Rev. John App Melanchthon Ziegler, Ph.D., D.D. and Mary Frederica Bell

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Husband Rev. John App Melanchthon Ziegler, Ph.D., D.D. ^{1 2}

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           Born: 9 May 1855 - Salona, Clinton Co, PA 2
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           Died: 25 Oct 1948 - Los Angeles Co, CA
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         Father: Rev. Henry Ziegler, D.D. (1816-1898) 1 3 4
         Mother: Eliza App (      -      ) 1 4 5

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       Marriage: 18 Aug 1877 2

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Wife Mary Frederica Bell ²

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           Born: 16 Oct 1854 2
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           Died: 20 Apr 1943 - Los Angeles Co, CA
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         Father: Henry Frederick Bell (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Amelia Boteler (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 F Edith Bell Ziegler ²

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           Born: 18 Oct 1878 - Iowa 2
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2 F Emma Ruth Ziegler ²

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           Born: 24 May 1883 - Iowa 2
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           Died: 19 Jan 1970 - Los Angeles Co, CA
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General Notes: Husband - Rev. John App Melanchthon Ziegler, Ph.D., D.D.

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He was a graduate of Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio, and of the Theological Department of Missionary Institute [Pennsylvania?]. During the winter of 1875-6, he taught a grammar school in Sunbury. From 1889 to 1892, he was Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy in Carthage College, Carthage, Illinois. Dr. Ziegler was ordained to the Lutheran ministry, June 24, 1877. He was a home missionary for thirty years, serving pastorates in Iowa City and Nevada, Iowa; Louisville, Kentucky; Cincinnati, Ohio; Kansas City, Missouri; Ann Arbor, Michigan; Belen, New Mexico; San Bernardino and Huntington Park, California, and organized Trinity Lutherian Church at Long Beach, in 1907.
In 1931 Dr. Ziegler published the life-story of his father and himself, entitled, "Father and Son," in the preface to which he says: "It has been my prerogative to organize congregations, build churches, cancel debts, reconcile difficulties, and, in general, to measure strength with forlorn hopes."

CA Death Record: ZIEGLER JOHN APPMELANGTHO 05/09/1855 APP ZIEGLER M PENNSYLVANIA LOS ANGELES(19) 10/25/1948 93 yrs

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General Notes: Wife - Mary Frederica Bell

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CA Death Record: ZIEGLER MARY FREDRICA 10/16/1854 BOTELER BELL F PENNSYLVANIA LOS ANGELES(19) 04/20/1943 88 yrs

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1099.

2 John A. M. Ziegler, Ph.D., D.D, Ziegler Genealogy (Huntington Park, CA: Glenn Printing Co., 1935), Pg 11.

3 John A. M. Ziegler, Ph.D., D.D, Ziegler Genealogy (Huntington Park, CA: Glenn Printing Co., 1935), Pg 7.

4 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 106.

5 John A. M. Ziegler, Ph.D., D.D, Ziegler Genealogy (Huntington Park, CA: Glenn Printing Co., 1935), Pg 8.