John Rossman, Jr. and Elizabeth Ziegler

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Husband John Rossman, Jr. ^{1 2}

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           Born: 22 Sep 1827 - Walker Twp, Centre Co, PA 1
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         Father: John Rossman (      -Abt 1834) 1
         Mother: Sarah Walker (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 2 Oct 1851 2 3

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Wife Elizabeth Ziegler ^{3 4}

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           Born: 19 Feb 1832 - Gregg Twp, Centre Co, PA 3 4
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           Died: 1900 2
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         Father: Peter Ziegler (1792-1864) 3 4
         Mother: M. Barbara Waldbarger (1799-1849) 4

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Children

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1 M Josiah C. Rossman ^{2 3}

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           Born: 10 May 1856 2 3
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         Spouse: Mary Ream (      -      ) 2

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2 M Lewis E. Rossman ^{2 3}

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           Born: 6 Feb 1859 2 3
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         Spouse: Catharine Weaver (      -      ) 2

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3 M Howard F. Rossman ^{2 3}

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           Born: 7 Mar 1862 2 3
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4 M Harvey D. Rossman ^{2 3}

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           Born: 6 May or 16 May 1863 2 3
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         Spouse: Ida Armbuster (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - John Rossman, Jr.

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For two years after the return of the family from Indiana John Rossman lived with his uncle, Isaac Walker, in Nittany Valley, Pennsylvania. Robert Smith was his guardian; but at the age of eight years he was hired out for his board and clothes to Jonas Pauley, whose home was distant one mile from Penn Hall, near Brush mountain. With him Mr. Rossman remained until attaining his majority, during which time he was allowed to attend school for only six months. He worked on the farm of his employer, and when not employed in this way was given the privilege of learning the trade with Mr. Pauley, who was a shoemaker. When his term of bondage had expired he worked for his preceptor for three years at $10 per month, with the exception of one month during the harvest season, at which time he worked in the fields, where he could earn fifty cents per day. Being economical, during the first year he succeeded in saving $100. He next worked at his trade by the piece for two years, which was more profitable.
Upon his marriage, Mr. Rossman rented a house and lot in Brush Valley, Gregg township, until 1853, when he purchased a farm, shop and home of sixty acres of Mr. Pauley, where he lived for fifteen years. In 1868, in partnership with Edward Houtz, he bought 304 acres, of which he had 168 acres in the same township, and upon his share erected all the buildings. He continued to follow agricultural pursuits until 1884, when he built a comfortable residence on the same place, and then lived retired. In politics he was always a Democrat, but not strictly partisan, and filled the positions of tax collector, overseer of the poor, and school director thirteen years, and supervisor five years, being for twenty consecutive years an office holder. Earnest and conscientious Christians, he and his wife were active members of the Reformed Church, in which he served as deacon and elder, and delegate to Classes twice, and delegate to the General Synod at Akron, Ohio.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 334.

2 John A. M. Ziegler, Ph.D., D.D, Ziegler Genealogy (Huntington Park, CA: Glenn Printing Co., 1935), Pg 43.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 335.

4 John A. M. Ziegler, Ph.D., D.D, Ziegler Genealogy (Huntington Park, CA: Glenn Printing Co., 1935), Pg 42.