FRANK ZIEGLER.
Of that sturdy stock of Germans who have so
numerously peopled Lorain County, perhaps none has
won a better earned success and represents more of
the thrifty, industrious virtues of the Fatherland
than Frank Ziegler of Brighton
Township. Beginning as a renter, he has
steadily pursued his calling as a farmer and his lot
has been one of steady improvement until he is now
recognized as one of the best established and most
prosperous citizens of his community.
He was born in Weingarten Baden, Germany, Dec. 8,
1862, a son of Frank and Caroline (Langendorfer)
Ziegler. Both parents spent all their
lives in that section of Germany. His father
was born in 1828 and died in 1904 and the mother was
born in 1832 and died in 1892. They were
married in 1857. His parents were members of
the Lutheran Church, and they were thrifty farming
people of Germany. Their seven children were:
Frank; Henry, who lives in Germany on a
farm; John, a farmer in Germany;
Frederick, a farmer in Huron County, Ohio;
Louis, a retired and well-to-do
citizen of Cleveland; Catherine,
wife of Carl Habel, a farmer in
Germany; and Karl, who came to the
United States, but went back to his native land,
served in the army, and is now in the German army in
the European war.
Frank
Ziegler acquired the regular German
training in schools and by practical experience, and
was eighteen years old when in 1880 he came to
America and reached Erie County, Ohio. The
first eight years he worked for other farmers.
In 1883 he returned to Germany for a short visit.
In 1886 Mr. Ziegler married
Caroline Langendorfer, who was also born in
Germany. Their five children are:
Christine, born in January,
1888; Emma, born in September,
1889; William, born in July, 1892;
Louisa, born in September, 1894,
and Berta, born Dec. 10, 1898.
All of them were born in Erie County, Ohio, except
William who was born in Tacoma,
Washington.
After eight
years of experience as a farm tenant Mr.
Ziegler moved out to the State of
Washington in 1890, but after several years returned
to Ohio and in 1895 bought his first farm of sixty
acres in Erie County, Ohio. With
characteristic energy he improved and developed his
place, and sold out at a considerable advance in
1898. He then bought a place of 166 acres in
Huron County, and owned it five years. After
selling his interests there he came to Brighton
Township in 1904, and bought 354 acres of land.
On his establishment in Lorain County Mr.
Ziegler was over ten thousand dollars in
debt. He paid it all in four years, and has
made all his prosperity by his own labor and good
management. He uses his land for general
farming purposes and also runs a dairy and raises
considerable livestock. He is a republican in
politics and he and his wife are members of the
Methodist Church. |
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