BIO: JONAS M. ZIMMERMAN, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 417-418z
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    JONAS M. ZIMMERMAN, an intelligent and successful young farmer of Upper
  Allen township, is a member of an old and highly respected family in this
  locality, which dates back to Joseph Zimmerman, the grandfather of our
  subject, who settled near Martindale, Lancaster county, and whose entire life
  was successfully passed in farming. He died about 1860, at comparatively an
  early age, leaving behind him an untarnished name and an excellent record.
  The family born to Joseph Zimmerman and his wife were: Christian; Martin, a
  retired farmer of Kansas; Samuel, of Ohio; Isaac, a farmer residing near
  White Oak station, in Lancaster county; Joseph, a farmer residing at Terre
  Hill, Lancaster county; Fannie, who married Rev. Samuel Taylor, pastor of the
  German Baptist Church at Spring Grove; Annie, who resides near Spring Grove;
  Benjamin, a farmer living near Hinkletown; Elizabeth, who married John Weaver
  and lives near Smoketown Church, at the lower end of Lancaster county.
    
    Christian Zimmerman, son of Joseph and father of Jonas M., was born in
  Lancaster county, and engaged in the drug business at Martindale. Later, he
  removed to Ohio, where he is at present engaged in farming. In 1872 he
  married Esther Martin, and their union was blessed with two children: Jonas
  M. and Amos M. Mrs. Zimmerman died in 1889, and Mr. Zimmerman married
  (second) Mary Zimmerman, a second cousin, and to this union has come one son,
  Martin, now attending school.
    
    Jonas M. Zimmerman was born in Lancaster county, in 1874, and received his
  education at the old crossroad school in Earl township. He later engaged in
  farming with his uncle, Martin Zimmerman, but in 1891, he went to Ohio, and
  spent two years there, engaged in farming. In the spring of 1894, however, he
  returned to Pennsylvania, and began farming.
    
    On Dec. 26, 1895, Mr. Zimmerman was united in marriage with Mary A.
  Zimmerman, a daughter of Jacob M. Zimmerman, a well known farmer of
  Cumberland county. They have two very bright little girls, Sarah and Esther.
  Very soon after his marriage, Mr. Zimmerman took possession of his pres-
    
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  ent farm, as well as the farm adjoining, on which he has erected his barns.
  Energetic, farseeing, quick to embrace every opportunity, Mr. Zimmerman has
  met with unqualified success, and in addition to farming and stock raising,
  he is resident agent of the New Holland Machine Company, and is meeting with
  success in that line also. His premises are kept in first-class order; his
  residence and barns show that a master hand rules, and he is recognized as
  one of the representative young farmers of Upper Allen township. Mr. and Mrs.
  Zimmerman are members of the Mennonite Church.