Introduction

Biography

John was the hus­band of Em­i­ly Zim­mer­man.

At one time he was a col­lege mu­sic di­rect­or (prob­abl­y in Ohio). Some re­cords re­fer to him as Pro­fess­or Kin­sey.

He moved from Ohio to La­fay­ette, In­di­ana, around 1885. When he re­tired from the Echo Mu­sic Com­pa­ny around 1903, he was liv­ing in Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois.

He turned the com­pa­ny ov­er to his son Carl, and op­ened a mu­sic store in Fort Wayne, In­di­ana. That ven­ture was short lived, and he soon closed it due to fail­ing health.

Works

• Gold­en Shore (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: F. W. Hel­mick, 1878)
• Convention King (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Ol­iv­er Dit­son, 1879)
• Bouquet of Me­lo­dy (Fort Wayne, In­di­ana: Keil & Bro­thers, 1882)
• Living Gems (La­fay­ette, In­di­ana: J. F. Kin­sey & S. C. Han­son, 1886)
• The Am­er­ican An­them Book (La­fay­ette, In­di­ana: Echo Mu­sic, 1887)
• Echoes of Glo­ry, with John Mc­Pher­son (La­fay­ette, In­di­ana: Echo Mu­sic, 1888)
• Apples of Gold, with John Mc­Pher­son (La­fay­ette, In­di­ana: Echo Mu­sic, 1890)
• The Hum­mer, with Sam­uel Coff­man (La­fay­ette, In­di­ana: Echo Mu­sic, 1890)
• The Bu­sy Bee (La­fay­ette, In­di­ana: Echo Mu­sic, 1891)
• Columbia’s Pride (La­fay­ette, In­di­ana: Echo Mu­sic, 1892)
• Pearls and Di­a­monds (La­fay­ette, In­di­ana: Echo Mu­sic, 1892)
• The Cap Sheaf (La­fay­ette, In­di­ana: Echo Mu­sic, 1893)
• Liberty’s Chief (La­fay­ette, In­di­ana: Echo Mu­sic, 1893)
• Gold­en Glean­ings (La­fay­ette, In­di­ana: Echo Mu­sic, 1894)
• The New Sing­er’s De­light (La­fay­ette, In­di­ana: Echo Mu­sic, 1896)
• Sunshine in Song (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Echo Mu­sic, 1902)