Zumwalt Family, Papers, 1862-1992 (C4048)
.5 linear feet
INTRODUCTION
The Zumwalt family papers consist of genealogical materials, correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, local church histories, and
miscellaneous articles relating to a family that settled in Boone and Callaway Counties around 1800. DONOR
INFORMATIONThe Zumwalt family papers were donated the State Historical Society of Missouri by Marjorie Ve Zumwalt
Dawson through Esther Hepple on March 31, 1997 (Accession No. 3152).
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Marjorie Ve Zumwalt was born November 6, 1918, in Boone County, Missouri. She was the only child of Felix
Andrew and Cora May Forbis Zumwalt. She was raised in Boone County and married John Wilson Dawson on August 21, 1942.
Marjorie Zumwalt Dawson traced the Zumwalt family back to Andrew Zumwalt, who immigrated from Germany in 1737. Zumwalt
was married twice and had 11 children. He and his family lived in York County, Pennsylvania, and then Frederick County, Virginia,
where Andrew is buried. Christopher Zumwalt, the oldest son of Andrew and his second wife, Ann Regina, moved with his family
to Kentucky and then Callaway County, Missouri in the 1790s.
The Forbis family is traced to George Forbis, Sr. of Fayette County, Kentucky, in the 1700s. George and his wife, Mary, brought
their family to Boone County, Missouri, around 1837. They were members of the New Liberty Baptist Church in Ashland.
Marjorie Z. Dawson collected family photographs, kept photo albums, and a newspaper scrapbook of the history, events,
churches, people, and places that were relevant to Boone County. Marjorie’s husband, John, worked at the State Sanatorium in
Mount Vernon, Missouri, around 1955. They also lived in Kansas in the early 1960s. In April 1964, John W. Dawson passed away.
Marjorie Z. Dawson died in 1989. Both are buried at the New Salem Cemetery in southern Boone County.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The Zumwalt family papers contain church histories, genealogy, correspondence, scrapbooks, family
photographs, and photograph albums relating to the Zumwalt, Forbis, and Dawson families as well as information about Boone
County, Missouri. The papers are arranged into two series: Personal and Photographs.
The Personal series contains the history of Mount Zion Baptist Church and other local churches, Zumwalt and Forbis family
genealogies, personal correspondence, and a scrapbook. This series centers primarily around the Zumwalt family and Boone
County history.
The Photographs series contains loose photographs and three photograph albums collected by Marjorie Z. Dawson depicting
family members, friends, churches and schools, pets, houses they lived in, and places they worked or visited. The photo albums
consist primarily of subjects relating to the life of John and Marjorie Z. Dawson. Loose photographs are of ancestors of the
Zumwalt and Forbis families that migrated to Missouri.
FOLDER LIST
| f. 1 | Mount Zion Baptist Church, 1873-1983 |
| f. 2 | Genealogy, n.d. |
| f. 3 | Correspondence, 1899-1987 |
| f. 4 | John W. Dawson memorial funeral album, 1964 |
| f. 5 | Scrapbook, 1908-1987 |
| f. 6 | Poems, 1940s |
| f. 7 | Photographs, 1880s-1915 |
| f. 8 | Photographs, 1862-1900s |
| f. 9 | Photographs, 1885-1965 |
| f. 10 | Photograph album, 1890s-1951 |
| f. 11 | Photograph album, 1918-1992 |
| f. 12 | Photograph album, 1950-1965 |
INDEX TERMS
These index terms are the subjects, people, places, etc. under which this collection is listed in all available
indexes at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia. If you are interested in a specific index
term, please contact the reference staff
| Allen, Henry Wilson | f. 3 |
| Authors and publishers | f. 3 |
| Bands (Music), 1958 | f. 9, 12 (pictorial image) |
| Baptism, 1915 | f. 7 (pictorial image) |
| Baptist church--Clergy--Missouri | f. 1 |
| Beall family | f. 10 (pictorial image) |
| Bohnenkamp family | f. 12 (pictorial image) |
| Boone County Hospital, Missouri | f. 5 (pictorial image) |
| Boone County Hospital, Missouri | f. 5 |
| Bower family | f. 11 (pictorial image) |
| Bridges--Missouri, Boonville | f. 5 (pictorial image) |
| Burnham family | f. 7, 10, 11 (pictorial image) |
| Buses | f. 5 (pictorial image) |
| Buses | f. 5 |
| Butts family | f. 10 (pictorial image) |
| Carlson, Frank (1893-1987) | f. 9 (pictorial image) |
| Cheavens family | f. 5 |
| Children | f. 5, 9 (pictorial image) |
| Civil War--Battle of Wilson's Creek, 1861 | f. 5 |
| Civil War--Missouri, Boone County | f. 5 |
| Civil War--Monuments--Missouri | f. 11, 12 (pictorial image) |
| Confederate Cemetery, Alton, Illinois | f. 11, 12 (pictorial image) |
| Dawson family | f. 9-12 (pictorial image) |
| Dawson family | f. 4 |
| Dawson, John Wilson (1918-1964) | f. 9, 10, 12 (pictorial image) |
| Dawson, Marjorie Ve Zumwalt (1918-1989) | f. 9-11 (pictorial image) |
| Dawson, Marjorie Ve Zumwalt (1918-1989) | f. 1, 3 |
| Dry Fork Cemetery, Missouri | f. 12 (pictorial image) |
| Elkhorn Tavern, Avoca, Arkansas | f. 11 (pictorial image) |
| Fillman family | f. 9 (pictorial image) |
| Forbis family | f. 2, 4, 5 |
| Forbis family | f. 5, 8-10 (pictorial image) |
| Forsee family | f. 10 (pictorial image) |
| Gilmore family | f. 10 (pictorial image) |
| Goshen Cemetery, Boone County, Missouri | f. 11 (pictorial image) |
| Goshen Cemetery, Boone County, Missouri | f. 11 |
| Greyhound Bus Company | f. 5 |
| Greyhound Bus Company | f. 5 (pictorial image) |
| Guitar, Odon (1825-1908) | f. 5 |
| Heinkebein family | f. 11 (pictorial image) |
| Henry, Will | f. 3 |
| Houses--Missouri | f. 10, 12 (pictorial image) |
| Indians--Missouri, Boone County | f. 5 (pictorial image) |
| Indians--Missouri, Boone County | f. 5 |
| Irle family | f. 10, 11 (pictorial image) |
| James, Jesse Woodson (1847-1882) | f. 3 |
| Jolly Mill, Neosho, Missouri | f. 12 |
| Jolly Mill, Neosho, Missouri | f. 12 (pictorial image) |
| Marmaduke, John S. (1832-1887) | f. 5 |
| Martin family | f. 11 (pictorial image) |
| Missouri River, Leavenworth, Kansas | f. 12 (pictorial image) |
| Missouri, Big Springs | f. 10 (pictorial image) |
| Missouri, Boone County. Courthouse | f. 5 |
| Missouri, Boone County. Courthouse | f. 5 (pictorial image) |
| Missouri, Boone County--Churches | f. 5, 11 |
| Missouri, Boone County--Churches | f. 5, 10-12 (pictorial image) |
| Missouri, Boone County--History | f. 5, 11 (pictorial image) |
| Missouri, Boone County--History | f. 5 |
| Missouri, Boone County--Schools | f. 5 |
| Missouri, Boone County--Schools | f. 5, 12 (pictorial image) |
| Missouri, Providence | f. 5 |
| Missouri, Ste. Genevieve | f. 12 (pictorial image) |
| Missouri. Cavalry, 9th Regiment, Missouri State Militia | f. 5 |
| Missouri. State Guard (Confederate) | f. 5 |
| Mount Vernon Sanatorium, Missouri | f. 11 (pictorial image) |
| Mount Vernon Sanatorium, Missouri | f. 11 |
| Mount Zion Baptist Church, New Bloomfield, Missouri | f. 1 |
| New Salem Baptist Church, Ashland, Missouri | f. 5 (pictorial image) |
| New Salem Baptist Church, Ashland, Missouri | f. 5 |
| Pets--1940s-1970s | f. 10-12 (pictorial image) |
| Poetry | f. 6, 12 |
| Railroad--Mill Springs, Missouri, 1940s | f. 9 (pictorial image) |
| Riverscene, Boonville, Missouri | f. 5 (pictorial image) |
| Riverscene, Boonville, Missouri | f. 5 |
| Sappington family | f. 5 |
| Sappington family | f. 5 (pictorial image) |
| Spry family | f. 2 |
| Summers, Felix | f. 12 |
| Summers, Felix | f. 12 (pictorial image) |
| Terry family | f. 10 (pictorial image) |
| University of Missouri, Hospital | f. 12 |
| University of Missouri, Hospital | f. 12 (pictorial image) |
| White family | f. 7, 10 (pictorial image) |
| Wilcox, James L. | f. 5 |
| Wilcox, James L. | f. 5 (pictorial image) |
| Zumwalt family | f. 1, 2, 4, 5 |
| Zumwalt family | f. 5, 7-11 (pictorial image) |
| Zumwalt, Cora May Forbis (1978-1968) | f. 7, 9 (pictorial image) |
| Zumwalt, Cora May Forbis (1978-1968) | f. 3 |
| Zumwalt, Felix Andrew (1877-1964) | f. 3 |
| Zumwalt, Felix Andrew (1877-1964) | f. 7, 9, 10, 12 (pictorial image) |
| Zumwalt, Marjorie Ve | f. 5, 10, 11 (pictorial image) |
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