THE HISTORY OF MARION COUNTY, OHIO
1883 - By Leggett, Conaway & Co.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
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(1907 - MARION COUNTY, OHIO - HISTORY - LETTER - Z)
FRANCIS XAVER ZACHMAN, (Waldo Township) farmer, was born in Ersingen, Baden, Germany, December 3, 1803, and is a son of Michael and Catharine (Kasper) Zachman, also natives of Ersingen, Baden, on Otrant Pforzheim. Our subject came to America in 1832, and settled in what is Waldo Township, this county. He entered eighty acres, to which he added by purchase till he became owner of 240 acres. He was the first settler in what is known as Bethlehem, and was one of the founders of St. John's Evangelical Church, in which he has been Class Leader and exhorter alternately for forty-nine years. Mr. Zachman was married June 4, 1829 in Ersingen, to Mary Eva, daughter of Daniel and Barbara (Doller) Beckman, born in Ersingen, Baden, June 9, 1806. To this union have been born thirteen children, nine living-John N., Joseph G., Henry, Magdalene M., Solomon, Michael, Daniel, Lewis and Frank. Lewis, Charles and William and Jacob (twins) are deceased. Michael, the fifth son and sixth child, was born in Waldo Township September 15, 1838; was reared on the farm and educated at the common schools. He remained at home till of age, aiding in clearing up the homestead. On
January 26, 1864, he was married to Christina, daughter of Gottleib and Elizabeth Almendinger, born in Pleasant Township, this county, November 17, 1842. The family by this union consists of two children living-Mary E., born November 20, 1864, and Clara Irene, born February 26, 1873. He and wife and eldest daughter are members of the Evangelical Association. He is serving as Class Leader and Trustee of the church: has also served as Trustee of Waldo Township two years. He owns 160 acres of land, and is fully engaged in farming and stock-raising, making a specialty of rearing fine French horses. In 1881 he erected a frame residence at a cost of $2,000. On October 12, 1861, he enlisted in Company D, Eighty-second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving in the Army of the Potomac. He fought at McDowell, and was discharged at Newark, N. J., September 1862, on account of disability. In politics he is a Republican.
SOLOMON ZACHMAN, (Marion Township) a native of Waldo Township, was born July 12, 1837. He is a son of Francis X. and Mary E. (Beckman) Zachman, natives of Ersingen, Baden, Germany and early settlers of Waldo Township. He was reared on a farm, and followed that vocation until 1858, when he took up the carpenter trade, which he continued to follow till the war broke out. November 12, 1861, he enlisted to serve in Company D, Eighty-second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was engaged in the battle of McDowell, Chancellorsville, second battle of Bull Run, Gettysburg and all the engagements of the campaign of the Shenandoah Valley. He lost his limb October 2, 1863, while in the service, by an accident on the railroad, near Dotson Station, fifteen miles from Dayton, Ohio. He was honorably discharged at Camp Dennison, Ohio, May 30, 1864. He returned home, and after attending the Prospect school he taught school until 1868, when he came to Marion, and in 1869 engaged in merchandising with L. P. Gross, under the firm name of L. P. Gross & Co., and afterward as a member of the firm of Muntsinger & Zachman. This partnership dissolving in February 1881, Mr. Z. has since retired. January 2, 1876, he was married to Kate Krause, daughter of Ferdinand and Sophia A. (Moser) Krause, and has three children - Cicero Z., Florence Eva and Gertie Irene. Mrs. Zachman was born in New York City February 18, 1856. Mr. and Mrs. Z. are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
CHRISTIAN ZIEG (Pleasant Township) was born December 2, 1842, a native of Pleasant Township and a son of Peter and Margaret (Ruth) Zieg, who came from Huttengesass, Hessen-Nassau, Germany in 1839. He bought in time 110 acres of land, sixty acres of which he cleared. His family numbered three children. The mother died in 1876, at the age of sixty-six, and the father still survives at the age of seventy-five. Our subject purchased and inherited 210 acres, which he keeps in good repair. His large and inviting house was built in 1880,costing $3,000; standing near is his large $700 barn, built in 1882, fed by a windmill pump. May 8, 1862, Mr. Z. married Maria Margaret Knickle, was born September 7, 1846 in Huttengesass, Hessen-Nassau, Germany a daughter of Henry and Anna Mary (Bender) Knickle. of Prospect Township. Seven children have crowned this union, one dying an infant; the names of the living are Christian Henry, John W., Samuel B., Elizabeth and Franklin. For the past twenty years our subject has been engaged. in buying and shipping stock, cattle, sheep and hogs. He handled $300,000 worth of hogs annually. He and his family has often worship at the German Reformed Church, of which he is Deacon. His fellow-citizens made him Trustee one term.
JUSTUS ZIEG (Pleasant Township) (1907) is a son of Peter and Margaret (Ruth) Zieg, a native of Pleasant Township, and was born October 28, 1840, His people came from Huttengesass, Hessen-Nassau, Germany about 1839, settling in the south part of the township. Justus bought eighty acres, but added later, by purchase, 108 acres, owning in all 188 acres, valued at $80 per acre. He completed a fine house in 1879, at an expense of $1,200, and a large barn in 1877, costing $600. His farm is supplied with good stock generally, and at one time he bought and shipped considerable stock. His marriage to Caroline Neidhart, daughter of Conrad Neidhart, took place May 1, 1862. Their union has been blessed with five children, one dying young; the surviving are Caroline, Mary, Hannah and William. This family worship at the German Reformed Church, of which he has been Trustee and is at present Deacon. Mr. Z. has been Town Trustee two terms.
MRS. LYDIA (KAUFFMAN) ZIEGLER, (Claridon Township) widow of Gottleib Friederich Ziegler, was born March 30, 1830, in Germany the daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Schaffner) Kauffman, and was wedded to the above May 18, 1858, who was born in Renningen, Wuerttemberg, Germany January 7, 1820/1, the son of Jakob and Margaretha (Bauser) Ziegler, and emigrated to the United States in 1852, sailing from Havre to the port of New York City. He stopped for a brief period in New Jersey, and came to Marion County about 1856. Before leaving Germany, he secured a good education, and was a German soldier two years. He purchased his farm in Claridon Township when it was covered with forest, but by great labor he cleared and improved the major part of it, willing to his wife and children a comfortable home. The children are Mary A., born March 20, 1859; John W., June 18, 1866; Emma J., October 10, 1868; Jacob F., January 4, 1861, dying October 27, 1880, and Daniel F., February 13, 1863, dying January 11, 1882. Mrs. Ziegler is an estimable woman, and deserves approbation for the manner in which she has reared and educated her orphan children. They are all members of the Lutheran Church, as well as herself.