BIO:  George D. Zeigler, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Newberry Township, Pg 158

GEORGE D. ZEIGLER was born January 22, 1840, in Wrightsville, York Co., Penn., 
and is the eldest of eleven children born to George and Susan (Delingler) 
Zeigler, natives of York County, and of German descent.  When fifteen years of 
age he began learning the tailoring trade, and followed it for eighteen months; 
after that he worked in a saw-mill until August 22, 1861, when he enlisted at 
Wrightsville, Penn.; Company I, Seventy-sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer 
Infantry, under Col. J. M. Powers, and was at Fort Wagner, and also in the second 
attack on the same fort, where he was wounded in the left shoulder by a piece of 
shell.  He was then taken to New York; thence to Pittsburgh, Penn., where he 
remained until fit for duty.  He next engaged in the campaign against Hilton 
Head, at Butler’s Front, S. C., and Petersburgh, and was wounded May 7, 1864, in 
the left arm.  He was discharged July 28, 1864, and on account of wounds received 
in the army, is receiving a pension of $10 per month.  April 7, 1864, he married 
Elizabeth Thompson.  They had thirteen children, of whom six are living:  Mary, 
Flora, George, Robert, Charley and Alide.  Mrs. Zeigler is a daughter of Samuel 
and Sarah Thompson.  Mr. Zeigler is a Republican.  He owns considerable property 
in Goldsboro, Penn., and is at present a street commissioner.