When Corbie Davis Zimmerman was born about 1839, in Montgomery, New York, United States, his father, Jacob H Zimmerman, was 37 and his mother, Margaret Dockstader, was 28. He married Charlotte A Green on 8 October 1865, in Kendall, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Little Rock Township, Kendall, Illinois, United States in 1870 and Little Rock, Kendall, Illinois, United States in 1910. He died on 14 July 1913, at the age of 75, and was buried in Plano, Kendall, Illinois, United States.
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By 1829 Venus, Illinois had grown sufficiently and in 1832 was one of the contenders for the new county seat. However, the honor was awarded to a nearby city, Carthage. In 1834 the name Venus was changed to Commerce because the settlers felt that the new name better suited their plans. But during late 1839, arriving members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bought the small town of Commerce and in April 1840 it was renamed Nauvoo by Joseph Smith Jr., who led the Latter-Day Saints to Nauvoo to escape persecution in Missouri. The name Nauvoo is derived from the traditional Hebrew language. It is notable that by 1844 Nauvoo's population had swollen to around 12,000 residents, rivaling the size of Chicago at the time. After the Latter-Day Saints left the population settled down toward 2,000 people.
Historical Boundaries: 1853: Kendall, Illinois, United States
Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.
Americanized form of German Zimmermann , and a variant of the same Jewish (Ashkenazic) surname.
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