John W. Zone    

JOHN W. ZONE, liveryman, Meadville, was born in Woodcock Township, this county, February 15, 1829, and is a son of Peter and Catharine (Swartz) Zone, natives of Lehigh County, Penn., and of Pennsylvania-German origin. His father was a laborer, and came to Woodcock Township in 1827, owning there a farm, which he continued to work until his decease in 1883. He raised a family of two sons and two daughters, John W. being the eldest in the family. The mother was twice married, and was a widow when she married Mr. Zone. Our subject was reared on the farm until his twentieth year, when he worked by the month for a time, then came to Meadville, where he followed teaming and draying for fifteen years. He then went into the livery business, which he has carried on most of the time since. He was married in 1854 to Eliza, daughter of Daniel Shartle, and of German descent. They have four children, two now living: Frank H., in the livery business, married, and Emma May, at home. Mrs. Zone is a member of the German Reformed Church, Mr. Zone of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a member of the A. 0. U. W. and K. of P.; in politics a Republican.

History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania: containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc., portraits of early settlers and prominent men, biographies, history of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885, page 776. View image of this page of the book on line at ancestry.com.  14 day free trial  More Crawford County History Books  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com

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