This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: Gloria Woodruff a resident and former librarian of Ulysses.
Additional Notes by Barbara Ryan-Baxter
May 2001
I was so pleased and thankful to find the Grim Cemetery online where so many of my family is buried. My gr-gr-gr grandparents, Thomas Jefferson ZIMMERMAN (T. J. on the tombstone) b. 1808, and I believe it is his wife, Rebecca (LOWMAN) ZIMMERMAN found there along with members of my COMBS, THURMAN
and DARNELL families. T.J. and Rebecca's daughter, Amanda, married Alexander GRIM. In the transcription it has T. J., d. 21 Jan 1885, age 77 yr 11 mo 22 da and then Rebecca, dau of T. J., 3 Aug 1888, age 20 yr 9 mo 12 da. Per family history, Rebecca (Lowman), wife of Thomas Jefferson ZIMMERMAN, was born on 21 October 1812 and died on 3 August 1888 and buried in the Grim Cemetery. Rebecca would have been 76 years of age at the time of her death. If Rebecca is a dau of T.J. he would have been 59 years of age at the time of her birth in 1867, which is possible, but my records show their last daughter, my gr-gr grandmother, Rachel Ann, was born in 1844. I believe that the Rebecca beneath T.J. is actually his wife, Rebecca. I have searched my Family Tree Maker for any ZIMMERMAN who would have been abt age 21 in August of 1888 and cannot find any who would qualify.Eddie DARNELL is the son of Sumner William DARNELL and Rachel Ann (ZIMMERMAN, dau. of T.J. and Rebecca and sister to Amanda {ZIMMERMAN} GRIM). He was born 24 April 1874, died 10 September 1875.
My grandmother, Catherine Gertrude COMBS, was born in Ulysses on 21 November 1887 to William Franklin COMBS and Martha Jane (DARNELL). Per William's obituary: "In the spring of 1878 he came to Butler County and worked for George L. Smith of Ulysses. The following fall he entered employ of I. E. Doty doing railroad construction work. He became a permanent resident of Butler County in 1880. After marrying Martha J. Darnell in 1880 they moved to a farm in the Ulysses vicinity, lived there for 30 years and raised their family of four boys and three girls. After retiring from farm work in November 1916 they moved to David City."
Submitted by Barbara Ryan-Baxter, May 2001
Additional Notes by Donna Ellis & Marilyn Ramsay
"Dallegge, Fredrick, father 1819 1908
Dallegge, Eva, mother 1836 1929
Dallegge, Charles 1866 1940
Dallegge, Ella M. 1871 1945
Dallugge, Willie, son of F. W. & E. 6 Nov 1879 - age 3 yr 14 da
Dallugge, Friedrich A., son of F. W. & M. 8 Sep 1887 - 20 yr 11 mo 27 da
CAROLINA SCHRANDT married: 1st) GUSTAF CUPLEAN; 2nd) FRIEDRICK W. DALLEGGE.
Children known, of Gustaf & Eva Carolina (Schrandt) Cuplean: Anna Mathilda; Ernest J.; Paul; 2 infants.
Anna Mathilda Cuplean married Theodor Friedrich Julius Wrede (the gr-grandparents of Donna Ellis and Marilyn Ramsay)
Children known, of Friedrick W. Dallegge: Willimen; Herman; August H; Matilda B; Charles J; Willie; Augusta Carolina."
submitted by Donna Ellis & Marilyn Ellis