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able. No one could know him without admiring him. He 
was a firm believer in educating the people. Hisi own six 
children were well educated. They all passed through his 
own school^ graduating with honors. The three sons, Oliver 
Brunner, Clarence Irving and James Garfield, and one of the 
daughters, Viola May, were graduates of the University of 
Wisconsin. Oliver B. was a teacher in the College of Engi¬ 
neering for five years after graduation. One daughter is mar¬ 
ried, and Lillian, the youngest, is studying art. Mr. Zimmer¬ 
man was married to Elizabeth Brunner, July 28, 1870. She 
was educated in the public schools and the Normal school at 
Platteville, and was a most worthy companion of a noble man. 
E. B. Wolcott Post, some of whose members had been called 
upon to participate in the patriotic exercises of the seventeenth 
district school during the past fifteen years, adopted resolutions 
manifesting the deep sorrow its members felt at the loss of 
their friend and the good friend of education and the coun¬ 
try. Dr. James C. Hodgins, pastor of the church of which 
Mr. Zimmerman was a member^ in writing to Mrs. Zimmer¬ 
man, said:—• 
“Your dear husband will always dwell in my memory as 
a perfect type of the simple-minded, pure-hearted scholar. He 
loved the truth as every reverent soul does, and he was so un¬ 
selfish, so eager to be of noble use in God’s world. What a 
blessed memory he leaves to you and his children! To think 
of such men makes the kingdom of God seem near.” 
And another friend wrote:— 
“There are many men who have received more notoriety 
during their lives, but there are few who have done more for 
the fundamental welfare of society than this kind, great-heart¬ 
ed teacher.” 
J. A. Wateous, Lieut.-Col. U. S. A^my. 
