Download or read book The Ziegler Family of McLean and DeWitt Counties, Illinois written by Margaret Hoffman and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family history and genealogical information about the descendants of Jacob Ziegler who was born 17 December 1804 in Germany. He was the second child and oldest son of Johan J. Ziegler and Ann Maria Gross. Jacob married Louisa Gebhardt 24 June 1829 in Germany. They immigrated to America with eight children and landed in Castle Garden, New York 26 July 1852. In America, Jacob and his family first lived in Brown Co., Ohio. Later, they migrated to Illinois. Descendants lived in Ohio, Illinois, Missouri and elsewhere.