George Washington Sinn (Zynn) was born April 23, 1825 in the Brandywine Manor area, 
 Chester County Pennsylvania. 

 He enlisted in the army on the 5th of August 1861 at Athensville, Montgomery county, 
 PA. in the 1st PA Cavalry Fourteenth Reserve, 44th Regiment under Colonel John P. 
 Taylor and Company B Captain William Litzenberg. He fought in the Civil War at 
 Gettysburg. He was discharged the 9th of September 1864. He re-enlisted on the 14th 
 of October 1864 in the 5th PA Cavalry, Company D. It is said that George sustained 
 an eye injury at Gettysburg, July  1863. Records indicate that he was wounded in the 
 right hand by buck shot. He was discharged as a saddler on the 8th of August 1865. 
 His name can be found on the second level of the Pennsylvania Monument on the left 
 hand side. [Photo] His name is spelled Zynn on the monument because that is how it was 
 recorded at enlistment. The story handed down to me is that this is where the name 
 change came. To receive his pension check for $12 each month he had to officially 
 change his name to Zynn. Then to add insult to injury, no pun intended, when a book
 was written in 1865 about the 1st PA Cavalry Reserve his name was misspelled again, 
 it was spelled Bynn. Have a look at the book that chronicles the History of the 1st
 Cavalry Reserve. His name is about three quarters the way down under Company B 
 enlisted men. 
 
 After being discharged he returned to Brandywine Manor and married Josephine Edwards on 
 June 10, 1866. He died October 24, 1908 and is buried in the Brandywine Manor Cemetery 
 with his wife and some of his family all sharing one monument on the west side of the 
 cemetery near Hibernia Road. Many other family members can be found elsewhere in this 
 cemetery.[Obituaries]
 













 
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