Hawthorne, Julian, Ed.  History of Washington the Evergreen State: 
From Early Dawn to Daylight.  Vol. 2.  New York: American 
Historical Publishing Co., 1893.  p. 673

	HENRY ZIMMERMAN, farmer, of Ritzville, Wash., in his 
time has "played many parts," having been a veteran of the Civil 
War, a tiller of the soil, and a nominee for or holder of various local 
offices.  Mr. Zimmerman, who comes of good old German stock, 
dating back to the colonial days, when the peaceful valley of the 
Mohawk felt the influence near or far of the Revolutionary War, was 
born in Jefferson County, N.Y.  His father, John H., was a farmer 
of that State, as also was his mother, Nancy (Clock) Zimmerman.  
Third in a family of eight, his early education was that of the district 
school.  He remained under the parental roof until 1855, and then 
beginning life for himself, removed to Minnesota, and there became 
a farmer.  Coming to Washington in 1888, he located in Adams 
County, where he occupied himself in various ways.  In 1890 he 
was nominated by the Democrats for Sheriff of that county, was 
elected, and served so ably as to secure a renomination in 1892.  He 
was not without previous experience, having held local positions 
while a resident of Minnesota.  In 1865, going back in the order of 
events, he enlisted in the First Regiment Heavy Artillery of 
Minnesota, was stationed at Chattanooga, Tenn., and being 
honorably discharged, returned to the peaceful pursuits of civil life.  
He was married in 1860 to Miss Louise Huntley, a native of 
Ashtabula County, O.  Five children have been born to them.  Mr. 
Zimmerman is a prosperous man, holding city and farm property in 
the county where he resides.  He is a member of the Mason, the 
Grand Army of the Republic, and the Knights of Pythias, and also 
of the Christian Church.  He is possessed of many curious and most 
interesting papers--family records dating back to their residence, in 
the last century, in the Mohawk Valley, during which, or in the 
Indian Wars, an ancestor was killed and scalped by the savages at 
what is now the railroad station of St. Johnsville, N.Y.


Submitted by: Jenny Tenlen

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