Born in New Milford, Pa. Worked for Uncle, Wm.R.Storrs, in logging and at the age of 21 he went to Madison Wisconsin 1n 1854 and married, Rosa Cummings, Daughter of Mary Cummimgs, on October 25, 1856. He was 23 and she was 18. They went on the honeymoon by train to St. Louis and by boat to Bellevue, Nebraska. He was a builder and a farmer, living in Bellevue till 1872 and then to a farm 2 miles from Bellevue and in 1884 went to Oakdale, Nebraska, in 1884 and farmed for his Uncle, William R. Storrs, of Penna. who had bought several thousand acres ( I believe around 3000 ). and after 10 years went back to Bellevue after W.R. Storrs sold his Nebraska interests. He lived the rest of his life in Bellevue, dying at the age of 94. ( From letter written by Jullietta Storrs Zurcher ) Dates of birth and death from grave markers. He lived at Oakdale 1884 to 1894. Zalmon Storrs's uncle was W. R. Storrs who rafted logs from New York state through Penn. to Harrisburg where he had a saw mill. Zalmon worked for his uncle. The article from The Settler, The Bradford County Historical Soc. Magazine says the following. " The rafting season was from the early spring, during high water, when rafts of lumber, loaded with hay, grain and potatoes, were easily carried down the river, RUNNING THE RIVER as it was called, was not only a hazardous employment, but required knowledge of the stream, and great skill to manage the arks and rafts. A good waterman was indispensable and always commanded big pay. " Ed Steven's father's sister married the wealthy W.R. Storrs whose nephew was Zalmon Storrs.. Zalmon was Maggie Stevens's father. Ed and Maggie were related but no blood relation. The Storrs always were above common people and I believe some of this rubbed off on my Grandmother. She saw that my mother went to college to develop her musical talents. Grandmother Stevens was always kind to me and I spent several summers with her. She never showed any affection but I had the run of the place and loved the smell of her pantry and the cookie jar. Uncle Storrs slept in a small room off the kitchen and I slept with him. In later years when she was so crippled with arthritis she would spend a month with us in Nebraska. She was very patient and cried softly with the pain a lot. Even then, I used to tease her and she did enjoy our company. Mrs Bird Haug Somerville says that she remembers my grandmother as a very dignified lady. Her husband was always Ed. Stevens but she was Mrs Stevens typical of the times. ----------------------------------------------------------------- From La Belle Vue studies in the history of Bellevue, Nebraska by J. L. Simmons. ( Regarding the new First Presbyterian Church in Bellevue still standing )-By May 1858, when Joseph S. Bets and Zalmon Storrs completed the carpentry work on the pews and flooring. the church was ready for services. Zalmon not only helped build the church but built a hone across the street from the church in Bellevue.
----------------------------------------------------------------- 1870 Bellevue census Storrs, Zalmon Sarpy Co. # 264 Bellevue precinct
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When they came to Nebraska from Wisconsin, they took a train to St. Louis and then boat up the Missouri River to Bellevue, Nebraska. he was 18 and his wife was 18.
-----------------------------------------------------------------Mrs Etta Zurcher, his daughter, wrote in 1963 that he lived with his uncle, William Storrs at Standing Stone till he was 21. From other sources, we heard that he had worked for William and after he went to Nebraska, William put him on lands, about 3000 acres, that William had bought at Oakdale, Nebr. where he stayed for several years before moving back to Bellevue -----------------------------------------------------------
From death certificate - died of sudden heart failure, Myocarditis
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In the 1850 census he was living with William Storrs. his uncle.*