"Death Claims Early Settler"
Learned Tuesday was the death in Washington, D. C.. of J. R. Zumwalt, one of Southwest Washington's oldest pioneers. He was 82.
Zumwalt was residing with a son. Riley R. Zumwali, secretary of Rep. Russell V. Mack.
He was born in Yamhill County, Ore., in 1866 and moved to Thurston county with his parents in 1872. They later moved to Centerville, now Centralia.
For many years the elder Zumwalt was a sawyer and filer in lumber mills of Grays Harbor and Pacific counties.
After retiring in 1930. he returned to Centralia for several years and then lived in Olympia until his move to Washington in 1953.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Dora Zumwalt, in Washington; his son; a grandson and a great-grandson.
Source: The Daily Chronicle, Wednesday, 27 Oct 1954, p. 14.
Transcribed by Jenny Tenlen. John's wife, Dora McAfee, was a daughter of John R. and Alice (House) McAfee, and niece of Jenny's great-great-grandfather, Clark Roberson McAfee. For more information on the McAfee family, please see Jenny's website.