William and Mary were married on June 13, 1878. Written inside the paper enclosure are the words "While these you keep remember us." The Corrothers family is likely related to the Zinn, Steele-Arnett, or Sanders family.
Standing in the front right are Mr. and Mrs. John W. Zinn, parents of Earl Ray Zinn. John Wesley Zinn married Mary M. Corrothers, daughter of William Corrothers who built the house around 1875. Earl R. Zinn married Lillian Arnett Steele.
Earl Ray Zinn during World War I, North Central, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1918
Description:
Zinn is pictured a soldier's uniform beside an American flag. Zinn is from North Central West Virginia, which includes Monongalia, Taylor and Barbour counties.