerman's second marriage was to Mrs. Harriet (Klock) Yoder, born Feb. 18, 1832, daughter of Jacob and Polly (Masser) Klock, and to this union there are two children: Alice, born Feb. 13, 1874, and Clara, born Dec. 13, 1875. By her first marriage, to Peter Yoder, son of Anthony Yoder, of Schuylkill county and later of Northumberland county, Mrs. Zimmerman had six children: Sarah (deceased), Lewis, Emma, Juliann, Christian and Peter.
Mr. Zimmerman is much interested in incidents of the early days in this region, and he relates one story, about the manner in which the famous Conrad Weiser acquired possession of one of the islands in the Susquehanna river, which is worth repeating: The Indians had great faith in dreams, and as far as possible executed commands or heeded warnings received during sleep. Conrad Weiser, the great friend of the Indians, had a fine gun which the Redmen admired as much as the owner prized it. Shikellimy, the Oneida chief, who was Weiser's stanch friend, was stationed at Sunbury at the time of this happening. He coveted the gun, and one night dreamed that Weiser gave it to him. The next time he met Weiser he told him of the dream, and Weiser, knowing that it would be bad policy to deny him the gift gave his treasured gun to the Indian, though reluctantly. Now it was the white man's turn to dream. In the Susquehanna river, below Sunbury, is the Isle of Cue, upon which the Indians lived and which they valued highly. Weiser had often asked for it, but the Indians, though friendly, said they could not part with it: Weiser dreamed that his friend Shikellimy made him a present of the island, and when he met the Chief began by apologizing for having a dream to relate which might not please the latter. The Chief reassured him on the strength of their great friendship and Weiser, with apparent regret, told his story. Shikellimy, though evidently disturbed, was game and insisted that the dream must be fulfilled, but at the same time he gave his friend to understand that it was time to put an end to their dreaming. This story is related as the true version of the manner in which the island came into Weiser's possession. It is a matter of record that he did own it. ..."
Biography, J.L. Floyd & Co., 1911, "Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County Pennsylvania", (Chicago), pp. 242-244
Excerpt from "ZIMMERMAN. ..."
"... SEBASTIAN ZIMMERMAN, son of Sebastian and Elizabeth B. (Klock) Zimmerman, was born June 2, 1830, in Cameron township, Northumberland Co., Pa. His parents moved across the line into Upper Mahantango township, Schuylkill county, when he was about a year old, and he was there reared to farming, which he continued to follow after beginning life on his own account acquiring a farm in that locality which he cultivated until his removal to Northumberland county in 1867. At that time he settled in Lower Augusta township, the part now included in Rockefeller township, remaining there for about twenty years, until he retired from active pursuits, in 1887. Since his retirement he has made his home in Sunbury, of which place he is one of the oldest and most respected residents. Mr. Zimmerman has never sought office, but he has served thirteen years as school director, part of the time for what is now Rockefeller township and part of the time for the borough of Sunbury. He is a Democrat in political matters. He has always been interested in the welfare of the Lutheran Church, having served as deacon while he was a resident of Upper Mahantango, and he and his wife are members of the Zion's New Lutheran Church at Sunbury. On Oct. 28, 1862, Mr. Zimmerman enlisted from Schuylkill county in Company K, 172d Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, under Capt. F. A. Hoffman, was promoted to second sergeant of that company, and served with the Army of the Potomac. He was discharged Aug. 1, 1863, with his regiment, at Harrisburg. Mr. Zimmerman has long been an active member of William Bruner Post, No. 335, G.A.R., in which he has held various offices.
On Feb. 23, 1851, Mr. Zimmerman married (first) Elizabeth Schlappig, who was born Nov. 25, 1832, daughter of Benjamin Schlappig, and died Dec. 8, 1872, in her forty-first year. They had a family of ten children, born as follows: Henry S., Jan. 22, 1852; Sarah, Sept. 17, 1853; Lewis, May 1, 1855 (died Nov. 22, 1907); Edwin, March 10, 1857 (died June 15, 1866); John, July 20, 1859; Sebastian, Dec. 15, 1861; Elizabeth, May 12, 1864 (died Dec. 8, 1872); William, July 11, 1866; Benjamin, July 25, 1868 (died Aug. 11, 1870); Mary Ann, May 26, 1870 (died July 15, 1871).
Mr. Zimmerman's second marriage was to Mrs. Harriet (Klock) Yoder, born Feb. 18, 1832, daughter of Jacob and Polly (Masser) Klock, and to this union there are two children: Alice, born Feb. 13, 1874, and Clara, born Dec. 13, 1875. By her first marriage, to Peter Yoder, son of Anthony Yoder, of Schuylkill county and later of Northumberland county, Mrs. Zimmerman had six children: Sarah (deceased), Lewis, Emma, Juliann, Christian and Peter.
Mr. Zimmerman is much interested in incidents of the early days in this region, and he relates one story, about the manner in which the famous Conrad Weiser acquired possession of one of the islands in the Susquehanna river, which is worth repeating: The Indians had great faith in dreams, and as far as possible executed commands or heeded warnings received during sleep. Conrad Weiser, the great friend of the Indians, had a fine gun which the Redmen admired as much as the owner prized it. Shikellimy, the Oneida chief, who was Weiser's stanch friend, was stationed at Sunbury at the time of this happening. He coveted the gun, and one night dreamed that Weiser gave it to him. The next time he met Weiser he told him of the dream, and Weiser, knowing that it would be bad policy to deny him the gift gave his treasured gun to the Indian, though reluctantly. Now it was the white man's turn to dream. In the Susquehanna river, below Sunbury, is the Isle of Cue, upon which the Indians lived and which they valued highly. Weiser had often asked for it, but the Indians, though friendly, said they could not part with it: Weiser dreamed that his friend Shikellimy made him a present of the island, and when he met the Chief began by apologizing for having a dream to relate which might not please the latter. The Chief reassured him on the strength of their great friendship and Weiser, with apparent regret, told his story. Shikellimy, though evidently disturbed, was game and insisted that the dream must be fulfilled, but at the same time he gave his friend to understand that it was time to put an end to their dreaming. This story is related as the true version of the manner in which the island came into Weiser's possession. It is a matter of record that he did own it. ..."
Excerpt from "ZIMMERMAN. ..."
"... SEBASTIAN ZIMMERMAN, son of Sebastian and Elizabeth B. (Klock) Zimmerman, was born June 2, 1830, in Cameron township, Northumberland Co., Pa. His parents moved across the line into Upper Mahantango township, Schuylkill county, when he was about a year old, and he was there reared to farming, which he continued to follow after beginning life on his own account acquiring a farm in that locality which he cultivated until his removal to Northumberland county in 1867. At that time he settled in Lower Augusta township, the part now included in Rockefeller township, remaining there for about twenty years, until he retired from active pursuits, in 1887. Since his retirement he has made his home in Sunbury, of which place he is one of the oldest and most respected residents. Mr. Zimmerman has never sought office, but he has served thirteen years as school director, part of the time for what is now Rockefeller township and part of the time for the borough of Sunbury. He is a Democrat in political matters. He has always been interested in the welfare of the Lutheran Church, having served as deacon while he was a resident of Upper Mahantango, and he and his wife are members of the Zion's New Lutheran Church at Sunbury. On Oct. 28, 1862, Mr. Zimmerman enlisted from Schuylkill county in Company K, 172d Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, under Capt. F. A. Hoffman, was promoted to second sergeant of that company, and served with the Army of the Potomac. He was discharged Aug. 1, 1863, with his regiment, at Harrisburg. Mr. Zimmerman has long been an active member of William Bruner Post, No. 335, G.A.R., in which he has held various offices.
On Feb. 23, 1851, Mr. Zimmerman married (first) Elizabeth Schlappig, who was born Nov. 25, 1832, daughter of Benjamin Schlappig, and died Dec. 8, 1872, in her forty-first year. They had a family of ten children, born as follows: Henry S., Jan. 22, 1852; Sarah, Sept. 17, 1853; Lewis, May 1, 1855 (died Nov. 22, 1907); Edwin, March 10, 1857 (died June 15, 1866); John, July 20, 1859; Sebastian, Dec. 15, 1861; Elizabeth, May 12, 1864 (died Dec. 8, 1872); William, July 11, 1866; Benjamin, July 25, 1868 (died Aug. 11, 1870); Mary Ann, May 26, 1870 (died July 15, 1871).
Mr. Zimmerman's second marriage was to Mrs. Harriet (Klock) Yoder, born Feb. 18, 1832, daughter of Jacob and Polly (Masser) Klock, and to this union there are two children: Alice, born Feb. 13, 1874, and Clara, born Dec. 13, 1875. By her first marriage, to Peter Yoder, son of Anthony Yoder, of Schuylkill county and later of Northumberland county, Mrs. Zimmerman had six children: Sarah (deceased), Lewis, Emma, Juliann, Christian and Peter.
Mr. Zimmerman is much interested in incidents of the early days in this region, and he relates one story, about the manner in which the famous Conrad Weiser acquired possession of one of the islands in the Susquehanna river, which is worth repeating: The Indians had great faith in dreams, and as far as possible executed commands or heeded warnings received during sleep. Conrad Weiser, the great friend of the Indians, had a fine gun which the Redmen admired as much as the owner prized it. Shikellimy, the Oneida chief, who was Weiser's stanch friend, was stationed at Sunbury at the time of this happening. He coveted the gun, and one night dreamed that Weiser gave it to him. The next time he met Weiser he told him of the dream, and Weiser, knowing that it would be bad policy to deny him the gift gave his treasured gun to the Indian, though reluctantly. Now it was the white man's turn to dream. In the Susquehanna river, below Sunbury, is the Isle of Cue, upon which the Indians lived and which they valued highly. Weiser had often asked for it, but the Indians, though friendly, said they could not part with it: Weiser dreamed that his friend Shikellimy made him a present of the island, and when he met the Chief began by apologizing for having a dream to relate which might not please the latter. The Chief reassured him on the strength of their great friendship and Weiser, with apparent regret, told his story. Shikellimy, though evidently disturbed, was game and insisted that the dream must be fulfilled, but at the same time he gave his friend to understand that it was time to put an end to their dreaming. This story is related as the true version of the manner in which the island came into Weiser's possession. It is a matter of record that he did own it. ..."
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