Barbara Sylvilla Ziegler (1828 - 1904)

Born 11 Feb 1828 in Württemberg, Germany

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Died 15 Mar 1904 at age 76 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

Barbara was born in 1828 in Germany. Barbara married the widower William Stonbraker. She passed away in 1904 and is buried at New Life Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, Clymer, Indiana County, Pa. [1]

William Stonebraker was bom in Germany, in Hesse Darmstadt, and left his native land at an early day for the United States, upon his arrival making his way to Rayne township, Indiana Co., Pa. Here he bought land from the late Judge White, father of Judge Harry White, and cleared off seventy-five acres, living upon his property until his death, which occurred in 1863, by reason of an accident, a tree falling upon him. By his first wife, who was also of German birth, he had six children : Adam, who is deceased ; a daughter who died in infancy unnamed; William, deceased, who was a soldier during the Civil war and died in the service; Henry, and two who died in infancy. Mrs. Stonebraker died when her son Henry was only three years old, and Mr. Stonebraker married (second) Barbara Ziegler, also a native of Germany. By this marriage there were children as follows: Louisa, who married John Decker, who is now deceased ; Mary, who married John Neff, of Vandergrift, Pa. ; Catherine, who married David Brown, of Montgomery township ; George, a resident of Dayton, Armstrong Co.. Pa. ; Rose, the wife of John Adams, of Warren Center, Pa.; and Jacob, who resides at Decker's Point, this county. ^[1]

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1. ↑ Indiana County Pennsylvania, her people, past and present;Embracing a History of the County; Professor J. T. Stewart; And a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Representative Families; p. 1431;http://archive.org/stream/indianacountypen02stew/indianacountypen02stew_djvu.txt

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