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	ABRAHAM ZIMMERMAN, the well-known proprietor of Maple Heath Farm, a fine estate consisting of 207 acres, located in section 34, Green township, was born Dec. 14, 1825, in Green township, Mahoning County, Ohio, and is a son of Captain Joseph and Elizabeth (Witeleather) Zimmerman.      The founder of the Zimmerman family in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, was John Zimmerman, who emigrated from Germany and settled there in 1725, securing much land in the neighborhood of New Holland.  In 1802, John Zimmerman, grandfather of Abraham, came from Lancaster County to Mahoning County, Ohio, entering section 34, Green township, and in 1804 and 1805 the Zimmerman family in general settled on section 34, in the latter year building settled on section 34, in the latter year building a log cabin in the midst of the woods.      Captain Joseph Zimmerman, father of Abraham, was born May 9, 1781, in Lancaster County, and died in Mahoning County in 1864.  He was an officer in the war of 1812 and subsequently became one of the most prominent men of Green township.  He married Elizabeth Witeleather, who was a daughter of John Witeleather, who was born in Germany, came to America and fought under General Washington in the Revolutionary War.      Abraham Zimmerman was reared on his father's farm, on which be still resides, attended the district schools during his boyhood and from early youth took an interest in farming and stock-raising.  On May 23, 1850.  Mr. Zimmerman was married to Elizabeth Shimp, who was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and is a daughter of Samuel Shimp, who died in Franklin County.  When Mrs. Zimmerman was 12 years old sh accompanied her widowed mother and brothers and sisters to Mahoning County, and she was reared on a farm in Beaver township.  Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman have had four children: Rev. Joseph C., deceased, formerly a well-known minister in the Lutheran Church: Samuel L., who died in childhood: John L., a prominent attorney residing at Springfield, Ohio; and Catherine Isadore, who married Rev. E. W. Simon, who is pastor of the Lutheran Church at Akron.  The only survivor of the above family is the son residing at Springfield.  In November, 1900, Mr. Zimmerman was also bereaved of his beloved wife, to whom he had been united for over half a century.  She was a woman of Christian life and was a devoted member of the Lutheran Church.      In politics Mr. Zimmerman is a Democrat.  For a number of years he was a trustee of Green township, and served three years as a justice of the peace, during which time he tried twenty-one civil suits.  For more than sixty years he has been a member of the Lutheran Church at Washingtonville, has served as one of the deacons and has always been interested in the work of the Sunday school.  In former years he was identified with the order of Odd Fellows.  Probably no man in Green township is more generally respected and esteemed than is Abraham Zimmerman. Source: 20th Century History of Youngstown & Mahoning Co., Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. Biographical Publ. Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1907 - Page 861
	FRANK L. ZIMMERMAN was born at McKeesport, Pennsylvania, Apr. 2, 1879.  He studied law at the Boston University Law School, was admitted to the bar in 1905, and has since practiced his profession in Youngstown. Source: 20th Century History of Youngstown & Mahoning Co., Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. Biographical Publ. Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1907 - Page 306
	HARRY A. ZIMMERMAN was born in New Middletown, Mahoning county, Ohio, July 1, 1859.  After studying medicine in Cincinnati, Pittsburg, Baltimore, and Chicago, he was graduated at Miami Medical College, in 1888, and began practice in Youngstown in the following year.  He is a member of the County, State and National Medical Associations, and is an associate of the Cleveland Academy of Medicine. Source: 20th Century History of Youngstown & Mahoning Co., Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. Biographical Publ. Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1907 - Page 337
	WILLIAM W. ZIMMERMAN was born at New Middleton, Ohio, Sept. 13, 1861.  He read law in New York City for one year, and with A. W. Jones of Youngstown, Ohio, one year.   He was admitted to the bar in June, 1887, and has since resided in Youngstown, engaged in general law practice. Source: 20th Century History of Youngstown & Mahoning Co., Ohio and Representative Citizens - Publ. Biographical Publ. Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1907 - Page 305

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