WI BIO - Green Co - ZIMMERMAN, J. Conrad
History of Green County, Wisconsin. Springfield, IL: Union Publishing, 1884, 
p 1042

J. Conrad ZIMMERMAN was born in Canton Schaffhausen, Switzerland, 18 January 
1837. He came to the United States in 1854, landing in New York on 15 
September 1854m and went directly to Freeport [Stephenson County], Illinois, 
where he taught a German school one year. In the fall of 1855 he came to New 
Glarus [Green County, Wisconsin], and taught the only school in town, for the 
next four years. The whole town was included in one school district. The 
schoolhouse was the log church of the colonists.

On 14 October 1858 he [J. Conrad ZIMMERMAN] was married to Mary [nee JENNY], 
the only child of Peter and Barbara JENNY, of New Glarus. Mr. and Mrs. JENNY 
[Peter and Barbara JENNY] were early settlers in the town [New Glarus, Green 
County, Wisconsin], coming from Switzerland in 1847. Mr. [Peter] JENNY 
brought some money here and made more after his arrival. He was a 
hard-working and prosperous farmer. He [Peter JENNY] died in 1880, and his 
widow [Barbara JENNY] still lives at the homestead, which is on Section 13, 
and consists of more than 200 acres.

Mr. and Mrs. [J. Conrad] ZIMMERMAN also reside at the homestead. They [J. 
Conrad and Mary (JENNY) ZIMMERMAN] have two sons: (1) Peter, born in 
November 1959, who is married, rents the homestead, and occupies the former 
residence of Mr. and Mrs. JENNY [Peter and Barbara JENNY]; and (2) John, 
born in October 1864, who is attending school at Elmhurst Seminary [Elmhurst, 
DuPage County], Illinois.

In 1859 the subject of this sketch, J. Conrad ZIMMERMAN, moved to Freeport 
[Stephenson County], Illinois, where he taught a German school until 1864. 
He then returned to New Glarus [Green County, Wisconsin] and has since 
resided on Section 13. Mr. [J. Conrad] ZIMMERMAN received an academic 
education in Switzerland, and attended the State University in 1857. He has 
served several terms as Chairman of the town Board of Supervisors, and is one 
of the prominent public men of the town [New Glarus] and county [Green 
County, Wisconsin].

His [J. Conrad ZIMMERMAN's] elder brother, John ZIMMERMAN, was the pastor of 
New Glarus from 1855 to 1859. He [John ZIMMERMAN] is now a resident of 
Burlington [Des Moines County], Iowa. Of his [J. Conrad ZIMMERMAN's] four 
sisters who came to the United States, Magdalena, wife of Rev. C. F. 
DOEHRING, died in Missouri in 1865; Verena is the wife of Rev. A. H. FISMER 
of Boeuf Creed [Franklin County], Missouri; Catharine is the wife of C. WEBER 
of Toledo [County], Ohio; and Ursula, the widow of Rev. C. F. DOEHRING, lives 
in Monroe [Green County], Wisconsin. [Thus the siblings of J. Conrad 
ZIMMERMAN who came to the United States are listed as: John, Magdalena, 
Verena, Catharine, and Ursula. 

Submitted by Cathy Kubly