Mollie was born in Pettis County, Missouri to Isaac Dean and Martha Ann Jones Moon. She lived to be 101 years old and had several articles written about her in the Big Spring Newspapers. During the Civil War, her family was requested to leave their farm because of Governor Ewing's Order 11. This order stated that people living near the Missouri/Kansas border were in danger because of Bushwhackers. Therefore, she and her family moved to the Sedalia area until she was 19. Upon their return, they found their farm was burned to the ground. In 1868, Mollie met her husband, and they were married on 12 Sep 1869. They had a reception at her parents' house according to Mollie's Bible records. Mollie and RB had 6 children. However, she outlived her husband and all her children by more than 25 years.
"Mary Zinn, regarded as the most beloved citizen of this area, died at her home, 503 Scurry at the age of 101 years. For as long as most people could remember, the memory of her sitting in a cane-bottom chair beneath the chancel rail of the First Methodist Church was a familiar picture. A devout Christian, her joy was in one phrase, "I love everybody." Born in Pettus County, Missouri, Mary Zinn had been a Texan for 74 years and a resident of Big Spring for more than 64 years. She outlived her husband and five children. Only one immediate relative, Mrs. Guy Cravens, a granddaughter, lives here.
Mrs. Zinn, whose grandfather was a Baptist minister and her father, a Baptist deacon before he became a Presbyterian minister, was converted in childhood at a Baptist association meeting. She remembered baptizings in a creek near her home when holes had to be chopped in thick ice. There were no Baptist or Presbyterian congregations in Big Spring when the Zinns arrived in Big Spring. They agreed to "board" with the Methodists when that church was organized. She continued to "board" with the Methodist Church for 34 years, although her record of 25 years as a Sunday School teacher, 30 years as head of the MIssionary Society, and 40 years as the president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union testified to a highly active affiliation.
Both her sons were killed in accidents, the death of her husband in 1917, and the death of her three daughters failed to dim her Christian optimism."
Big Spring Herald
October 3, 1947
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"Mary Zinn, regarded as the most beloved citizen of this area, died at her home, 503 Scurry at the age of 101 years. For as long as most people could remember, the memory of her sitting in a cane-bottom chair beneath the chancel rail of the First Methodist Church was a familiar picture. A devout Christian, her joy was in one phrase, "I love everybody." Born in Pettus County, Missouri, Mary Zinn had been a Texan for 74 years and a resident of Big Spring for more than 64 years. She outlived her husband and five children. Only one immediate relative, Mrs. Guy Cravens, a granddaughter, lives here.
Mrs. Zinn, whose grandfather was a Baptist minister and her father, a Baptist deacon before he became a Presbyterian minister, was converted in childhood at a Baptist association meeting. She remembered baptizings in a creek near her home when holes had to be chopped in thick ice. There were no Baptist or Presbyterian congregations in Big Spring when the Zinns arrived in Big Spring. They agreed to "board" with the Methodists when that church was organized. She continued to "board" with the Methodist Church for 34 years, although her record of 25 years as a Sunday School teacher, 30 years as head of the MIssionary Society, and 40 years as the president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union testified to a highly active affiliation.
Both her sons were killed in accidents, the death of her husband in 1917, and the death of her three daughters failed to dim her Christian optimism."
Big Spring Herald
October 3, 1947
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Mollie was born in Pettis County, Missouri to Isaac Dean and Martha Ann Jones Moon. She lived to be 101 years old and had several articles written about her in the Big Spring Newspapers. During the Civil War, her family was requested to leave their farm because of Governor Ewing's Order 11. This order stated that people living near the Missouri/Kansas border were in danger because of Bushwhackers. Therefore, she and her family moved to the Sedalia area until she was 19. Upon their return, they found their farm was burned to the ground. In 1868, Mollie met her husband, and they were married on 12 Sep 1869. They had a reception at her parents' house according to Mollie's Bible records. Mollie and RB had 6 children. However, she outlived her husband and all her children by more than 25 years.
"Mary Zinn, regarded as the most beloved citizen of this area, died at her home, 503 Scurry at the age of 101 years. For as long as most people could remember, the memory of her sitting in a cane-bottom chair beneath the chancel rail of the First Methodist Church was a familiar picture. A devout Christian, her joy was in one phrase, "I love everybody." Born in Pettus County, Missouri, Mary Zinn had been a Texan for 74 years and a resident of Big Spring for more than 64 years. She outlived her husband and five children. Only one immediate relative, Mrs. Guy Cravens, a granddaughter, lives here.
Mrs. Zinn, whose grandfather was a Baptist minister and her father, a Baptist deacon before he became a Presbyterian minister, was converted in childhood at a Baptist association meeting. She remembered baptizings in a creek near her home when holes had to be chopped in thick ice. There were no Baptist or Presbyterian congregations in Big Spring when the Zinns arrived in Big Spring. They agreed to "board" with the Methodists when that church was organized. She continued to "board" with the Methodist Church for 34 years, although her record of 25 years as a Sunday School teacher, 30 years as head of the MIssionary Society, and 40 years as the president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union testified to a highly active affiliation.
Both her sons were killed in accidents, the death of her husband in 1917, and the death of her three daughters failed to dim her Christian optimism."
Big Spring Herald
October 3, 1947
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Contributor: Searchers of our Past (47220553)
"Mary Zinn, regarded as the most beloved citizen of this area, died at her home, 503 Scurry at the age of 101 years. For as long as most people could remember, the memory of her sitting in a cane-bottom chair beneath the chancel rail of the First Methodist Church was a familiar picture. A devout Christian, her joy was in one phrase, "I love everybody." Born in Pettus County, Missouri, Mary Zinn had been a Texan for 74 years and a resident of Big Spring for more than 64 years. She outlived her husband and five children. Only one immediate relative, Mrs. Guy Cravens, a granddaughter, lives here.
Mrs. Zinn, whose grandfather was a Baptist minister and her father, a Baptist deacon before he became a Presbyterian minister, was converted in childhood at a Baptist association meeting. She remembered baptizings in a creek near her home when holes had to be chopped in thick ice. There were no Baptist or Presbyterian congregations in Big Spring when the Zinns arrived in Big Spring. They agreed to "board" with the Methodists when that church was organized. She continued to "board" with the Methodist Church for 34 years, although her record of 25 years as a Sunday School teacher, 30 years as head of the MIssionary Society, and 40 years as the president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union testified to a highly active affiliation.
Both her sons were killed in accidents, the death of her husband in 1917, and the death of her three daughters failed to dim her Christian optimism."
Big Spring Herald
October 3, 1947
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Contributor: Searchers of our Past (47220553)
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