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Biographies
Source:
Twentieth Century History of Sandusky
County, Ohio & Representative Citizens -
by Basil Meek, Fremont, Ohio
Publ. Richmond - Arnold Publ. Co., Chicago.
1909
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JOHN
W. ZILLES, who came to his present farm in Riley
Township, Sandusky County, in 1905, was born in Rice Township,
Sandusky County, Ohio, Feb. 8, 1873. His parents are Peter
and Christina (Kline ) Zilles.
The first member of the Zilles family to settle
in Sandusky County was the grandfather of John W.,
Casper Zilles. He was born in Hesse-Darmstadt,
Germany, and settled as a pioneer in Rice Township, where he
subsequently married and reared a family. Peter
Zilles was born in the little log cabin home of his parents
in Rice Township and he continued to live there until the spring
of 1908, when he moved to a place in Sandusky Township, near
Fremont. He and wife are members of the Lutheran Church.
The following members of their family survive: John W.;
Frank, of Fremont; Herman, of Toledo; Edward,
of Ottawa County; Ralph, of Fremont; Emma, wife of
Edward Engler, of Rice Township; Catherine,
wife of Josiah Hetrick, of Fremont; Lulu,
wife of Charles Berner, of Fremont; and Clara,
who lives with her parents.
John W. Zilles has been a farmer ever since he
reached man's estate and is a very practical and successful one.
He moved from Rice Township to Riley Township in 1897, and
located on the Henry House farm. Two
years later he moved to the Louis Zeigler farm,
where he remained five years. He then purchased his
present farm of forty acres, on which he has since lived.
On Sept. 28. 1893. ne was married to Miss
Louisa Hetrick, a daughter of Jacob Hetrick.
who once was a prominent farmer in Rice Township, and they have
a family of six children, as follows: Wilbur. Edna,
Elizabeth, Orville, George and Hilda.
Mr. Zilles and family belong to Grace Lutheran
Church at Fremont. In politics he is a Democrat and at
present he is serving in the office of constable of Riley
Township.
Source: Twentieth Century History
of Sandusky County, Ohio & Representative Citizens - by Basil
Meek, Fremont, Ohio - Publ. Richmond - Arnold Publ. Co., Chicago
- 1909 - Page 625 |
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JACOB H. ZWEILY,
a well known citizen and successful agriculturist of Sandusky
Township, who has resided on his excellent farm of eighty-two
acres, situated in Section 22, since 1885, was born in Sandusky
Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, Nov. 8, 1862, and is a son of
Benedict and Ann (Bauman) Zweily.
The parents of Mr. Zweily were born in
Switzerland. The father, Benedict Zweily,
accompanied by his brother, John Zweily, emigrated
to America and came to Fremont a short time before the first
Roman Catholic Church edifice was built. The brothers
secured work here, Benedict being a stone mason by trade.
The brother, John, was accidentally killed while at work
on this structure. Benedict continued to labor as a
mason for a number of years, after which he secured land in
Sandusky Township and cleared up a farm from the forest.
He survived until 1892. Of his children, the following are
living: Mary, who is the wife of Joel Waitman, of
Sandusky Township; Louise, who is the wife of Charles
Kiser, of Sandusky Township; Jacob H. Charles
W., who resides at Clyde, Illinois; and George, who
lives in Sandusky Township.
Jacob H. Zweily attended the country school near
his father's farm when he was a boy and, with his brothers, had
duties to perform on the home place, the same that usually fall
to the lot of the sons of farmers, and thus from youth he has
been accustomed to an agricultural life. About the time of
his marriage he settled on his present farm, and to the
cultivating of the same and the improving of his property he has
devoted the larger part of his time ever since.
On Oct. 8, 1885, Mr. Zweily was married
to Miss. Sarah R. Crowell, a daughter of the late
George Crowell, of Sandusky Township, and six
children have been born to this union: Earl R., Reuben
L., Frank E., Clara E., Gaude W. and
Hattie E. Mr. Zweily is interested in
having his children well educated and he supports the public
schools and lends his influence to aid all measures which
promise to bring about better conditions, realizing his
responsibility as a leading man. In politics he is a
Democrat.
Source: Twentieth Century History
of Sandusky County, Ohio & Representative Citizens - by Basil
Meek, Fremont, Ohio - Publ. Richmond - Arnold Publ. Co., Chicago
- 1909 - Page 760 |
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S.
A. ZIMMERMAN, a representative citizen of Scott Township,
of which he has been a trustee since 1904, resides on his farm
of twenty-eight acres situated in Section 34, but devotes a
large part of his time to working at his trade of mason and
plasterer. He was born in Scott Township, Sandusky County,
Ohio, June 5, 1863, and is a son of Adam and Maria (Mathias)
Zimmerman.
S. A. Zimmerman obtained his education in the
schools of Scott Township. His first work was a saw-mill
and he lived at home the greater part of the time until he was
twenty-four years old. For one year before his marriage he
worked at Rising Sun and afterward moved to a farm of eight
acres, which he purchased before he bought his present farm.
This place formerly belonged to his father, who cleared it and
put up all the buildings. Mr. Zimmerman cultivate
his land, but he has a reputation as a fine worker at his trade
and hence devotes the larger part of his time to filing
contracts all over the country. He is a stockholder in the
Rising Sun Bell Telephone Company.
On an. 26, 1896, Mr. Zimmerman was married to
Miss Zella Dalton, a daughter of John Dalton, and
they have five children, Bernice, Cecil, Galland, Fern
and Haven. Mr. Zimmerman and family are members of
the Evangelical Church. In politics he is an active
Republican and he enjoys the confidence of his fellow citizens
to a large degree. They have elected him to numerous
township offices, the duties of which he has filled most
satisfactorily. He served four years as township trustee.
He is a member of the lodge of Odd Fellows at Rising Sun, and of
the Knights of Pythias at Kansas, Seneca County.
Source: Twentieth Century History of Sandusky
County, Ohio & Representative Citizens -
by Basil Meek, Fremont, Ohio -
Publ. Richmond - Arnold Publ. Co., Chicago - 1909 - Page 798 |
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