His father owned newspapers in Marshall , Illinois , and in Mount Carmel , Illinois .
By the time Zimmerman was born , he had retired from the newspaper business to focus on running the Hinde family farm and on politics .
His father owned newspapers in Marshall , Illinois , and in Mount Carmel , Illinois , but by the time Zimmerman was born , he had retired from the newspaper business to focus on running the Hinde family farm and on politics .