BIO: Henry H. Zeigler, Cumberland County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania.
Containing History of the Counties, Their Townships, Towns, Villages, 
Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and 
Prominent Men; Biographies; History of Pennsylvania; Statistical and 
Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc.  Illustrated.  Chicago: Warner, Beers 
& Co., 1886.
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                                PART II.

             HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY. PENNSYLVANIA.

                               CHAPTER L. 

                           MIDDLESEX TOWNSHIP. 

501 	MIDDLESEX TOWNSHIP.

  HENRY H. ZEIGLER, farmer, is a representative of one of the old 
German families which, at an early date, settled among the slate hills 
which extend for some miles in from the North Mountain.  He was born on 
the old homestead, in this portion of Cumberland County, in 1843.  
Philip Zeigler, the grandfather, was the first pioneer.  He settled on 
the farm where Abram Zeigler now resides.  Samuel, the father of Henry 
H., was born there, and the old log building, part of which was built 
by David Elliott, with its large chimney in the center, its small, one-
pane window, and loop-holes through the logs for rifles, is still 
standing.  Philip Zeigler had a large family.  Samuel, his son, was the 
father of eight children, of whom four, two boys and two girls, are 
living.  Of these, Henry, our subject, is the eldest of the boys.  
Henry H. married the daughter of Jacob Wagner, of North Middleton 
Township, Cumberland County, in 1870.  His family consists of two sons 
and three daughters, all of whom are living on the homestead.  The farm 
where our subject resides was originally the property of David Elliott, 
a man of wealth, and the owner of slaves in the early days.  It was 
also subsequently owned by the Saundersons, who were connected with the 
Elliotts.  Both of these families are now extinct, but their large 
tract has been but little subdivided.