Biography

05/24/1819 - 04/12/1900

Armstrong, Clarion and Jefferson Counties (1854-1855), Clearfield, Elk, Jefferson and McKean Counties (1862)

ZIEGLER, George W., a Representative from Armstrong, Clarion, Clearfield, Elk, Jefferson and McKean Counties; born, May 24, 1819 in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pa.; studied law, Samuel A. and John N. Pervian; printer, The Republican Compiler, Gettysburg; lawyer (1841-1895); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1854 and 1855 terms; reelected to the House for the 1862 term, not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1856 and 1863 terms; vice provost, Sunbury Law Academy (1875); died, April 12, 1900 in Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania; interred, cemetery unknown, Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.