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Jacob Siegfried, son of Abraham Siegfried, was a farmer and lived on a ninety-acre farm in Moore township, Northampton county, near the village of Bath. He was a member of the Lu- theran Church and died cir. 1870. His wife, Elizabeth Petty, was of English descent, a lady of culture and refinement. She died in 1886 up- wards of eighty years of age. Their children are: Harriet, married to Jeremiah Edelman ; Helena, married to David Spangler; Theresa, married to Amandus Fehnel; Hettie, married to Jacob Levan; Hannah, married to George Walk- er ; Harrison, deceased, left two children, Harry and Victoria ; Zacharias, married to Lydia Moyer and resides at College Hill, Easton; Richard, married to Sara Nungessor and resides at Bethle- hem; Owen; and Amos D.
Amos D. Siegfried, the father of Harry D. Siegfried, was born Dec. 24, 1844, in Moore township. He was a coach maker by trade. He resided in Bath for a period of sixteen years and then removed to Luzerene coun- ty, but for eleven years and prior to his death he cultivated the Dech farm in Hanover township Lehigh county. He was married in 1869 to Christina M. Dech, a daughter of William and Eliza M. (Heller) Dech. The farm originally contained 360 acres and is from many points a model farm. The house was built in 1853 by William Dech.
Mr. Siegfried died March 21, 1908, and was buried at Catasauqua. He was a member of the Lutheran Church. Since the death of her hus- band, Mrs. Siegfried resides at Allentown. They had issue: Harry D .; and Stella, who resides with her mother.
HARRY D. SIEGFRIED, Foreman, was born September, 1869. He was educated in the public schools, and in the Keystone State Normal School at Kutztown. For eight years he was collector for the Allentown Gas Company, and in 1905 became foreman for George Hardner, in whose employ he has continued ; he frequently has charge of thirty to forty men. Mr. Siegfried was a per- sonal friend of the former mayor of Allentown, A. J. Yost, M.D. Mr. Siegfried and family ac- companied him on a fifteen-month western trip. Mr. Siegfried was married to Josephine Bom- berger. He enjoys fellowship in Jordan Lodge, No. 673, F. & A. M .; the Independent Order of Red Men and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. In politics he is a Republican.
SIEGLER (ZIEGLER ) FAMILY.
The traditional "three brothers" are said to have founded the family in America. Two of the brothers, Michael and Melchior, settled in east- ern Pennsylvania. Michael Ziegler, in 1717, was appointed one of the trustees of the land be- longing to the Skippack Mennonite church. He was born in 1685; was naturalized in 1731, and made his last will and testament in 1763.‘ In it he mentions nine children, as follows: Andrew, Christopher, Michael, William, Gertrude, Sus- anna, Margareth, Catharine, and Barbara.
This pioneer first owned but 50 acres of land, but in 1728, he purchased 400 acres more, located in Goshenhoppen, and on the sixth day, of the sixth month of the same year, he was granted 100 acres in Lower Salford, just across the line, bordering on his other land. Four hundred and fifty acres of the Goshenhoppen tract were situ- ated on the Perkiomen creek, in Upper Hanover township, and the sons, Andrew, Michael, Chris- topher, and perhaps several sons-in-law, owned the land after their father's death.
The descendants of Michael Ziegler are many. The town of Zieglersville in Montgomery county, perpetuates the family name.
Melchior Ziegler, the brother of Michael, was a pioneer settler in Northampton county, in the territory now embraced in Macungie township, Lehigh county. His name appears, in 1749, among the heads of families who built "Ziegel church," and in 1762, his name is among the tax- ables of Macungie township. He had, among others, the following sons: Philip and Abraham.
Philip Ziegler, son of Melchior, was a farmer in Macungie. His farm of 176 acres, by his last
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will and testament, which was made on Aug. I, 1815, he divided equally between his oldest son, Solomon, and his youngest son, Philip. In addi- tion to the portion each received of the home- stead, Solomon was bequeathed 29 acres of wood- land, and Philip 24 acres of woodland situated in Longswamp township, Berks county. Solomon received the portion of the homestead upon which his father Philip had lived, in addition he re- ceived two brown mares, and the old mare with foal.
Philip, who bore his father's name, was given the two gray mares, the old horse, and the colt.
John, another son of Philip Ziegler, received the 34 acres of land and its belongings, which his father had bought from "Herr" Trexler; also the weaving loom and its appurtenances, a mare and its colt, and "two mother sheep." His wife, Lizzie, was bequeathed a fine inlaid chest.
The will further states, "My daughter, Sally, shall have all necessary household goods, same as my other daughters received."
The will in great detail and explicitness de- scribes at length just what the "beloved Cath- arine," his wife shall be provided with: A warm room in the new house owned by Solomon, 8 bushels of rye, 4 bushels of wheat, 7 bushels of buckwheat, 3 bushels shelled corn, 12 bushel coarse salt, 12 bushel fine salt, stanner of lard, 2 hogs weighing each no less than 150 lbs., flax, wool, soap, apple-butter, apple-jack as much as she needs, sugar, 8 pds. of coffee, 2 lbs. of tea, 11/2 gal. of molasses, 12 bu. of potatoes, eggs as many as she needs, pasture for two cows, three beds and bedsteads, kitchen clock and its works, spinning wheel, house clock, 2 quilts and 2 bol- sters, a tub, linen, yarn, wool, and the large fam- ily Bible.
The will mentions further: that the children of "my deceased son Job," shall receive, as they become of age, the following: Job, Jr., $150.00; Heinrich, $80.00; and Maria, $80.00. The son, Benjamin, is to receive his share in money. Solo- man and Philip, each were to pay for their por- tion, in addition to caring for their mother, the following: each $1,400, to be paid on the in- stallment plan, beginning on May 27, 1817, and thereafter, on every May 27, they were to pay $75 each until the total amount was paid.
Witnesses to the will were Jacob Romig and Peter Walbert.
Solomon, son of Philip Ziegler, who occupied the homestead, was a farmer. The farm was situated near the line of Lehigh and Berks coun- ties. Some of this land is now embraced in the village of Farmington. The farm consisting of 52 acres, is now owned by Mr. A. J. Ziegler, of Allentown, Pa., who is the fifth generation of
the family. On this farm, in later years, valu- able iron ore was mined in large quantity. He was married to Polly Fenstermacher. They had the following children: Lydia, married to Ab- raham Siegfried; Maria, married to Samuel Derr ; Solomon; Charles; Mrs. Willoughby Fen- stermacher; Mrs. Willoughby Maberry; Jona- than; Samuel; Mrs. Joshua Roth; and Rev. Amandes, a Reformed minister, lived at Bingen, Pa.
Solomon, son of Solomon Ziegler, was born at Ziegler's ore-beds, near Rothrocksville, Feb. 24, 1820. He had been a farmer until 1861, when he engaged in the general store business at Allentown. He was prominently identified with the Evangelical Church, which he served in vari- ous official capacities.
He was married twice, (first) to Sarah Wal- bert; (second) to Cordelia Burger. The first wife died in 1866, aged 43 years. The second wife died at the age of 79 years. The children were as follows: Louisa, deceased; Josephine, of Allentown; Walter E .; Katie, married to Daniel Hoppes, of Allentown; Jennie, widow of Herman Trexler; Oliver O., history follows; S. Calvin, married to Alvina Hoppes, of Allentown ; and Agnes, died aged 13 years.
OLIVER O. ZIEGLER, a prominent citizen of Allentown, where he is engaged in extensive building and real estate transactions, was born in Weisenberg township, March 12, 1857. At the age of fourteen years he learned the trade of cigar-making at Allentown, to which place he came in 1865. When but sixteen, he engaged in the manufacturing of cigars, a business he con- tinued exclusively up to 1882, when he added the grocery business, which he followed until 1906. But as early as 1877 he engaged in the building and contracting business, having erected up to the present time upwards of 425 houses, ranging in price from $1,800 up to $38,000.
He resides in his handsome and commodious residence at 236 North Seventeenth street, Al- lentown.
Mr. Ziegler is a member of the Democratic party. He was married, Oct. 7, 1877, to Miss Emma C. Derr, daughter of William and Maria (Griesemer) Derr. They have the following children: Claude B., history follows; and Beu- lah A., wife of Robert Rhoads, of Allentown.
Mr. Ziegler and family are members of Grace U. E. church.
CLAUDE BENTON ZIEGLER, real estate dealer of Allentown, was born Sept. 18, 1878. He ac- quired his education in the public schools, sup- plemented by a course at a business college.
He first started in business as a grocer; then was interested with his father in his stone-quarries
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for a period covering about three years. He then entered in the real estate field, locating finally at 1030 Hamilton street, Allentown, in his own valuable building.
He does business under the name of the Zieg- ler Real Estate Company, doing a general real tstate and insurance business; has also erected a number of apartment houses, and is one of the enterprising business men of Allentown. He is a director and treasurer of the Allen Printing and Supply Company, and of the Fairview Real Estate Company.
In politics, is a Republican, and in religion, a member of Grace United Evangelical church.
He married, in 1900, Alice Irene Schoudt. Their children are: Stanley S .; Clarence R .; Robert E .; Arthur O., and Madeline.
Jonathan Ziegler, son of Solomon and Maria (Fenstermaker) Ziegler, was born in 1826. He was reared upon the farm and attended the com- mon schools of his day. He became a farmer, and ore mine owner and operator, the latter of which brought him large returns. He first re- moved to Allentown in 1858, where he lived re- tired until his removal to Rothrocksville, where he died in 1901. He was buried at Siegfried's church, in Maxatawny township. He served as a deacon and elder of Ziegel church in his young- er years.
Jonathan Ziegler married Aquilla Richards. Issue: Emma, married A. G. Smith, of Maxa- tawny; and Albert J. Ziegler.
ALBERT J. ZIEGLER, a prominent businessman of Allentown, was born in 1857, on the family homestead. He was educated in the public schools, and a business college at Collegeville, Pa., after which he was a clerk in a country store for two years. In 1881, he removed to Allen- town and entered the employ of the firm of Bitt- ner & Hunsicker, wholesale dry goods merchants, where he remained for six years. He then es- tablished a wholesale wood and willow-ware, and carpet store, first at 723 Hamilton street, re- maining there for four years, then having out- grown these quarters, he removed to Ninth and Hamilton streets, and in 1910 into his present store at 16 North Seventh street, where he em- ploys a score of people. He has the largest es- tablishment of its kind in the county. He is the owner of part of the old homestead farm, and 200 feet of valuable property in the business zone on Hamilton street. His business has grown from a capital invested of $1,500.00 in 1886, to a capitalization in 1913, of $80,000. Mr. Zieg- ler has much valuable real estate, located in nearly every ward of Allentown.
Albert J. Ziegler was married in 1883, to
Alice M. Mosser, daughter of Lewis Mosser, a prominent citizen of Mossersville, Pa. Issue : Fred M., single, who is associated with his father in business, and Warren Albert, who died in infancy.
Samuel Ziegler, son of Solomon, was born in 1833, died in 1887. He was a farmer in Upper Macungie township. He was a prominent mem- ber of Ziegler's church and he served it as deacon and elder. He was a school director for a num- ber of years. His widow, Elizabeth, nee Hains, survived him many years. They had the follow- ing children : Isabella, married to Peter Merkel ; Emanuel, of Trexlertown; Ellen; Alice; Robert C., of Kutztown ; and George P., of Allentown.
Abraham Ziegler, son of Melchior, is recorded in 1790, by the Federal census report, as a resi- dent of Salisbury township, now Lehigh county. He died about January, in 1832. He had a son, Abraham, Jr., who died in 1831.
JOHN MARTIN SIESSMAYR.
John Martin Siessmayr, for many years was foreman for the Nudinger-Neuweiler Brewing Company of Allentown, Pa. He was born Feb. 4, 1862, at Beyern, Germany, son of Joseph and Christina (Madscar) Siessmayr, both of whom are now (1913) living in the land of their na- tivity. Joseph was by trade a butcher, which he followed all his life. The family are mem- bers of the Catholic church.
John Martin Siessmayr, son of Joseph and Christina, was educated in the national schools of Germany, whose laws require all children to attend these institutions up to the age of 14 years. After leaving school he learned the trade of butcher with his father's brothers, working in this vocation until he came to America.
He married in 1887, at Munich, Germany, Lena Bader, daughter of Joseph and Kreszruz (Kirkmeyer) Bader. In 1891 the family left Antwerp for America, arriving in Philadelphia, July, 1891. Here he found employment in a brewery, where he learned the details of the business, remaining for two years.
In 1893 he removed to Allentown, Pa., and accepted the position as foreman for the Nuding- Neuweiler Brewing Co., where he remained un- til his death, in 1898. Interment was in the Catholic Cemetery of Allentown.
He was a member of the Catholic church, and was a member of the various societies of that church.
In politics he was a Democrat. He built a substantial home on Turner street, Allentown, where his family now reside. Their children were: Frances, Annie, Max, John, Lena, Bar-
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bara, Stephen, and Dora and Mary (twins). John married Florence Weaver, of Allentown, Pa. All the children have received a good edu- cation.
Mrs. Siessmayr is a lady of refined tastes and devoted to her children.
SILVIUS FAMILY.
John Silvius (Silfies) lived in Moore town- ship, Northampton county, where he owned and conducted a large farm. He was also a stone mason by trade. He was a member of the Re- formed congregation of Petersville church, where he is buried. His wife's maiden name was Alt- house. Issue: . Benjamin, John, Elias, Peter, Samuel, Elizabeth, married to Charles Zellner; Polly, married to Solomon Marsh, and Looma, married to Reuben Barrell.
John Silvius, son of John, lived in Northamp- ton county, on a farm now owned by the Atlas Cement Company. He held the office of town- ship supervisor. He was a member of the Re- formed congregation of Howertown church, and served it as elder. He was married first to Es- ther Wright. Issue: Josiah. The second time he was married to Eliza Hartman. Issue: Cath- arine, wife of George Person. The third time he was married to Catharine Rauch, no issue.
JOSIAH SILVIUS, farmer of Whitehall town- ship, near Egypt, was born March 4, 1843. He began to farm on the old homestead. In 1897 he came to Whitehall township, where he purchased the Kemmerer, later Schaeffer, farm of 86 acres. He is a member of the Reformed congregation of the Howertown church which he served as deacon for six years. He is married to Elizabeth Kleppinger, daughter of Edwin Kleppinger, who died in 1911, at the ripe age of 92 years.
SINCLAIR FAMILY.
The Sinclair family at an early period settled in New Jersey. Some of its members now pass by the name of St. Clair. In Hun- derton county, near Riegelsville, N. J., the fa- ther of John Sin Clair lived. The latter was born about 1810, and he died at the age of sixty-five years, being buried on the Holland church graveyard. He was an agriculturist and assisted in making the survey for the Belvidere and Delaware Railroad through New Jersey. He was an enterprising citizen. For a time he conducted an extensive mercantile busines at Amsterdam, New Jersey, along the Delaware river; also a store on the Pennsylvania side, op- posite from Holland, a town on the Jersey side of the river. He possessed a strong personality ; was six feet and one inch tall, and weighed 295 pounds.
His wife, Mary Bloom, died in January, 1903, at the advanced age of eighty-four years. They had eleven children: William L., Luther, Cyrus, John H., Robert, George, Tillie, Jennie, Laura, Maggie and Belle.
WILLIAM L. SINCLAIR, of Allentown, is a native of New Jersey. He was born in 1856, at Holland, in Hunterdon county, where he spent the first ten years of his life, then he went into Pennsylvania, and learned the cabinet- making trade at Easton, where he afterward worked as journeyman for several years. In 1884, he became connected with the Dorney Fur- niture Co., at Allentown, as a cabinet-maker, and he has continued with them until this time, a period of thirty years.
He and his wife are connected with the Lin- den Street Methodist Church, of which they are consistent worshippers. On March 12, 1887, he married Margaret Bowden, daughter of Sam- uel and Elizabeth ( Pryor) Bowden natives of England, who emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1866, and settled at Glendon, her father having been an accomplished musician, artist, and schol- ar. They have two children: Tillie (wife of Charles Lehman, Allentown, who have four children: Gerber, Kenneth, Harry and a baby) ; and Evelyn.
SINGMASTER FAMILY.
John Adam Singmaster, who emigrated from Wurtemburg, Germany, in 1749, and first settled in Bucks county which then included Northamp- ton county. His son, John Adam, was born there Aug. 6, 1766 and learned the trade of tan- ner. In 1810, he located at Millerstown, (Ma- cungie), where he purchased a farm of 105 acres from his father-in-law, Rev. Jacob Van Buskirk, D.D., and established a tannery, which he carried on successfully for many years. He was selected one of the first grand jurors of Lehigh county after its erection in 1812. He died July 28, 1820. He was married to Lydia Van Buskirk, born June 14, 1779, died December 17, 1865. They had seven sons and a daughter: John, Jacob, Henry, Samuel, William, Charles, and Reuben (the last four having gone West), and Sarah, married William Miller, of Allentown.
John Singmaster, the eldest son of John Adam, was born Sept. 7, 1797, and died Dec. 5, 1877. He was brought on his father's plantation and learned the trade of tanner which he carried on successfully in connection with farming for many years at Macungie as successor to his father. He was married to Esther Weiler, born Feb. 6, 1802, died April 22, 1884; and they had five children : Mary Ann, married William Trexler ;
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Caroline, married Thomas Breinig; James, Ed- win and Alexander.
The eldest son, James, father of Mrs. Weaver, was born at Millerstown, Macungie, Sept. 6, 1823, and died July 12, 1896. He was given a thorough education and succeeded his father in the tanning and he also established a coal, grain and lumber business there, which he carried on with great success until he died. He was married in 1850 to Sarah A. Mattern, daughter of John, of Macungie, born Oct. 5, 1824, died Sept. 28, 1894, and they had four children: Ella, (Mrs. W. M. Weaver) ; J. Alden; Walter F., married Ida Bachman; and Howard, who died single at the age of 21 years.
Alexander Singmaster, father of Mrs. C. Oliv- er Shimer, was a very prosperous merchant at Macungie in the coal, grain and lumber business for many years. He was born there Nov. 27, 1834, and he died there Aug. 11, 1911, the last survivor of his father's family. He was married to Hannah Keck, daughter of John, of Upper Macungie, and they had three children: Mrs. Shimer; Elmira, married John Erdman; and Caleb, married Alice Neumeyer.
SITTLER FAMILY.
David Sittler, born in 1810 in Greenwich township, Berks county, owned a large farm in Upper Macungie township, Lehigh county. There he died on Jan. 4, 1873, is buried at Mertztown, and was a member of the Lutheran Church. He married Naomi Griesemer, a native of Berks county. Their children were: Wil- liam, David, Daniel, married to Carolina Os- wald; Charles, Peter, Louisa, died, aged ten years; Susanna, married to Daniel Neumeyer, and James, of Allentown.
William Sittler, son of David, was born June 16, 1835, in Greenwich township. He was a wheelwright by trade but later he established the first farm implement business at Fleetwood out of which grew the well known firm of Schaffer, Merkel & Company, whose foreman he was for a number of years. Afterward he established the same business at Fogelsville, and in 1892 at Trexlertown, where he built up a large business with the assistance of his son, Henry D., who succeeded him after his death on Jan. 2, 1900. He is buried at the Maxatawny Zion Church.
On July 7, 1854, he married Mary A. Diener, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Leiben- sperger) Diener. Mrs. Sittler continues to re- side at Trexlertown. Their children are all de- ceased except Henry D., the oldest. They were: Albert, Lizzie, Agnes, William and Charles.
HENRY D. SITTLER, manufacturer and dealer in farm wagons and agricultural implements, at
Trexlertown, was born Dec. 30, 1864, in Rus- combmanor township, Berks county. After his education in the public schools and at the normal school at Kutztown, he assisted his father and afterward he traveled and sold farm implements until after the father's death in 1900, when he took over the business at Trexlertown. Mr. Sittler is the largest dealer in his line in the county and he employs as many as twenty peo- ple. His warehouse and establishment cover several acres of ground. He also sells fertilizers to farmers for miles around him.
He is a Lutheran member of the Trexlertown Church, having served it as a deacon and is now an elder. Socially he is a Knights of Malta and an Odd Fellow.
In Sept., 1887, he married Ida Gernert, a daughter of John and Hannah (Strauss) Ger- nert. Their children are: Lizzie, Hannah, Wil- liam J., and Clarence H.
David Sittler, son of David, was a farmer near Wescoesville. He was married to Sarah, a daughter of Peter Hess. Their children are Franklin P., of Trexlertown; Lizzie, the wife of W. Berkey, of near Wescoesville, and Charles H., of South Whitehall.
Peter Sittler, manufacturer and farm imple- ment dealer, at Eckerts, in South Whitehall, was born Oct. 27, 1844. He learned the ma- chinist trade at Fleetwood where he worked four years. In 1875 he located at Eckerts, then known as Wennersville. He built many horse- powers and thrashing machines, also wheelbar- rows. He now sells gasoline engines and farm implements. He is assisted by his son, Alfred J. Mr. Sittler is a Democrat and for twenty- three successive years was the treasurer for the supervisors, also was a school director for four years.
He served as a deacon and elder of the Cedar- ville Lutheran Church congregation. On June 6, 1874, he married Anna Louise Warmkessel. They have two children, namely: Alfred J., married to Queen Held, and they have Florence, Anna and Ella; Ida married to Richard Knap- penberger. They have Irene, Ray and Homer and live at Allentown.
DR. FRANKLIN J. SLOUGH.
Jacob Slough, a pioneer, was a resident of Ma- cungie township, now Lehigh county, in 1748, and in 1762 he was assessed twenty-two pounds.
Joseph and Catharine Slough, of the same township, had a son Nicholas, born Aug. 29, 1781. Nicholas Slough had sons, Lucus and Jos- eph, who, about 1830 removed to what is now Claussville. Joseph established a general store and became a prominent country merchant, and
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an influential citizen. He served as postmaster of the village for many years.
Joseph Slough married Anna Knerr, daughter of Conrad Knerr, whose wife belonged to the Helfrich family, conspicuous from the early his- tory of the county to the present time in profes- sional circles. They had a son, Franklin J. Slough.
Dr. Franklin J. Slough, son of Joseph and Anna (Knerr) Slough, was born March 18, 1842, at Claussville, Lehigh county. He re- ceived his early instruction from private tutors, and to further his general education, at 16 he was sent to the Allentown Seminary, and later Muhlenberg College, which at that time was under the charge of Professors Phillips and Huf- ford. Thus prepared to intelligently take up the study of medicine, he entered the office of his future father-in-law, Dr. H. J. Helfrich, a tire- less and successful practitioner, of Fogelsville. During the winter months he attended the Home- opathic Medical College, now Hahnemann Medi- cal College, at Philadelphia, completing the course, March 3, 1862, and being the first gradu- ate of that institution in Lehigh county. Immedi- ately after his graduation he entered the active practice of his chosen profession as a partner of his formed preceptor at Fogelsville. This relation was maintained for a year and a half, when eager to still further supplement his knowledge of medi- cine, he took a post-graduate course at Bellevue Medical College, New York City. While there he also was a private student of Professors Flint and Hamilton, and had the honor of holding the personal certificates of these famous doctors.
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