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JOSEPH ZEGER, farmer; P. O., Shauck’s; is at present building a house on the plat of ground upon which he was born, Sept. 29, 1846; he is the third of a family of ten children; his father’s name was Jacob, who was a native of Franklin Co., Pa., where his wife, Elizabeth Ritter, was born; in 1841 they moved to this county, fixing their place of abode in this township, and bought eighty acres of land for $375,00 [sic], and paid the tax on same, which cost them, in all, $380,00 [sic]; here they made their home until their death; his death occurred May 2, 1872, hers in Jan., 1865; at the age of 15, Joseph enlisted in the 136th Reg., O. V. I., Co. I, and upon his return home worked two years at the house-carpenter’s trade; he subsequently made two trips to Missouri -- the first time remaining there six months, and the second time sixteen months; but the country not suiting him as well as the “Buckeye State,” he returned to remain for life in Congress Tp.; in Sept., 1871, he was joined in wedlock to Elizabeth Emig, who was born in November, 1848, the daughter of Charles and Margaret (Miller) Emig; they have one child  -- Loreno, who was born Oct. 8, 1876; Mr. Zeger located on the place he now owns, during the Centennial year; he is a Republican, and a member of the Grange at Johnsville. Mrs. Zeger is a member of the United Brethren denomination.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 702
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.