BIO: WILLIAM A. ZIEGLER, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 405-406
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    WILLIAM A. ZIEGLER, a farmer and also mail carrier of Middlesex township,
  was born Oct. 10, 1848, on one of the farms inherited by his father from the
  grandfather's large estate.
    
    The first in the family in America was the great-grandfather, Philip
  Ziegler, who was born in Germany and came to America in 1765. He settled at
  first in Philadelphia, now Montgomery county, but in 1801 he removed to
  Cumberland county, and purchased a large tract of land in Middlesex township,
  the greater part of which still remains in the family. The portion on which
  the original homestead stood is now owned by A. J. Ziegler. Philip Ziegler
  had but one son, also named Philip, but in the next generation there were
  several daughters and six sons: John, Abraham, Samuel, David, Jesse (father
  of W. A.) and Philip.
    
    Jesse Ziegler was born in Montgomery county. He married Miss Mary A.
  Peffer, whose girlhood was passed in Carlisle, and to their union the
  following children were born: Montgomery E., deceased; Sophie E., wife of
  Daniel R. Wilson, of Carlisle; Amanda R., deceased wife of C. P. Humrich
  Eleanor H., who died young; Sarah E., Mrs. Levi Switzer, of Troy, Ohio; John
  H., of Middlesex township, who married Miss Sarah Lesher; Jesse P., of
  Plainfield, who married Miss Jennie Sellers; William A.; and Clara H., Mrs.
  Perry Ratcliffe, of Carlisle.
    
    William A. Ziegler worked with his father on the farm from the time he was
  a mere boy, but he was also sent to the district school every winter until he
  was twenty-one, so that he received a good education. After his marriage he
  rented the home from his father for eleven years, remaining there until 1884,
  when he bought his present farm of seventy-two acres in Middlesex township.
  About two years ago he added 157 acres, and has since then carried on the two
  farms together.
    
    On April 3, 1873, Mr. Ziegler was united in marriage to Miss Miranda Jane
  Ziegler, his cousin, daughter of Samuel Ziegler. Her mother was Elizabeth F.,
  a daughter of Henry and Rachel (Fackler) Hoch, and was born on what is now the
  Nieswanger farm in Middlesex township. There were eight children in the
  family, of whom Mrs. Ziegler was the next to the youngest: Maria, deceased;
  Rachel C., who married V. B. Giffin, of Atlantic City, N. J.; Annie,
  deceased; Keziah, deceased; Harry H., a farmer in
    
    406	CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
    
  Middlesex township, married to Mary C. Wagner; Joseph K., a farmer, married
  to Amelia Jenkins; Miranda Jane; and Samuel, deceased. Mrs. Ziegler is the
  mother of nine children, namely: Maude, born April 18, 1874, deceased in
  infancy; Cora B., who died in infancy; Norman V. B., born Dec. 20, 1875, now
  in the hardware business in Atlantic City; Alverna M., born Sept. 13, 1877, a
  music teacher and the organist of the Carlisle Springs Church; Albert L., born
  Jan. 14, 1879, and Harry H., April 29, 1882, both at home; Clarence H., May
  29, 1885, now deceased; Jesse C., Dec. 2, 1886, at home, a substitute mail
  carrier; and Raymond L., born July 6, 1891.
    
    Mr. Ziegler and his wife are both members of the First Lutheran Church of
  Carlisle. In politics he has always been a Democrat, has been actively
  interested in local affairs, and has held several official positions. For
  several years he was township assessor and served as justice of the peace
  fifteen years. In September, 1903, he was appointed a mail carrier in the
  rural free delivery service. Mr. Ziegler has always been most faithful and
  efficient in the discharge of his varied duties, and is highly regarded by
  the friends and neighbors among whom his whole life has been passed.