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| Family 1 | ||
| Children | 1. | Abraham Bough Ziegler III b. Sep 1829, d. 1902 |
| 2. | Elias Ziegler b. 15 Mar 1833, d. 12 Apr 1885 | |
| Family 2 | Susannah Werl Goehring b. 10 March 1810, d. 10 April 1884 | |
| Birth* | 1798 | Chester Co., PA1 |
| Marriage* | between 1846 and 1850 | Harmony Borough, Butler Co., PA, Principal=Susannah Werl Goehring1 |
| Census* | 1850 | 1850 Federal Census, Pennsylvania, Butler County, West Connoquenessing Township., Series: M432, Roll: 760, Page: 114B, September 7 21, 243, 243, Ziegler, Abraham, 57, M, , Farmer, 15000, Pa, , , , 22, 243, 243, Ziegler, Susanna, 42, F, , , , Germany, , , , 23, 243, 243, Ziegler, Abraham, 21, M, , Farmer, , Pa, , , , 24, 243, 243, Ziegler, Elias, 16, M, , Farmer, , Pa, , 1, , 25, 243, 243, Ziegler, Michael, 11, M, , , , Pa, , 1, , 26, 243, 243, Ziegler, Elizabeth, 9, F, , , , Pa, , 1, , 27, 243, 243, Ziegler, Lydia, 6, F, , , , Pa, , 1, , 28, 243, 243, Ziegler, David, 3, M, , , , Pa, , , , 29, 243, 243, Ziegler, Susanna, 2, F, , , , Pa, , , , 30, 243, 243, Rodel, John, 50, M, , Laborer, , Germany, , , ,1 |
| Death* | 13 November 1872 | Harmony Borough, Butler Co., PA1 |
| Biography* | 1895 | The following is the biography of Abraham Ziegler Sr., father of this subject: The History of Butler County, Pennsylvania, 1895 Page 1091-1092 Abraham Ziegler Abraham Ziegler was born in Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, May 4, 1774. He learned the blacksmith's trade in his native county, and was also an extensive farmer there. In 1814 he purchased the entire property of the Harmony Society from Father Rapp, and in 1815 brought his family to this county and look possession of his purchase. He went into merchandising quite extensively, which he carried on in connection with his farm. He died in 1886, at Harmony. In religious faith, he was a Mennonite, erected the church of that denomination at Harmony, in 1810, and was its principal support for twenty years. He was interred in the graveyard attached to this church. Mr. Ziegler was twice married; his first wife was Catherine Boehm, to whom were horn the following children: Maria; Abraham, and Anna. His second wife was Elizabeth Eustandire, who became the mother of eleven children, as follows: Catherine; Andrew; Jacob; Samuel; Jonas; David; Michael; Susannah; Elizabeth; Barbara, and Joseph, all of whom are dead except the last mentioned.2 |
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