WI BIO - Green Co - ZIMMERMAN, Benjamin 
History of Green County, Wisconsin. Springfield, IL: Union Publishing, 1884, 
p 1093

Benjamin ZIMMERMAN was born in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, 19 Oct 1830, a 
son of Isaac ZIMMERMAN. His father [Isaac] was a farmer and Benjamin was 
reared on a farm. He [Benjamin ZIMMERMAN] was married to Amanda SAVAGE, who 
was born in Northumberland [Northumberland County], Pennsylvania, in 1836, 
and came to this county [Green County, Wisconsin] in 1860, locating in Spring 
Grove [Spring Grove Township, Green County, Wisconsin] and living the first 
eighteen months in a house on the John H. WOODLING farm. He [Benjamin 
ZIMMERMAN] bought eighty acres on Section 34 and built a house, into which he 
moved during the fall of 1870. He has since resided there, and owns also 
thirty acres on Section 26.

Benjamin and Amanda ZIMMERMAN have had the good fortune to be blessed with 
eleven children, all of whom are now living: (1) William, born in June 
1855; (2) Galen, born in August 1856; (3) Lavina, born in September 1859; 
(4) John S., born in December 1861; (5) George T., born in February 1864; 
(6) Isaac A., born in October 1866; (7) Sarah E., born in October 1868; (8) 
Catharine, born in May 1871 in Green County, Wisconsin; (9) Riley, born in 
June 1873; (10) Maggie, born in October 1874; and (11) Annie, born in June 
1877. [Numbering of children and their birthdates added by submitter. 
Researchers are strongly encouraged to view primary and other records as 
supporting evidence for information given in any biography.]

Submitted by Cathy Kubly