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GEORGE S. ZIEGLER was born in Leitersburg District, Septem- ber 27, 1826, the son of George and Nancy (Seiler) Ziegler. He was a miller by occupation and a Whig in politics, and died on the 4th of August, 1857. He married Susan C. Wolfersberger and their children were Mary A., wife of Charles B. Wolfinger; Anna M., wife of Levi B. Wolfinger; Jacob A., and Abigail Z.
JACOB A. ZIEGLER was born on the 20th of October, 1854, at Brown's Mills, Franklin County. Pa., the son of George S. and Susan (Wolfersberger) Ziegler. In 1857, his father having died, the family removed to Leitersburg and there he was reared. His education was obtained at the public schools of Leitersburg and Smithsburg. He became teacher of the intermediate department of the Smithsburg schools in 1873 and held this position six years. In 1829 he was appointed principal of the grammar department of the Washington County High School. In 1884 he became principal of the Antietam Grammar School in Hagerstown; in 1894 he was transferred to the Winter Street building, where he served as principal until 1896. He was appointed deputy col- lector of taxes for Washington County in 1896 and has since been the incumbent of this position. In 1880 he married Margaret, daughter of Captain John H. and Evaline (Gardner) Hollings- worth and their children are Charles L .: Electa: Marie, and Emily. Mr. Ziegler is a member of the Reformed Church, in which he has held the office of deacon. In politics he is a Republican.
FREDERICK ZIEGLER, a native of Germany, was born on the
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30th of December, 1730, and emigrated to America in early man- hood, locating in Lancaster County, Pa. Here he owned a tract of five hundred acres, situated about one mile east of Millersville, in one of the finest agricultural sections of the State. The barn that he built on this farm is still used as such; the house was erected over a spring and its foundation walls are yet discernible. Here he resided until his death, November 21, 1791. The maiden name of his wife was Magdalena Hochlander and they were the parents of three sons: George; Frederick, and Lewis; and of four daughters, whose married names were respectively Fehl, Resh, Detrich, and Kendig.
FREDERICK ZIEGLER was born in Lancaster County, Pa., Janu- ary 19, 1778, the son of Frederick and Magdalena (Hochlander) Ziegler. Prior to the year 1800 he came to Leitersburg District; here he learned the trade of carpenter under George Ziegler and engaged in contracting and building in partnership with his brother Lewis. After the dissolution of this partnership he en- gaged in farming and distilling, residing at the stone mansion on the turnpike southwest of Leitersburg. In 1833 he purchased the mill on Marsh run at the extreme western limit of the District. He was also largely interested in real estate; he owned five hun- dred acres of land in Leitersburg District, situated along the turnpike between his residence and mill, while the Old Forge farm of two hundred acres was also his property. The mill, dis- tillery, and farms were operated under his personal supervision. The product of the distillery was sold through commission mer- chants in the cities and enjoyed a high reputation. Mr. Ziegler was careful and methodical in his business habits and was noted for close attention to details. In politics he was an ardent Whig. The Lutheran Church of Leitersburg, of which he was a member, found in him a loyal supporter. He was a member of the build- ing committee by which the church edifice was erected, a gener- ous contributor to that enterprise, and an officer in the congrega- tion for many years. Mr. Ziegler married Rose Ann Elizabeth, daughter of George and Barbara (Ziegler) Lantz, and their chil- dren were George W .; Sophia; Frederick K .; Lewis; Barbara; Elizabeth, who married Charles A. Fletcher; Catharine, who mar- ried Dr. Frederick Byer; Maria M .; Anna, who married Rev. John Heck; Henry; David, and Lydia, who married James M. Leiter.
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The death of Frederick Ziegler occurred on the 30th of May, 1857.
LEWIS ZIEGLER was born in Lancaster County, Pa., in 1787, the son of Frederick and Magdalena (Hochlander) Ziegler, and died in Leitersburg District on the 2d of March, 1863. In early manhood he removed to Washington County and learned the trade of carpenter under George Ziegler of Leitersburg District, after which he was in partnership with his brother Frederick in the business of contracting and building; this he relinquished some years later to engage in farming and distilling. He resided west of Leitersburg on the farm now owned by the heirs of the late David Strite; the improvements thereon were erected by him and rank with the most commodious and substantial in the District. His distillery was also one of the most extensive, and for years he had a team constantly on the road hauling its product to market. He was a Whig in politics and a man of prominence and influence in his party, by which he was elected to the Maryland Legislature in 1840. He was a member of the Lutheran Church of Leiters- burg, in which he held official position for years; he was also a member of the building committee when the church was erected and a liberal contributor to that undertaking. He was a man of generous instincts, which found expression in constant liberality to the poor. In 1809 Mr. Ziegler married Catharine, daughter of George and Barbara (Ziegler) Lantz, and their children were George L .: Magdalena M., who married Dr. Josiah Harris, of Co- shocton, Ohio; Barbara, who died in early womanhood; Lewis; Frederick, who died in infancy; Elizabeth, who married David G. Martin; Samuel; Charles; James, and Mary C., wife of Josephus Ground of Leitersburg.
GEORGE W. ZIEGLER was born in Leitersburg District on the 30th of April, 1810, the son of Frederick and Rose Ann Elizabeth (Lantz) Ziegler. He was reared in his native District and ob- tained a fair education at the local schools. At the age of nine- teen he entered the store of Charles A. Fletcher at Leitersburg, and thus began his business carcer. Here he remained two years and a half. He was then employed in a similar capacity by Hager. Kausler & Company at Hagerstown for eighteen months. In 1833 he purchased the interest of John G. Miller in the gen- eral store of Stonebraker & Miller, Greencastle, Pa., and embarked
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in business as junior member of the firm of Stonebraker & Ziegler. This partnership continued five years, when Mr. Ziegler bought the interest of his partner and conducted the business individu- ally until 1850. His brother, David Ziegler, then became asso- ciated with him. The style of the firm was George W. Ziegler & Company until 1876, when it was changed to George W. & D. Ziegler. The store is located at the northeast corner of the public square in Greencastle, and from 1833 until his death, November 16, 1897, the subject of this sketch was identified with the busi- ness conducted here. It is doubtful whether the mercantile an- nals of the Cumberland valley present a parallel instance, and may certainly be stated with perfect safety that Mr. Ziegler was the last survivor in Franklin County of the generation of mer- chants with whom he began business more than three score years before. For many years he was a director in the Waynesburg, Greencastle, and Mercersburg Turnpike Road Company and exer- cised a controlling influence in its affairs, resulting in substantial improvements to the property. He was also responsibly connected with the organization of the First National Bank of Greencastle and was a member of the first board of directors of that institu- tion, serving in this capacity until his death. In ante-bellum days he was an ardent anti-slavery advocate; originally a Whig, he took a prominent part in the organization of the Republican party, serving in 1856 as a delegate in the National Convention that nominated Fremont for President. In 1842 Mr. Ziegler married Catharine, daughter of George and Maria (Ayres) Fatzinger, and they were the parents of three children: George F .; Maria E., who died at the age of seventeen, and Theodore F., who died in child- hood.
FREDERICK K. ZIEGLER was born in Leitersburg District, Octo- ber 28, 1815, the son of Frederick and Rose Ann Elizabeth (Lantz) Ziegler. He obtained a common school education, and in early manhood was identified with the varied business interests of his father. In 1847-48 he was associated with Robert Fowler in the construction of the Hagerstown and Waynesboro turnpike and for about twenty years they were in partnership in the dis- tilling business in Leitersburg District. Mr. Ziegler was also a member of the firm of Ziegler, Gantz & Appleman, which was re- sponsibly identified with the construction of the Washington
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County Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, and for a number of years he was engaged in farming near Leitersburg. A Republican in politics, he was elected to the House of Delegates as the candidate of his party and subsequently as sheriff of Wash- ington County. He married Louisa, daughter of James and Catharine (Reichard) Swailes, and their children were F. Scott, deceased; Charles C .; Lewis F .; Robert, deceased; Annie S., widow of Frank S. Leiter; George H .; Catharine; David A .; Louisa; Margaret, and Samuel J. Mr. Ziegler's death occurred on the 30th of October, 1887.
DAVID ZIEGLER was born in Leitersburg District, July 4, 1824, the son of Frederick and Rose Ann Elizabeth (Lantz) Ziegler. His education was obtained at the local schools and at a select school in Waynesboro. In 1841 he entered the employ of his brother, George W., at Greencastle; in 1850 he became a member of the firm of George W. Ziegler & Company, the style of which was changed in 1876 to George W. & D. Ziegler. He is now the oldest merchant in Greencastle. In politics he is a Republican.
GEORGE F. ZIEGLER was born at Greencastle, Pa., February 2, 1843, the son of George W. and Maria (Fatzinger) Ziegler. His early education was obtained at the local schools and under pri- vate tuition. In 1862 he entered Amherst College, but before his work as a student had fairly begun he enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers. In the organization of this regiment, which occurred at Harrisburg on the 13th of August, 1862, he was appointed sergeant-major. This regiment participated in the movements of the Army of the Potomac during the winter of 1862-63, particularly the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, and was mustered out on the 20th of May, 1863. Mr. Ziegler at once resumed his studies at Amherst, from which he graduated with honors in 1866. At this institution he was a member of the Alexandria Literary So- ciety and of the Psi Upsilon fraternity. In 1866 he entered the Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church at Princeton, graduating in 1869. The two years immediately ensuing were spent in England and on the Continent, where he was a student at the Universities of Berlin and Heidelberg. In 1872 he re- turned to Greencastle and opened a select school. The curricu- lum included the classics, modern languages, higher mathematics,
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art, and music. Four instructors were usually employed; the school was popular with its constituency, and for more than a decade it was a useful factor in the educational effort of the val- ley. But, like proprietary institutions and academies in general throughout the State, its patronage was largely diverted to the State normal schools; and when, in 1886, Mr. Ziegler was elected professor of English Literature and French at Wilson College, Chambersburg, Pa., his school at Greencastle was finally discon- tinued. He performed the duties of this professorship two years; in 1888 he returned to Greencastle and has since given a large share of his time and attention to the extensive business interests of his father. He is president of the Waynesburg, Greencastle, and Mercersburg Turnpike Road Company, president of the Enoch Brown Park Association, and an elder in the Presbyterian Church of Greencastle. His political affiliations are with the Republican party.
CHARLES C. ZIEGLER was born in Leitersburg District, January 31, 1852, the son of Frederick K. and Louisa (Swailes) Ziegler. He attended college at Mercersburg and Lebanon, Pa., and Springfield, Ohio. In 1875 he entered the internal revenue ser- vice, with which he was again connected in 1878-86 and 1888-92. He was also in the employ of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company for a time and is now engaged in the wire fence busi- ness. In 1883 he married Laura K., daughter of Jacob and Nancy (Lahm) Wolfinger and they are the parents of one child, M. Frederick L. Mr. Ziegler is a Republican in politics and a member of the Lutheran Church.
JOHN STONER was born in Washington Township, Franklin County, Pa., August 9, 1767, the son of David Stoner and grand- son of John Stoner, whose name appears in connection with land ownership in that township as early as 1744. He was a taxable in Antrim Township, which then included Washington, in 1751. His lands were situated southeast of Waynesboro on East Antie- tam creek and included the site of Linden Mills, Fairview station on the Western Maryland railroad, etc. Here he operated a mill as early as 1749. He had four sons: Abraham; David; John, and Daniel, of whom the two last named removed to Carroll County, Md. Abraham resided at the present residence of Henry Baer near Fairview station and David at Linden Mills. In 1774
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the latter secured the patent for Father's Good Will, a tract of 1,365 acres embracing some of the finest farms in Leitersburg and Ringgold Districts. He was the father of John Stoner, the ยท subject of this sketch, who in 1801 purchased of John Barr, his brother-in-law, 193 acres of land in Leitersburg District, now em- braced principally in the farms of Mrs. Elizabeth Stoner, Jacob B. Stoner, and Charles B. and Levi B. Wolfinger. He built the house on the Wolfinger farm, and there he died on the 15th of October, 1806. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Martin Barr, and their children were Margaret, who married Jacob Stouffer; Martin, who owned Linden Mills; John, who resided near Upton, Pa .; David, who resided in Morrison's cove; Jacob, of Leitersburg District; Anna, who married David Myers; Barbara, who married Daniel Newcomer; Elizabeth, and Benjamin of Leitersburg Dis- trict, each of whom inherited a farm or other property of equal value. Elizabeth, his widow, died on the 13th of July, 1849, in her eighty-fourth year.
JACOB STONER was born in Leitersburg District, December 5, 1801, the son of John and Elizabeth (Barr) Stoner. He began farming in Leitersburg District where his widow now resides, and here he lived until his death, January 6, 1852. He married Eliza- beth, daughter of Christian and Catharine (Secrist) Shockey, and their children were Cyrus; Isaiah; Sarah, wife of John S. New- comer, and Ann E., who died at the age of two years. Mr. Stoner was a Whig in politics.
BENJAMIN STONER was born in Leitersburg District, August 3, 1806, the son of John and Elizabeth (Barr) Stoner. He was a farmer by occupation and resided all his life at the farm wher? he was born, and there he died on the 11th of October, 1886. He was also a surveyor, and was frequently employed in this ca- pacity. He was a Republican in politics and a member of the River Brethren Church. He was twice married, first to Margaret, daughter of Daniel Winter, by whom he had one child, Benjamin. His second wife was Mary, daughter of Jacob Shank. and their children were Henry; Elizabeth; Jacob B .; John; and Annie, de- ceased.
CYRUS STONER was born in Leitersburg District, October 30, 1839. the son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Shockey) Stoner. He began farming in 1859 on the farm in his native District upon which
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his father formerly resided and which is now owned by his mother; here he has since been engaged in farming with the exception of . six years, 1867-73, when he operated the saw-mill in Cavetown District now owned by Josiah Brown. For the past twenty years he has owned a steam saw-mill, which has been in operation a large part of that time. In 1859 he married Martha J., daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Justice) Garver, and their children are Jacob G .; Lester E .; Albert C .; Emma M., wife of John McKen- drick; Charles E .; Elmer E .; Clayton C .; Edna D .; Maynard G., and Martha J. Mr. Stoner is a Republican in politics.
JACOB B. STONER was born in Leitersburg District, February 3, 1848, the son of Benjamin and Mary (Shank) Stoner. His edu- cation was obtained at Martin's school. In 1867 he engaged in farming in Leitersburg District as tenant on his father's farm, which he operated nine years. He then resided at Greensburg one year and in Ringgold District six years. In 1883 he located at his present residence, which he purchased in 1887, and here he is engaged in market gardening. In 1866 he married Elizabeth O., daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Mentzer) Tritle, and their chil- dren are Bertie A., widow of Daniel I. Resh; Viola T., wife of Jo- seph G. Miller; Eva M., wife of Daniel R. Grove; Mary M .; Nena M .; Francis B .; Amy S .; Nettie, deceased, and J. Arthur. Mr. Stoner is a member of the River Brethren Church and a Repub- lican in politics.
REV. JACOB DAYHOFF was born in Baltimore County, Md .. April 2, 1768, the son of George P. and Elizabeth Dayhoff, and grandson of George Dayhoff, a soldier of the Revolution, who died on the 13th of April, 1810. The father of George and grandfather of George P. was Philip Dayhoff, a native of Ger- many, but of French descent, who emigrated to America in 1702 and located in Lancaster County, Pa. The original or- thography of the name was "DeHoff." Jacob Dayhoff left his home in Baltimore County in carly manhood and went to Emmittsburg, Md., where he learned the trade of tinner. In 1806 he purchased from Henry Broughmeyer thirty-three acres of land in Leitersburg District and located thereon, and here he resided the remainder of his life. He was a man of fair educa- tion and conducted at his home the first school in the Pleasant Hill district. On the 12th of May, 1815, he was ordained as
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an elder in the United Brethren Church, "in conference held at Henry Krumler's in Franklin County, Pa., by the Rev. Bishop Christian Newcomer and Brother Joseph Hoffman by the impo- sition of hands." For two years he traveled over a circuit em- bracing the counties of Frederick and Washington in Maryland and Franklin, Perry, etc. in Pennsylvania, but owing to the state of his health he was compelled to relinquish pastoral work, al- though he continued to preach occasionally. He married Bar- bara, daughter of Andrew White, of Emmittsburg, and their children were Mary; Samuel; Elizabeth, who married Daniel Sen- ger; Joshua; Susan, who married Powell Traut; Jacob, who died in childhood; Barbara, who married Jacob Exstine, and John. Rev. Jacob Dayhoff died on the 18th of March, 1834.
SAMUEL DAYHOFF was born at Emmittsburg, Md., May 9, 1799, the son of Jacob and Barbara (White) Dayhoff. In 1806 his par- ents located in Leitersburg District and here he lived until his death, April 19, 1877. He was a carpenter, cabinet maker, and undertaker, and was engaged in business for many years in Lei- tersburg District, where he succeeded to the property purchased by his father in 1806, and now owned by his son-in-law, William H. Stevenson. He was twice married, first to Fanny, daughter of Daniel Senger, and their children were Mary, who married Henry C. Lesher; Susan, who married Aaron Wingert; Jacob; John, and Samuel. As his second wife he married Mrs. Maria Gayman, nee Wingert, and they were the parents of one child, Catharine, wife of William H. Stevenson. Mr. Dayhoff was a member of the River Brethren Church and deacon in the Ring- gold congregation forty years. In politics he was a Republican.
JOHN DAYHOFF was born in Leitersburg District, August 24, 1814, the son of Jacob and Barbara (White) Dayhoff. In his youth he attended the early English and German schools of Pleasant Hill district. For twenty years he was engaged in farm- ing near Cavetown, where he owned a farm of thirty acres: he also pursued this occupation near Fiddlersburg for nine years, and was afterward employed collecting country produce for Chews- ville merchants, a business in which he traveled over a wide ter- ritory and acquired an extensive acquaintance. In 1836 he mar- ried Sarah, daughter of Henry and Annie (Avey) Prett, and their children were Samuel II., a farmer in Ringgold District; Lydia,
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wife of Christian Stotler; Mary, wife of William Crumb; Daniel, of Cavetown, Md .; Jacob C., proprietor of a lumber yard and planing mill at Hagerstown; Wesley, a grocer at Hagerstown; William, deceased, and Ellen, wife of Remanis Reynolds. Mr. Dayhoff is a member of the United Brethren Church and a Repub- lican in politics.
JOHN S. DAYHOFF was born in Leitersburg District, October 29, 1828, the son of Samuel and Fanny (Senger) Dayhoff. He carly evinced an aptitude for mechanical pursuits, and built threshing machines and hay-rakes while a young man at his home. In 1857 he purchased the Rock Forge property, and here he es- tablished the most important implement manufactory ever con- ducted in Leitersburg District. The plant included a foundry, machine shop, forge, saw-mill, etc. Here he resided until his death, April 12, 1876. His first wife was Mary, daughter of Benjamin Gayman, and they had one child, Susan, who married Henry Crider. His second wife was Mary, daughter of Henry Wingert, and of the children born to them three grew to mature years: Henry; Catharine, wife of Ira Isenhour, and Alvey, all of whom reside near Abilene, Kans. John Dayhoff was a member of the River Brethren Church and in politics a Republican.
LUDWIG EMERICK was born on the 4th of July, 1754. In 1793 he removed from Chester County, Pa., to a farm of sixty-nine acres adjacent to the present eastern boundary of Leitersburg District; he purchased this land in that year from Frederick Howard, whose residence is located on the line of the old Nichol- son's Gap road in 1791. It is here that the Frick foundry was subsequently located. He afterward removed to a farm in the vicinity of Greencastle, Pa., and there he died on the 13th of February, 1822. He married Susanna Emminger, whose family removed from Hummelstown to Mechanicsburg, Pa .; she was born on the 3d of January, 1757, and died at Quincy, Pa., May 18, 1848. They were the parents of the following children: Peter; John; George; Maria, who married Frederick Bell; Bar- bara, who married Jacob Bell; Margaret, who married Samuel Garver; Mary, who married John Runkle; Elizabeth, who married David Wertz; Catharine, who married George Wertz, and Susan, who married David Brumbaugh. Ludwig Emerick was a member of the Lutheran Church.
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CAPTAIN JOHN BYER was born in Lancaster County, Pa., Jan- uary 31, 1777, the son of Frederick and Anna Margaret (Moyer) Byer. Frederick Byer was born in Germany, December 20, 1732, and came to America in 1740 with his mother, his father having died on the voyage. He died on the 19th of February, 1801. Captain Byer probably became a resident of Washington County about the year 1800. In 1803 he married Catharine Study, and two children were born to them: Anna Margaret, who married William E. Doyle, and Frederick. Their mother having died, he married in 1809 Elizabeth, daughter of Christian Lantz, who inherited from her father the mill property near Leitersburg sul- sequently owned by Fowler & Ziegler. Here Captain Byer en- gaged extensively in milling and distilling; he also operated a tan- nery and other industries. In the local militia he held the rank of captain, and in the War of 1812 marched as far as Boonsboro with his company. After disposing of his property at Leitersburg he removed to Hagerstown, where he owned the Antietam House, a hotel that occupied the present site of the Hotel Hamilton. He died in that city on the 12th of February, 1859. Captain Byer was a member of the Lutheran Church.
FREDERICK BYER, M. D., was born on the 12th of November, 1805, the son of John and Catharine (Study) Byer. After com- pleting his medical education he located at Leitersburg in the practice of his profession, and here he died on the 14th of October, 1855. He married Catharine, daughter of Frederick and Rose Ann Elizabeth (Lantz) Ziegler, and they were the parents of three daughters: Margaret K., deceased wife of Col. B. F. Winger of Greencastle, Pa .; Elizabeth V., deceased wife of Charles E. Ways, of Baltimore, Md,. and Helen, deceased.
DANIEL LOWMAN was born July 5, 1788, and died January 31, 1875. He was a distiller by occupation, and was em- ployed at the different distilleries in the neighborhood of Leiters- hurg. He resided at that village the greater part of his life, and there he died. In politics he was a Whig, and in church connec- tion a Lutheran. He was a soldier in the United States Army during the War of 1812, having enlisted in a cavalry company from Washington County. He married Catharine Leiter, daugh- ter of Andrew Leiter, the founder of Leitersburg, and widow of John Leiter, and their children were Andrew; John C .; Barbara,
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