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Zollicoffer, Felix Kirk – Zundel, John

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Zollicoffer, Felix Kirk

soldier, journalist, congressman, was born May 19, 1812, in Maury county, Tenn. He was elected a representative in congress from Tennessee in 1853, where he continued until the close of the thirty-fifth congress.

He was a delegate to the peace congress of 1861; and subsequently joined the great rebellion, and served as a general of volunteers. He died Jan. 19, 1862, near Mill Springs, Ky.

Zorcher, Philip

journalist, legislator, was born Oct. 1, 1866, in Tell City, Ind. In 1889-91 he served as a representative in the general assembly of the Indiana state legislature. In 1892 he was a delegate to the democratic national convention; and in 1893 was appointed postmaster of his native city. He has contributed extensively to current literature; and is the editor and owner of the Tell City News.

Zubly, John Joachim

clergyman, congressman, author, was born Aug. 27, 1724, in Switzerland. He was a doctor of divinity, and preached in the German, English, and French languages. He was a member of the presidential congress; and was elected as a delegate to the continental congress in 1775. He was the author of The Real Christian's Hope in Death; Sermon on the Repeal of the Stamp Act; An Humble Inquiry into the Nature of the Dependency of the American Colonies upon the Parliament of Great Britain; and The Law of Liberty: a Sermon on American Affairs. He died July 23, 1781, in Savannah, Ga.

Zulick, C. Meyer

soldier, lawyer, jurist, governor, was born June 3, 1839, in Easton, Pa. He entered the union army as adjutant of the second regiment District of Columbia volunteers; rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and was honorably mustered out of the service. He resumed the practice of law at Newark, N..

J.; and was appointed collector of internal revenue for the fifth district of New Jersey. In 1879 he was elected surrogate judge of Essex county; and in 1885 was appointed governor of the territory of Arizona, which office he filled with great distinction.

Zundel, John

organist, author, was born in 1815 in Germany. He was a musician, organist of Plymouth church, Brooklyn, in 1850-78; and the author of Modern Organ School; The Amateur Organist; and Treatise on Harmony and Modulation.

He died in 1882.

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