My Genealogy Hound

JOHN ZOLLINGER, brick manufacturer, Wilkinsburg, was born Oct 7, 1844, in Westmoreland county, this state (see sketch of Louis Zollinger). His mother’s ancestors came from Germany and settled in Lancaster county, and his maternal grandmother lived to be over ninety years old. At that age she frequently walked from her home, at East Liberty, to Wilkinsburg. John Zollinger attended the Pittsburgh schools till ten years of age when he went to work in a brickyard. In 1864 he enlisted in an independent company which was mustered as part of the 97th P. V. I., and served on provost duty about Baltimore, under Capt. W. R. Jones till the close of the war. After spending four years in Macon county, Mo., he located in Wilkinsburg. In 1880, with his brother Louis, he established the brick manufacturing business, which they still continue near Brushton. In 1885 he built the handsome double brick residence in which he resides. Mr. Zollinger is a member of the G. A. R., Jr. O. U. A. M., and is now treasurer of Sterrett township. He has always affiliated with the republican party, and, with his wife, is a member of Wilkinsburg M. E. Church. In 1871 he married Mary E Knapp, a native of Pittsburgh, and daughter of Thomas and Sarah Jane (Jones) Knapp, of Fitchburg, Mass., of old New England families. Mr. and Mrs. Zollinger have one son, James Clifford.