This was on the Gallia Co. OH mailing list. Thought Zieglers researching Lewis R. Ziegler
(Zigler) in Jacksonville, Oregon area might be interested. Here is the Website it is on.
http://www.plymale.com/TopRow/landmarks.htm#Plymale's%20Mill
THE PLYMALE STORY
Gabriel and Mary Ann Plymale crossed the plains from Illinois in 1852 with their seven
children: Frances M., William J., Sebastian, Sarah, Narissa, Pauline and Emmacita. They
arrived in Jacksonville in October and Mr. Plymale died one month later.
William Jasper Plymale was twice elected County Surveyor of Jackson County. In 1874 he was
elected to the legislature. They lived where the present post office is located. When a
fire broke out at the David Linn Furniture Factory next door, their residence on the North
side of the factory was destroyed. They escaped with only the clothes on their backs.
The history of the present Plymale Rouse is rather vague, but it is believed to have
belonged to Lewis R. Zigler, a Jacksonville blacksmith who had married Sarah Plymale in
1855. An 1870 census records her mother, Mary Ann and sister, Emma Plymale, living in this
house with the Zigler family. Later the Ziglers moved to Roseburg where Sarah died at the
age of 66.
Mrs. Mary Ann Plymale, the mother of the family, continued to live in Jacksonville until
her death April 3, 1875.