Genealogy
My family is all from the Lafayette, Indiana area. My paternal grandmother, Ruth (Zeigler) Ross Hoshaw (1925-2003) grew up in Wingate, Indiana, in Montgomery County. I am named after her father, Benjamin L. Zeigler (1887-1977).
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Drug Store, Wingate, Indiana, c.1910-1920. I bought this card on eBay because it was of Wingate. When I opened the package I was shocked to find that it was sent by my great-grandfather, Benjamin L. Zeigler, after whom I was named. This had not been stated in the item description. It's like winning the lottery. |
Back of the card. It was sent to a Mary May of Crawfordsville. |
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| Detail of Ben Zeigler's signature. | The Farmers' Bank and Opera House (Cording Hall), Wingate, Indiana, 1918. |
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| The John Mason Hightower farm in Coal Creek Township, Montgomery County, Indiana, c.1900. The girl in the white dress is Bertha (Hightower) Zeigler. | Wedding picture of Benjamin L. Zeigler and Bertha L. Hightower, Wingate, April, 1916. |
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| The Peter Zeigler house, apparently in Vermillion County, Illinois, near Hoopeston. | Greer College, Hoopeston, Illinois, 1906. Ben Zeigler attended Greer College about 1906-1908, completing the five-term course of the Commercial Department in 1908. |