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Commemorative Historical & Biographical Record
of Wood County, Ohio,

Past & Present - Publ. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1897
 

  EMANUEL ZIEGLER, one of the most enterprising and prosperous of Bloom township's agriculturists, was born Oct. 6, 1850, in Ashland county, Ohio, and came to Wood county with his parents, Peter and Sarah (Fulmer) Ziegler, in the spring of 1855.  This family stands high in the esteem of the community, and an interesting history of our subject's ancestors is given in the biography of his father, which appears elsewhere.
     Being only five years old at the time of the removal to Wood county, Mr. Ziegler was reared here, attending the district schools in boyhood, and learning the details of farm management by practical work.  His first home here was in a hewed log cabin 18x20 feet, and game abounded in the surrounding woods.  As times improved his father built a more commodious and tasteful dwelling, however.  On Aug. 27, 1872, Mr. Ziegler was married to Miss Emma Blair a native of Washington county, Md., born July 28, 1851, the daughter of Jackson Blair, a prominent farmer, who came to Bloom township in 1864.  After his marriage, Mr. Ziegler took charge of his father's farm, and, for his home, fitted up an old house that had been built as a temporary home for the family, when their dwelling was destroyed by fire.  This had been used as a store house for a time; but with some labor it was transformed into a comfortable abode, and Mr. Ziegler and his wife occupied it for eleven years.  In 1883 he bought eighty acres in Section 15, of Bloom township, near Ted, going in debt $1,400.  Only forty acres were cleared, and the buildings were poor; but Mr. Ziegler, has now seventy acres under cultivation, and has made many substantial improvements, including a fine barn built in 1891.  He has made his own way, working hard, and never resorting to trickery in order to make larger gains.  His straightforward methods have won for him the confidence and esteem of his neighbors, and his success demonstrates the truth of the old adage, "honesty is the best policy"  He has a comfortable home, and a family of bright children:  Charles, born Mar. 12, 1874, is at home; Elmer, Aug 8, 1875, is a farmer of Bloom township; Lyman, Aug. 25, 1880, died at the age of one year, nine months and seventeen days; Harley, May 21, 1884, and Milo, Nov. 1, 1888, are at home.  Mr. Ziegler is a believer in the doctrines of the Democratic party, but takes no active interest in politics, and seldom votes.
Source: Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record of Wood County, Ohio, Past and Present - Vol. II - Publ. Chicago: J. H. Beers and Co. 1897 - Page  1118
  J. H. ZIEGLER, an old time agriculturist of large experience, is now numbered among the prominent residents of Portage township, by whose people he is held in that reverence and respect tacitly accorded those whose lives have been distinguished by integrity and usefulness.  A native of Pennsylvania, he was born in Cherry Township township, Venango county, Mar. 5, 1830, at the modest homestead of his parents, George and Catherine (Murray) Ziegler, natives of Maryland, the former born in April, 1796, and the latter a few months previous.  Their marriage was celebrated in their native State, after which they removed to Pennsylvania, residing in Venango county for fifteen years.  One year was then spent in Trumbull county, Ohio, while for the following six years they made their home two and a half miles west of the city of Ashland, in what was then Richland county, but is now a part of Ashland county.  They next located near Republic, in Scipio township, Seneca county, where they lived for the same length of time.  The remaining days, however, were passed in Portage township, Wood county, the father dying in October, 1865, while the mother survived him for fourteen years, and they now sleep side by side in the Mennonite cemetery of Perry township, Wood county.  The father was quite an athlete, six feet tall and weighing about two hundred pounds.  He always supported the doctrines of the Democratic party, and when quite old was asked why he did not change his politics, and his answer was, "My hair is too gray to be turned black."
     His family consisted of the following children:  William, of Warren, Penn.; George, residing near Oil City, Penn.; John, of Cattaraugus county, N. Y.; Hannah, widow of Stephen Landis, of Jamestown, N. Y.; Susan, widow of Daniel Siccafoos, of Iowa; Elizabeth, wife of James Loker, of Venango county, Penn.; Levi, residing near Traverse City, Mich.; Daniel, who has been a United Brethren minister for thirty years, and also follows farming in Union county, Ohio; J. H., who is next in order of birth; Mary, now Mrs. Matthew Irvin, of Crawford county, Ohio; Ann, who married William Lee, and died in Michigan; Fannie wife of H. R. Longacre, of Portage township; Catherine, who was the thirteenth child, and died in Seneca county, Ohio, at the age of fourteen years, hers being the first death in the family; and Andrew, who died in the same county at the age of twelve years.
     Our subject was a boy of sixteen years when he left his native county, where he secured a limited education, as his parents were poor and his assistance was needed in the support of the large family.  He remained under the parental roof until his marriage.  In Ashland county, July 10, 1851, he married Miss Harriet Barr, a native of that county and a daughter of James Barr.  He had not a dollar at that time; but he went to work for the farmers at clearing away the timber and making rails.  In July, 1854, he removed to Putnam county, Ohio, where he purchased forty acres of wild land, making a temporary home with his brother Daniel, while his own log house was being constructed.  As the land was wet and swampy, and his wife was in poor health, he removed to Seneca county, Ohio, in November, 1855.  There, on Mar. 29, 1856, she died and was laid to rest in Republic cemetery.  One son had been born to them - William E., who died at Six Points, Ohio, in 1884, leaving four children - Otis, Elfa, Dora, and Tinsey.
     In April, 1857, at Attica, Ohio, Mr. Ziegler wedded Mrs. Mary J. Richards, widow of William M. Richards.  Her birth occurred in Mansfield, Ohio, Nov. 14, 1831, and she is a daughter of David and Elizabeth (Wannamaker) Mader, the former a native of Maryland, and the latter of the Keystone State.  Her father was a farmer by occupation, and died in Portage township when over eighty years of age, while her mother passed away in Seneca county, at the age of fifty-seven.  In their family were six children, one son and five daughters.  The son served in the Union army during the war of the Rebellion, then, joining the regular army, was sent west, and since the latter part of the '60s has never been heard of.
     After his second marriage, Mr. Ziegler rented land for sometime in Seneca county; but in 1857 bought forty acres of land on Section 26, Portage township, Wood county, for which he paid $400 cash, the sum constituting his entire capital.  In October he built a log house, 18x24 feet, and the following February removed his family to their new home.  He was compelled to borrow $28 with which to meet the expenses of the journey, but they took great pleasure in their home.  He was young and full of hope, and went earnestly to work to clear and develop his land.  He was drafted in 1864, and assigned to Company B, 55th O. V. I.  In November of the same year he joined the regiment at Atlanta, went with Sherman to Savannah, and followed that General through the Carolinas, participating in the last fight near Goldsboro.  In March, 1865, at Bentonville, N. C., he was wounded in the left shoulder, and, after remaining in the hospital at Goldsboro' for ten days, was transferred by a vessel up the coast to New York City.  He lay in the hospital at David's Island until May 28, 1865, was mustered out in New York on June 1, and arrived home on the 3d of the same month.  His wound was by no means healed, and his arm was very stiff.  Going to the government physician at Fostoria, Ohio, he was given the liberal (?) sum of $2.50 per month until he should be able to use his arm.  He has since devoted his attention to farming, and has a good farm of seventy acres.
     By his second union have been born the following children - Dora L., wife of Jonas Hampshire, of Fostoria, Ohio; Frank who has followed the various occupations of a teacher, telegrapher and photographer, and is now engaged in farming in Nebraska; Abia J., who married George Brubaker, and died in Perry township, Wood county, at the age of thirty-one years;  James O. and John L., both of Portage township; and Ida, now Mrs. E. R. Shaffer of the same township.
     The political support of Mr. Ziegler has always been given the Democratic party, he has served as school director, and he and his wife are members of the Protestant Methodist Church, in which he has been class-leader.  He takes great pleasure in travel, and has visited many parts of the United States.  He is a kind-hearted, genial gentleman, and contributes liberally to all worthy charities.
Source 2: Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record of Wood County, Ohio, Past and Present - Vol. II - Publ. Chicago: J. H. Beers and Co. 1897 - Page 770
  PETER ZIEGLER, a venerable and highly respected resident of Bloomdale, was born Oct. 11, 1806, in Chestnut Hill township, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania. 
     He is of German descent, his grandfather, Peter Ziegler, having come from the Fatherland during the Revolutionary war to make his home in Bucks county, Penn.  He reared a large family, among whom was Jacob Ziegler, our subject's father, who married Elizabeth Savers, a native of Northampton county, and settled upon a farm there.  He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and his son Peter, then a boy of six, has a distinct recollection of his return home on furlough from Philadelphia, where he was stationed.  About the year 1817 the family removed to Columbia county, Penn., and in 1831 came to Ashland (then Richland) county, Ohio, settling in Orange township, on a tract of wild land, which they improved and resided upon during the rest of their lives, dying a good old age.  They were devout members of the Old-School Presbyterian Church, and the father, who took an interest in all public questions of the day, was a Democrat in politics.  They had eight children: Ann, deceased wife of Jacob Shopbell, of Ashland county; Peter, or subject; David who died in Illinois; Samuel who died in Fostoria; Catherine (deceased), formerly the wife of Andrew Johns; Elizabeth, the wife of Levi McCauley, of Ashland; and Sarah (deceased), who married Michael Ohl, of Ashland county.
     Mr. Ziegler was reared upon a farm, and received such educational advantages as the neighboring schools afforded.  Until he was twelve years old he attended a Dutch school, and, when the removal of the family to Columbia county placed him suddenly in a school where English was spoken exclusively, he was badly handicapped, as he could not then speak a wood of that language.
     On Jan. 1, 1830, he was married in Columbia county, Penn., to Miss Sarah Fullmer, who was born Feb. 1, 1811, daughter of John and Hannah (Gardner) Fullmer, early settlers in that locality, who in later years removed to Ashland county, Ohio, where they died well advanced in years.  Mr. Ziegler had but little of this world's goods at the time of his marriage, a horse, colt and $100 in money being the sum total of his gains so far.  He rented a farm for a time and in April, 1834, he brought his wife and three children - Caroline, John, and Daniel to Orange Township, Richland (now Ashland) Co., Ohio, traveling for fourteen days in a covered wagon.  Tavern keepers in those times kept houses for the convenience of movers, who carried their bedding and cooked their own food.  He traded one of his best horses for forty acres of new land, a cabin 16x16, and a small garden spot.  In June, 1852, he bought eighty acres in Bloom township, to which he removed in September of that year, adding eighty acres a few months later.  He now owns 192 acres of land, much of it being valuable oil property.  In December, 1887, he moved to Bloomdale to enjoy in quiet the fruits of his previous years of toil, and here his wife, who had been a faithful helpmeet in all his efforts, passed to her long rest Nov. 6, 1892, at the age of eighty-two years, after sixty-two years, ten months and five days of married life.  Both had been members of the Presbyterian church from childhood.  Mrs. Ziegler was robust and active up to a few weeks before her death from heart disease, doing all her own housework.  they had eleven children, whose names and dates of birth, etc., are as follows:  Caroline, Sept. 23, 1830, married John A. Simon, and died in Bloom township; John, Dec. 4, 1831, is a farmer in Kansas; Daniel, July 19, 1833, lives in Putnam county; Catherine, Feb. 23, 1835, is the widow of William Leathers, who was killed May 7, 1872, in a gristmill at Eagleville, and she now lives with her father; Hannah, Feb. 3, 1837, is the widow of Isaac Fellers, of Findlay; Jacob, Jan. 1, 1839, lives in Fulton county, Ill.; Elizabeth, Mar. 21, 1845, is the widow of Samuel Heaten, and lives in Eagleville; Sarah, June 17, 1844, is now Mrs. George Brownheller, of Bloom township; Peter, Jan. 4, 1847, lives in Lincoln Center, Kans; Emanuel, Oct. 6, 1850, is a prominent farmer of Bloom township; and Adaline, Mar. 26, 1853, died at the age of twenty-two.  These children have done credit to their parents, all having become good and prosperous citizens.  "Uncle Peter" has worked hard for his success, and in early days, when other farmers were enjoying the fireside in winter, he would be hauling merchandise to and from Fostoria, for the old pioneer merchant, James M. Bronson, of Eagleville, earning many dollars in this way.  He is still in fine health, and retains his faculties wonderfully, his memory being remarkable, and, as he is a great reader, he is well-informed on the questions of the time.  He has been a Democrat from the time of Andrew Jackson, casting a vote for his party at every election, township, county, State and National.  He never aspired to office, preferring to give his attention to his own business, but he has held some minor township offices, and has taken especial interest in the improvement of the schools.

Source: Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record of Wood County, Ohio, Past and Present - Vol. II - Publ. Chicago: J. H. Beers and Co. 1897 - Page 1084
  DANIEL ZIMMERMAN, a worthy representative of one of the honored pioneer families of Center township, then a part of Webster township, Wood county, was born there on May 12, 1835.  His father, William Zimmerman, was a native of Virginia, born in 1798, and came to this county in 1835, locating on the farm where our subject's birth occurred.  He took up 160 acres of wild land, which he at once began to improve and cultivate.  His wife bore the maiden name of Isabella Householder, and to them were born four teen children, named as follows: John and Monroe, who are both deceased; Eliza, deceased wife of Joseph Burdo; Lewis, who has also passed away; Daniel, of this sketch; Mary, deceased wife of George W. Garner; George, who died from the effects of his service in the Civil war; Milton, infirmary director of Wood county; Isaac, a farmer of Portage township; William and Isabella, twins, the latter the wife of William Weddell, deceased; James, an agriculturist of Center township; Lewis E., deceased; and Harvey, a farmer of Michigan.  The father's death occurred in 1884, and the mother passed away in 1889.
     The entire life of our subject has been passed in his native township, being reared to manhood on his father's farm, and receiving his education in the district schools of the neighborhood.  On the outbreak of the Rebellion, he resolved to aid in the preservation of the Union, and in 1861, enlisted at Pemberville, Wood county, in Company K, 21st O. V. I.  On Dec. 31, 1863, he veteranized, and was given a furlough.  For two weeks, in 1861, he was confined in the hospital at Nashville, Tenn., but during the remainder of his service was always found at his post of duty, and participated in the battles of Chattanooga, East Kentucky, Ivy Mountain, La Vergne, Stone River, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, the siege of Atlanta, and the capture of Jonesboro.  He was with Sherman on the celebrated march to the sea, and on the close of his enlistment received an honorable discharge, Aug. 25, 1865.
     At the termination of his army experience, Mr. Zimmerman returned to Center township, where he purchased sixty acres of land, which, after cultivating some seven years, he sold and bought 110 acres, which comprises his present fine farm.  It was then, however, in its primitive condition, mostly under water, not a tree having been cut, or a ditch made, and no roads yet been laid out to the place.  After much hard labor he succeeded in clearing the land, which be drained, and on which be planted an orchard, and erected a fine dwelling house, barns and other outbuildings. It is now one of the model farms of the county, supplied with all modern improvements, and the well-cultivated fields indicate to the passerby the thrift and enterprise of the owner.
     On May 24, 1866, Mr. Zimmerman was united in marriage with Miss Emma Fox, a pioneer teacher, who taught twenty-one terms in Wood county, and who was born in Livonia, N. Y., Mar. 14, 1837, and is a daughter of John Fox, a farmer of that locality. Six children grace this union: William A., a carpenter, who was born Aug. 12, 1867; Lucy M., a school teacher, born May 27, 1869; Jessie M., wife of Charles Barr (a farmer, but now a real-estate agent), born July 13, 1871; Aner, a carpenter of North Dakota, born Mar. 8, 1873; Cever, a farmer residing at home, born Jan. 5, 1875; and John W., born July 6, 1878.
    
Mr. Zimmerman has watched with lively interest the growth and development of the county, and has contributed largely to its reputation as one of the most highly cultivated districts in this great commonwealth.  He and his estimable wife endured all the hardships and privations incident to a life in a new settlement, and well deserve the reward which is now beginning to crown their labors.  Politically he identifies him self with the Republican party, whose principles he stanchly advocates, and has served as school director for six years.  He belongs to J. Wiley Post No. 46. G. A. R., and he and his family ad here to the faith of the United Brethren Church.
Source: Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record of Wood County, Ohio, Past and Present - Vol. II - Publ. Chicago: J. H. Beers and Co. 1897 - Page 751
  ISAAC ZIMMERMAN.  Many of the leading citizens of this county have served their country during the dark days of the Rebellion, making a record honorable and glorious.  One of these brave "boys" is now a farmer of Portage township, and is highly respected as a representative of one of the pioneer families of Wood county.  He was born in Webster township, Dec. 25, 1843.  and is a son of William and Isabel (Householder) Zimmerman, the former a native of Virginia, and the latter of Ohio.  From Pennsylvania the father came to the Buckeye State, becoming an early settler of Webster township, Wood county, but he and his wife have both passed away.
     Until his enlistment in the Union army, Isaac Zimmerman remained under the parental roof, securing his education in the district schools of Webster township, and by one term's attendance at a select school taught by Alfred Kelley.  On July 10, 1863, he became a member of Company L., 2nd O. H. A., and from Camp Dennison west to Cleveland, Ohio, where he was assigned to his regiment.  The first active engagement in which he participated was at Strawberry plains, and from that time he remained with his command continuously until the close of hostilities.  He was discharged at Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 23, 1865, after which he returned to Wood county, and began business for himself as a farm hand.  In September, 1868, in Webster township.  Mr. Zimmerman was married to Miss Hulda Tefft, who was born in Bloom township, Wood county, Apr. 1, 1848, one of the family of eight children - four sons and four daughters - born to William and Jane (Baird) Tefft.  Her father owned and operated a sawmill in this county.  Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman: Cora, who became the wife of J. E. Shinew, and died in Center township, Wood county; a daughter who died in infancy; and Asher and Charles, both at home.
     For a time Mr. Zimmerman rented land in his native township, and then  purchased fifty acres of timberland in Section 9, Center township, the improvements consisting of only log buildings.  Although he secured the land on easy terms, it required considerable effort to meet the payments, as the land was all wild.  He later owned another farm in Center township, in Section 34; but in 1890 he removed to his present place, which constitutes fifty-nine acres of rich and arable land in Section 6, Portage township.  He has made many improvements upon the farm, and is numbered among the well-to-do farmers and best citizens of the community.  He has always led a helping hand to the needy, and is held in deservedly high repute by all in the township.  Until 1884 he was a Republican in politics, but now is a strong supporter of the Peoples party.  With Wiley Post G. A. R., of Bowling Green, Ohio, he holds membership.

Source: Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record of Wood County, Ohio, Past and Present - Vol. II - Publ. Chicago: J. H. Beers and Co. 1897 - Page 1319
  N. ALLEN ZIMMERMAN is a native of Pennsylvania, having been born in West Penn Township, Schuylkill County, Jan. 13, 1857, a son of Randoph and Hannah (Dunart) Zimmerman, also natives of that county, where they were married in February, 1856. In April 1857, they removed to Medina County, Ohio, and the father purchased a farm in Homer Township, but he afterward left that property and bought ninety six acres, on which he lived until coming to Wood County nine years later. He here purchased 160 acres of wild land, but afterward sold eighty acres. His first home, a log cabin, was destroyed by fire Sept. 9, 1872, and they lost all their household effects save one bed and a sewing machine. The father died on the old homestead, Aug. 13, 1878, and the mother is now living in Michigan with her son, Gideon P., a farmer. Two children of the family are deceased; Lambert Alfred, who died at the age of two years; and Leanna Elnora, deceased, at the age of twenty six years. The Zimmerman family is of German origin, and the grandfather of our subject, Samuel Zimmerman, was the first of them to cross the Atlantic to the United States. His parents died when he was very young, and when twelve years of age he came with the family by whom he was reared.
     Our subject was three months old when his parents moved to Medina County, and he there began his education, afterward continuing his studies in Wood County, acquiring good school privileges. During the summer months he aided his father in the labors of the home farm, and continued under the parental roof until his marriage, which occurred in Milton Township, Jan. 1, 1884, the lady of his choice being: Miss Elizabeth J. Revenaugh, who was born in Vinton County, Ohio, Nov. 29, 1861, a daughter of John and Catherine Revenaugh. They first located on the old homestead, but in October 1884, removed to their present home, he trading his interest in the family farm for this property. The greater part of his eighty acres was wind and unimproved; but with characteristic energy he began its development, and soon placed it under the plow. Now well tilled fields surround a comfortable residence and substantial barn, ant the neat and thrifty appearance of the place indicates the careful supervision of the owner. To Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman were born three children, one son and two daughters, the son being the eldest; he was born July 16, 1891 and died on the 20th of the same month. The elder daughter, born Aug. 26, 1893, died on the 29th of that month. The youngest daughter, Ruth Ethel, born Feb. 26, 1896, yet survives. They also have a child known as R. O. Zimmerman, born Oct. 31, 1886, whom the have raised from infancy. In his political views Mr. Zimmerman is a Democrat. His wife belongs to the Presbyterian Church, and both are highly esteemed people who have the warm regard of a large circle of friends and acquaintances.
Source:  Commemorative Historical & Biographical Record of Wood County, Ohio, Past & Present - Publ. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1897 - Page 607
Contributed By: Bob Weaver
  CHARLES ZINGG, one of the enterprising young farmers of Perrysburg township, and a successful educator of Wood county, was born Feb. 14, 1869.  His parents were Nicholas and Catherine (Wolfsberger) Zingg.  The family is of Swiss origin, and the grandfather, John Zingg, a native of Switzerland, came to Perrysburg town ship in 1850.  He was married previously to Miss Annie Stampfla, and they had eight children, namely: Barbara, who is living in Switzerland; John, who died in this country in 1886; Nicholas; Rudolph, of Perrysburg, Ohio; Benjamin, of Perrysburg; Elizabeth and Mary, both in Switzerland; and Samuel, who died in this country at the age of nine years.
     Nicholas Zingg was born in Switzerland, Mar. 6, 1834, and in that land secured his education.  When sixteen years of age. he accompanied his parents to the United States, and for, a few years thereafter, was employed as a cobbler, in Perrysburg and Maumee, Ohio.  He then entered the mercantile business, which he followed until 1857.  On Aug. 7, of that year, he married Miss Catherine Wolfsberger, a native of Germany, and they became parents of five children, namely: John, who was born June 30, 1858, and resides in Perrysburg township, married Caroline Reitzel, and has four children; William, of Perrysburg township, born in 1859, married Maggie Douer, and has two children; Julia, born Aug. 4, 1862, is the wife of Lewis Emch, by whom she has four children; Amelia, born Oct. 24, 1864, is the wife of Thomas Tinney, of Perrysburg township, by whom she has four children; Charles completes the family.  Upon his marriage, Nicholas Zingg rented land for seven years, and then purchased forty acres, five miles southeast of Perrysburg, to which he removed in 1864, since which time he has made that farm his home.  He now owns eighty acres of valuable land, and has erected thereon a fine brick residence, and made many excellent improvements.  He belongs to the Lutheran Church, of Perrysburg, and is one of the esteemed citizens of the community.
     The gentleman whose name introduces this review, acquired his education in the Ault school, in Perrysburg township, and at the age of seven teen laid aside his text books to aid his father in the cultivation of the home farm.  When a young man of twenty-four, he was united in marriage with Miss Ida Whitson, the wedding being celebrated Mar. 29, 1893. They reside in a pleasant little home in Perrysburg township, where Mr. Zingg owns twenty acres of land, which he cultivates through the summer months, while in the winter season he engages in teaching school.  He is an able instructor, and his reputation as a teacher is well merited.  His political support is given the Democracy, but he has never sought or desired political preferment.

Source: Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record of Wood County, Ohio, Past and Present - Vol. II - Publ. Chicago: J. H. Beers and Co. 1897 - Page 1121

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