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	- Blooming Grove Twp. - ALLEN G. ZEIGLER was born in this township Nov. 16, 1851, where he has since lived; he is the youngest child of Jacob and Jane Zeigler, who came to Germany; this county at an early day.  His father was born in his mother was born in this county Feb. 6, 1822, and has always lived here.  Mr. Zeigler was married July 3, 1876, to Sarah C. Ellis, who was born in Huron Co., and has resided in this county four years; they have one child - Etta May; she was born April, 1878.  Mr. Zeigler has always farmed from boy hood, and still follows that as his vocation.  His father died July 6, 1853, aged about 40 years. Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 767
	- Blooming Grove Twp. - BENJ. F. ZEIGLER is the seventh child of Henry and Margaret Zeigler, and was born July 10, 1855, in Butler Township, and has always lived in the county, and followed farming and raising stock as his occupation; having recently sold his farm in Butler Township, he now carries on the farm for his mother.  His father was born in Perry Co., Ohio, and came to this county at an early day and lived here until his death, which occurred in Mar., 1874, aged about 69 years; his mother was born in Dauphin Co., Penn., and came to this county also at an early day; they had eight children, of whom five are still living, named John M., Dorcas, Eli, Minerva E. and Benj. F.; those that are dead are William H., Ransom and Eliza Ann.  Mr. Zeigler' s family are among the surviving pioneers of the county. Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 767
	- Blooming Grove Twp. - E. J. ZEIGLER was born in Butler Township Mar. 9, 1848, where he resided until the age of 19 years, when he removed to this township, where he has since lived, with the exception of about three years, when he was at Savannah, attending school.  He was married Apr. 12, 1877, to Miss Josephine Moore, of Delaware Co.; they have two children - Harry A. and Willie A.  Mr. Zeigler is by profession a school teacher, and has generally followed that vocation in the winter season, and farming, together with dealing in stock, in the summer. Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 767
	- Blooming Grove Twp. - EMANUEL ZEIGLER was born in this township Aug. 19, 1848, where he has always lived.  He was married Nov. 13, 1878, to Miss Wealthy Ann Starkey she was born in Huron Co., New Haven Township, where she lived until their marriage; they have one child - Lloyd Sherman.  Mr. Zeigler has always paid his attention to farming and dealing in stock, which occupations he still follows. Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 767
	Butler Twp. - JOHN M. ZEIGLER, was born in Butler Township July 21, 1840; he is the oldest child of Henry and Margaret Zeigler, of whom mention is made elsewhere in this work.  He was married, Feb. 14, 1866, to Elizabeth Jane Cleland, who was born in Blooming Grove Township Apr. 23, 1846; they have had two children: one is still living, named Effie M.; the other one died in infancy; Mr. Zeigler has paid the most of his attention to farming, although he is by profession a carpenter, and has marked at it some; he now owns a farm in good repair. Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 774
	- Blooming Grove Twp. - MRS. LIDDIE ZEIGLER was born in this county, in the southeastern part, Apr. 19, 1822, and has since resided in the county and township for the last twenty three years.  She is the wife of the late John Zeigler, who departed this life Sept. 1, 1874.  They raised one - Mary Alice, who is still living.  Mr. Zeigler had child by his former wife five children, four of whom are still living, named Solomon, Martin, Lovina and Catherine E.; the one dead was named Samuel O.  The mother of the last-named children was about 39 years old when 1808; she died in 1856.  Mr. Zeigler, the father of these children, was born in Summit Co., Ohio, Sept. 3, about 1820, he removed to this county, where he resided till his death.  Was one of the old settlers of this county.  He and his family had many hardships.  He had by his integrity and strict attention to business made for himself and family a good home. Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 766
	- Blooming Grove Twp. - MARTIN ZEIGLER was born in this county and township Oct. 21, 1844, where he has since resided, is the third child of John and Eliza Zeigler, who are both deceased.  In the year 1876, on the 28th of June, he was married to Miss Irene L. Ferrell; and they have one child, named Orville Judson.  Mr. Zeigler has by good management and strict attention to business made for himself and family to a good home, he now owning a little farm situated both north and south of the village of Rome, where he how resides. Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 766
	- Blooming Grove Twp. - SAMUEL ZEIGLER, was born in this township and on the farm he now owns and occupies, Oct. 6, 1833; he has always resided here; he is the oldest of ten children, of Benjamin and Sarah Zeigler.  His father departed this life Feb. 8, 1875, aged 73 years and 24 days; he was born in the old country, came to the United States at the age of 3 years, and located in this township about 1820, and lived here until his death.  Mr. Zeigler's mother is still living, aged 68 years.  Mr. Zeigler was married, Nov. 25, 1863, to Elizabeth Ehret; they have one child still living, named Jarius B.; one died in infancy.  He has always paid his attention to farming, with the exception of about three yeas, when he moved to town, and followed different vocations. Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 766
	- Jefferson Twp. - DAVID ZENT, banker; he was born in Jefferson Township, and labored on a farm until about 21 years old; he then went to Wells Co., Ind.; he was one of the first four white settlers of the county, and was the first Clerk of .Jefferson Township; he pre-empted land in this part of the county, and gave the township its name, after Jefferson Township, in Richland; he returned in 1849, and worked at carpentering about seven years; he brought the first telegraphic instrument to Bellville, and learned to operate it.  In 1857, he and his brother John purchased the elevator in Bellville, of Taylor Moody, and from that time he has made Bellville his home, and his career runs parallel with that of his brother, whose sketch precedes this.  Since the organization of the Exchange Bank, he has filled the position of cashier, and has confined himself to it closely.  Mr. Zent was born Mar. 9, 1824, and was married to Mary Ann Olin Dec. 25, 1856; she was born Nov. 6, 1836, in Manchester, Vt., and came with her parents to Richland Co. in 1838; children - Lura, born May 28, 1861; Schuyler W., Aug. 21, 1863; Wilbur D., Oct. 10, 1867; Jessie Gertrude. Sept. 1, 1872 Lura died Sept. 11, 1864. Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 814
	- Jefferson Twp. JOHN ZENT (deceased); he was about the third settler of Jefferson township; he came from Harrisburg to Wheeling, then to Fairfield Co., then to Jefferson Township, and settled west of Belleville a short distance.  His children were Jacob, Daniel, John, George, Martin, Elizabeth, Catharine and Mary.  George Zent was the father of a large family.  He was born Oct. 15, 1793.  His children are Jacob, born July 28, 1824; John, Aug. 10, 1825; David, Mar. 9, 1827; Susan, July 4, 1828; Sarah Ann,  Jan. 30, 1830; Mary, Mar. 10, 1831; Sophrona, Aug. 14, 1832; George, Oct. 7, 1833;  Sampson, Jan. 23, 1835; Elizabeth, May 22, 1836; Isaac, Oct. 5, 1837; Emma, Apr. 14, 1839; Emmina, May 6, 1840; Lodema Sept. 3, 1841; Catharine, Nov. 3, 1842. Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 814
	- Jefferson Twp. - JOHN W. ZENT resides in Bellville, Ohio; he was born in Jefferson Township, and worked on a farm until 19 years of age; in the spring of 1844, he went to Wellington, Ohio, and engaged himself as a clerk in a store, and remained there about five years.  On May 11, 1850, he started to California, taking the overland route, and, after a long and perilous journey, arrived in the land of precious metals; he and his company at once commenced mining, meeting with only ordinary the party opened some of the richest mines in the State, but, being impatient and lacking experience, they were abandoned too soon to tap the hidden treasures; he remained there about four years - working in mines three, and owned a hotel the fourth; during his stay, he was poisoned by contact with live-oak, and was dangerously ill about two months; he returned to Bellville in 1855, and, the next spring, made a trip through Iowa and Missouri; in 1856, he again went to Iowa, for the purpose of dealing in and herding cattle, but, the state of things not being satisfactory, he entered eighty acres of land and returned; in 1857, he and his brother David bought the warehouse and commenced to buy grain, and in connection, the next year, managed the depot business and express; he has made Bellville his ostensible home since, but, in connection with David Zent and H. Alexander, has  bought and sold a large amount of Western land, operated a woolen factory east of Independence, and the stone quarry at Bellville, and manages the Bellville Exchange Bank.  Mr. Zent was born Aug. 10, 1825, and was married to Helen Ordway Dec. 7, 1865; she is a daughter of Alpheus Ordway and Caroline Dewey children - Charles and Willard, twins, born May 24, 1869; Nellie and Jennie, twins, Mar. 22, 1874; Willard died Aug. 9, 1869, and Jennie Dec. 23, 1877. Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page
	- Weller Twp. - JAMES ZIGLER, farmer; P. O. West Windsor; he was born in Franklin Co., Penn.; he came to this county in 1878; the same year he was married to Miss Rebecca Roberts, of this county.  Mr. Zigler is now steadily engaged on his farm, which, in time, will furnish him a pleasant home, and surround him with the comforts and conveniences of life. Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers 1807 - 1880 - Page 914.