From "HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY,"  Vol. I, page 489.
Brant & Fuller, 1890.


REV. PAUL ZIEGELMEYER

Rev. Paul Ziegelmeyer, pastor of Zion's German Evangelical Lutheran 
church, of Wheeling, is a native of Europe, but has been a resident 
of America since June, 1885.  He was born at Strasburg, Alsace, 
September 23, 1861, and remained at his native city, pursuing his 
studies until he had reached his nineteenth year, when he enlisted in 
the German army and served one year.  He studied at the universities 
at Strasbourg and Leipzig, then entered the German Lutheran seminary 
at Kropp, where he remained three years.  At the end of that period 
he came to the United States, and at Leechburgh, Penn., in the latter 
part of August, 1885, he was ordained by Prof. Herman Gilbert, of the 
Pittsburgh synod at the meeting of that body.  In the meantime he 
had, immediately after his arrival in his country, become pastor of 
the congregation he is now serving, and he was duly called in the 
following September.  He has since remained with this church, and his 
earnest and devoted efforts have contributed to its prosperity.  On 
March 1, 1886, the Rev. Ziegelmeyer was married by Rev. William 
Berkemeier, to Alma Wettern, also a native of Germany, and they have 
one child, Elizabeth Mary Sophia, who was born December 9, 1886.  
During the summer of 1889, the pastor and his wife and daughter 
visited Europe, and passed several months with relatives and friends 
in Germany and France.
   

(Linda Fluharty)