Frank Joseph and Elizabeth Zimmer
Frank Zimmer was born in 1844 in Baden Germany, and after immigrating to the United States enlisted 2 May 1864 in the 139 Ohio Infantry Co F for the Union Army in the Civil War. The 139th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio, and mustered in May 11, 1864, for 100 days service under the command of Colonel Jacob Lloyd Wayne, Jr..
The regiment left Ohio for Washington, D.C. May 20, then moved to Point Lookout, Md., June 1, and was assigned to prison guard duty there August 22. Frank and his mates shipped to the Eastern Theater, where they were designed to be placed in "safe" rear areas to protect railroads and supply points, thereby freeing regular troops for Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s push on the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia. As events transpired, many units found themselves in combat, stationed in the path of Confederate Gen. Jubal Early’s veteran Army of the Valley during its famed Valley Campaigns of 1864. Ohio Guard units met the battle-tested foe head on and helped blunt the Confederate offensive thereby saving Washington, D.C. from capture. Ohio National Guard units participated in the battles of Monacacy, Fort Stevens, Harpers Ferry, and in the siege of Petersburg.
The 139th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service August 26, 1864. When Frank returned to Ohio, he met and married Elizabeth Ismael 4 Nov 1865 in Newport Ky.
Children of Frank Zimmer and Elizabeth Ismael
Edward Zimmer b-10 Oct 1866 in Newport; d-21
Dec 1934 in Newport; br-St Joseph Cemetery in Johns Hill
Charles H Zimmer b-16 Nov 1868 in Newport; d-10 July 1940 in Newport; br-St
Joseph Cemetery in Johns Hill
George Zimmer b-1870 in Newport; d-11 June 1884 in Newport; br-St Joseph
Cemetery
Cecelia Marie Zimmer b-13 Dec 1873 in Newport; d-11 Apr 1957 in Ft Thomas; br-St
Joseph Cemetery in Johns Hill; m-Joseph Meyer
Emma Zimmer b-1875 in Newport; d-11 Jan 1900 in Newport; br-St Joseph Cemetery
Mary Zimmer b-29 Nov 1878 in Newport; d-26 June 1958 in Ft Thomas; br-St Stephen
Cemetery; m-O'Connell
Caroline Zimmer b-May 1881 in Newport; m-Joseph Mehmert 7 Jan 1903 in Newport
Jacob Anthony Zimmer b-29 Mar 1889 in Newport; d-25 Nov 1937 in Newport; br-St
Joseph Cemetery
Clara Zimmer b-Mar 1892 in Newport
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Children of Cecelia Marie Zimmer and Joseph Meyer
Francis George Zimmer Meyer b-8 Sep 1895; d-12
Oct 1972 in Campbell Co
Eleanor Meyer b-1899 in Cincinnati; m-William Morgan 12 Nov 1921 in Butler Co
Ohio
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Frank Zimmer died 17 Jan 1897 in Newport and was buried in the St Joseph Cemetery in Wilder. Elizabeth Zimmer was born 8 June 1848 in Cincinnati, the daughter of George Ismael and Anna Hackenburg. She died 13 Mar 1924 in Newport and was buried in the St Joseph Cemetery in Wilder.