Edwin Penn ZENTMEYER

1848 - 1895  (47 years)

• Name	Edwin Penn ZENTMEYER  [1]
  Birth	26 Aug 1848	Floyd, Floyd, Virginia   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	31 Aug 1895
  Burial	Oakwood Cemetery, Martinsville, Henry, Virginia Plot: 1-21
  Notes	According to Chataigne's Virginia Gazetteer and Classified Business Directory, one E.P. Zentmeyer was the Postmaster in Mayo Forge, Virginia in 1888-89.
  Person ID	I1731	Zentmeyer Main Tree
  Last Modified	12 Dec 2016

  
  

  Father	John Newton ZENTMEYER,   b. 13 Jul 1812, Montgomery Co., Virginia d. 9 Mar 1892, Patrick Co., Virginia (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Martha Ann Catherine PENN,   b. 9 Aug 1820, Patrick Co., Virginia d. 20 Mar 1897 (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	15 Sep 1847	Patrick Co., VA   [2]
  Family ID	F247	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Louisa HAIRSTON,   b. 12 Feb 1852, Patrick, Virginia d. Aft 1920, Henry, Virginia (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	15 Feb 1882	Henry, Virginia
  Children	1. Edwin Penn ZENTMEYER,   b. 18 Mar 1883   d. 30 Sep 1889 (Age 6 years)   2. Hairston ZENTMEYER,   b. 23 Dec 1886   d. 13 Jan 1887 (Age 0 years)   3. William P. ZENTMEYER,   b. 13 Jan 1888   d. 9 Jun 1888 (Age 0 years)   4. George Seawell ZENTMEYER,   b. 18 Apr 1889   d. 19 Oct 1893, of typhoid fever (Age 4 years)
  Family ID	F262	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2015

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Zentmeyer Sanders General Merchandise This letter, dated 1883, lists brothers Edwin Penn Zentmeyer and Peter Leath Zentmeyer and the Sanders brothers as owners, although it is believed John N. was still involved with the business. According to Gentry Zentmeyer, a fire swept through Mayo Forge in the early 1920s and the store was destroyed.
  		Letter from Zentmeyer and Sanders Tobacco. Dated 1884, original in the Zentmyer Collection.
  		Headstone for Edwin Penn Zentmeyer Oakwood Cemetery, Martinsville, Henry, Virginia Plot: 1-21 Photo courtesy Janice Hollandsworth
  		Zentmeyer Monument In the Oakwood Cemetery, Martinsville, Henry, Virginia Photo courtesy Janice Hollandsworth

  
  

• Sources

  [S07962] Elizabeth Seawell Hairston, THE HAIRSTONS AND PENNS AND THEIR RELATIONS by Elizabeth Seawell Hairston Roanoke, VA; 1940,, (Roanoke, VA; 1940). [S07881] RootsWeb Floyd Co VA GenWeb.