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George D. Ziegler
George D. Ziegler was born January 22, 1840 in Wrightsville, York County, Penn., and is
the eldest of eleven children born to George and Susan (Delingler) Ziegler, 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 ways 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 29, 1864, and on account of wounds received in the army, is receiving
a pensi!
on 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.
Ziegler is a daughter of Samuel and Sarah Thompson. Mr. Ziegler is a Republican. He owns
considerable property in Goldsboro, Penn., and is at present a street commissioner.
Taken from the book, “History of York County, Illustrated 1886” by John Gibson, Historical
Editor