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Zook, Levi

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  • Name Zook, Levi 
    Born 10 May 1831  Marion County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Levi was the son of Daniel Zook and Anna or Annie Forney, both natives of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Holt County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    banker and business man 

    • In 1850, Levi became a partner with his brother in the general merchandise business that his father and brother had started in Oregon, Missouri. He continued in this business with other partners and alone at various points throughout his life. In 1867, he and James Scott opened the first bank in Oregon, Missouri and was also involved in this line of business in various forms until his death.
    Moved To 1 May 1842  Holt County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Died Apr 1895  Oregon, Holt County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Person ID I7517  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 1 Feb 2015 

    Father Zook, Daniel,   b. Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1842, Oregon, Holt County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Forney, Anna,   b. Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F2420  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Von Lunen, Minnie,   b. Kingdom of Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Nov 1864, Holt County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 3 Nov 1859  Holt County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 10] 
    Children 
    +1. Zook, Charles Daniel,   b. 24 Jul 1860, Oregon, Holt County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Nov 1922, Lewis Township, Holt County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F2419  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S191] History of Holt and Atchison Counties, Missouri, containing a History of These Counties, Their Cities, Towns, etc., etc., Biographical Sketches of Their Citizens, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of Missouri, Map of Holt and Atchison Counties, etc., (St. Joseph, Missouri: National Historical Company, 1882), pages 417-418; biographical sketch of Levi Zook.
      Levi Zook, son of Daniel Zook and Annie Forney (both natives of Pennsylvania), was born on 10 May 1831 in Marion County, Ohio.

    2. [S249] History Publishing Company, History of Holt County, Missouri, From the Time of the Platte Purchase to the End of the Year 1916, Preceeded by a Short History of Missouri; Supplemented by Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens (St. Joseph, Missouri: Midland Printing Company, [1917?]), pages 470-471; biographical sketch of Charles D. Zook.
      "Levi Zook was the son of G. F. and Annie (Forney) Zook...."

    3. [S191] History of Holt and Atchison Counties, Missouri, containing a History of These Counties, Their Cities, Towns, etc., etc., Biographical Sketches of Their Citizens, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of Missouri, Map of Holt and Atchison Counties, etc., (St. Joseph, Missouri: National Historical Company, 1882), pages 417-418; biographical sketch of Levi Zook.
      In 1850, Levi Zook became a partner with his brother in the general merchandise business that his father and brother had started in Oregon, Missouri. He later conducted the same business in partnership with Hiram Patterson (Zook & Patterson), and with Jonas Lamar; as well as on his own. His businesses were located in Oregon and Forest City, Missouri, and in Glenwood, Mills County, Iowa.
           "In 1867, our subject [Levi Zook], in connection with James Scott, opened a private bank, (the first one in Oregon) under the firm name of Zook & Scott." Mr. Zook retired from the banking business in 1870, but returned to that business on 1 January 1872 in partnership with Robert Montgomery "under the firm name of Zook & Montgomery, with whom he remained until January, 1875, when he retired from the banking business."

    4. [S191] History of Holt and Atchison Counties, Missouri, containing a History of These Counties, Their Cities, Towns, etc., etc., Biographical Sketches of Their Citizens, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of Missouri, Map of Holt and Atchison Counties, etc., (St. Joseph, Missouri: National Historical Company, 1882), page 341.
      "The first bank in the town of Oregon was organized in the fall of 1866, by Levi Zook and James Scott. This, like all its successors in the town, was a private bank. It was located in the old court house building on the northwest corner of Washington and Nodaway Streets, the house now owned by H. Sterrett. The style of the firm was Zook & Scott. They continued the partnership three and a half years, when, Zook retiring, the business was conducted by Scott alone for the period of a year,...."

    5. [S191] History of Holt and Atchison Counties, Missouri, containing a History of These Counties, Their Cities, Towns, etc., etc., Biographical Sketches of Their Citizens, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of Missouri, Map of Holt and Atchison Counties, etc., (St. Joseph, Missouri: National Historical Company, 1882), pages 417-418; biographical sketch of Levi Zook.
      Levi Zook "accompanyied his parents to Missouri, in the Spring of 1842, and arrived in Holt County on the 1st of May, when the country was something of a wilderness."

    6. [S249] History Publishing Company, History of Holt County, Missouri, From the Time of the Platte Purchase to the End of the Year 1916, Preceeded by a Short History of Missouri; Supplemented by Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens (St. Joseph, Missouri: Midland Printing Company, [1917?]), page 279.
      Levi Zook died in 1895.

    7. [S249] History Publishing Company, History of Holt County, Missouri, From the Time of the Platte Purchase to the End of the Year 1916, Preceeded by a Short History of Missouri; Supplemented by Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens (St. Joseph, Missouri: Midland Printing Company, [1917?]), pages 470-471; biographical sketch of Charles D. Zook.
      "Levi Zook died in Oregon in April, 1895."

    8. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), Charles Daniel Zook; Holt County; 1922; Certificate of Death #31166.
      Accessed in August 2012.
           Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #31166. For Charles Daniel Zook. A white, male born on 24 July 1860 at Oregon, Missouri. Father's name: Levi Zook; born in Ohio. Mother's maiden name: Minnie Von Lunen; born in Germany. Personal information was provided by Thomas Curry, of Oregon, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    9. [S191] History of Holt and Atchison Counties, Missouri, containing a History of These Counties, Their Cities, Towns, etc., etc., Biographical Sketches of Their Citizens, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of Missouri, Map of Holt and Atchison Counties, etc., (St. Joseph, Missouri: National Historical Company, 1882), pages 417-418; biographical sketch of Levi Zook.
      "Mr. Zook was married on the 3d of November, 1859, to Miss Minnie Von Lunen."

    10. [S249] History Publishing Company, History of Holt County, Missouri, From the Time of the Platte Purchase to the End of the Year 1916, Preceeded by a Short History of Missouri; Supplemented by Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens (St. Joseph, Missouri: Midland Printing Company, [1917?]), pages 470-471; biographical sketch of Charles D. Zook.
      "Levi Zook was...married in 1859 to Mary Von Lunen...."


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