Peter Zentz Genealogy

Record modified: 2017-12-14

			/	Johann Zentz
	/	Jacob Zentz	\|
	\|		\	Maria Fritsch
Peter Zentz	\|
	\|		/	George Myers
	\	Margaret Myers	\|
			\	Mary (unknown)

Born: 1802-03-02 Huntingdon Co, Pennsylvania USA
Died: 1887-09-05 Jamestown, Cloud Co, Kansas USA

Marriages:
1. 1831-00-00 Ruth Elizabeth Campbell

Children of Peter Zentz and Ruth Campbell:

James Silas Zentz	b. 1832-10-07
Margaret Ann Zentz	b. 1834-07-17
John Albert Zentz	b. 1837-01-10 d. 1903-12-04
Joshua B Zentz	b. 1839-01-15 d. 1864-07-27
Levi Henry Zentz	b. 1842-08-26
Elizabeth Jane Zentz	b. 1849-09-08

Notes:

Do I have the wrong Peter here?
This page says Jacob's son Peter was born 1791 and died 1840,
and had children David, Adam, and John.
Note that the Peter of the census entries below is in locations which agree with our family history.
However, the sons David and Adam were in Stark Co OH, but in a different part than this Peter's brother George.
A descendant of this Peter DNA matches me as 4th- or 5th-cousin, which agrees with him being George's brother.

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1880 census Cloud Co KS p189c
Peter Zentz 79 PA/MD/MD
wife Ruth 72 PA/PA/PA
son John A 42 OH

1870 census Wayne Co IA p395a
Peter Zentz 69 PA
Ruth 60 PA
John 33 OH
Elizabeth J 19 IA

1860 census Wayne Co IA p433a
Peter Zentz 58 PA
Ruth 51 PA
Albert J 23 OH
Henry L 17 OH
Elizabeth 10 IA

Note that, according to our family history, "Henry Welker Zentz's uncle Peter moved to IA, near
Centerville, Appanoose Co, in the late 1850s, and Henry followed him there".
Wayne Co is next to Appanoose Co. On the 1860 census, Henry is in Taylor Co IA, which is three
counties away from Wayne Co.
The only thing I can't figure out is why Peter was not mentioned in his mother's will.

1850 census Marion Co IA p277b/278a
Peter Zentz 45 PA
Ruth 40 PA
James 18 PA
Margaret 16 PA
Albert J 13 OH
Joshua B 11 OH
Levi H 8 OH
Elizabeth J 9/12 IA

1847 state census Wapello Co IA p26
Peter Zentz 3 M <10, 1 M 10-20, 1 M 40-50, 5 F <10, 1 F 20-30, 1 F 40-50
[Levi 5, Joshua 8, Albert 10, James 15, Peter 42, x, x, x, x, x, Margaret 13?, Ruth 37?]

I'm almost positive this is him:
1840 census Richland Co OH p206
Peter Lents or Zents 2 M <5, 1 M 5-10, 1 M 30-40, 1 F 5-10, 1 F 30-40
[Joshua 1, Albert 3, James 8, Peter 38, Margaret 6, Ruth 30]

The children fit his, and Richland Co is just west of Stark Co, where his brother George lived.

Hinds Site: Genealogy of Ken Hinds -- page 39956

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