ZEIGLER

CEMETERY

CENTER OF 4 CORNERS OF SECTIONS 7, 8, 17, 18

TWP 15 | RNG 18
SEC 7 | SE QTR - SEC 8 | SW QTR
SEC 17 | NW QTR - SEC 18 | NE QTR

4003 TSCHOPP ROAD NE
LANCASTER, OH 43130

Joe McFarland

The Far-Land Legacy
The Publishing Legacy Company

Friday, February 20, 2026

Legacy Card for the Zeigler Cemetery.

DRIVING DIRECTIONS

From Lancaster, travel north on North High Street and continue to the right, after the fairgrounds and Rising Park, onto Granville Pike. Continue north as the road merges into Lancaster-Newark Road NE and turn left onto Marquette Drive NE. Then turn right onto Tschopp Road NE and left into the parking lot of the Lutheran Church. The cemetery lies on the left side of the church.

THE HISTORY

In 1806, John Zeigler received this land via a presidential grant from Thomas Jefferson. Zeigler Emmanuel Lutheran Church and the Olive United Methodist Church sit directly across the road from one another, earning them the local nickname, “Twin Churches.” The Zeigler Cemetery lies positioned to the left of the church.

PHOTO GALLERY

MEMORIALS

BASED ON LOCATION OF TOMBSTONE
ROW STARTS FROM TSCHOPP ROAD

ROW 1

Ann Maria
Feeman

Elizabeth
Feeman

SARAH
(McCLERY)

Joseph
Feeman

Adam
Feeman

Margaret
Feeman

Sarah Ann
Feeman

Margaret
Weaver

Benjamin Stukey
Feeman

Clyde Emerson
Macklin

Earl
Macklin

Catharine Weaver
Feeman

Peter Monroe
Macklin

Sarah
Jenkins

John Thomas
Thompson

Mary Elizabeth
Feeman

Michall
Capehart

ROW 2

Adam
Feeman

Philip
Feeman

Catherine
Feeman

Susan B.
Feeman

Susan B.
Wildermuth

Johan D.
Feeman

Catharine
Stukey

Joseph
Wildermuth

Daniel
Wildermuth

John Joseph
Furger

Franklin H.
Shimp

Infant Son
Shimp

Elizabeth
Foltz

George
Shimp

Sarah
Shimp

Catharine
Shimp

Elias
Shimp

Catharine
Minehart

John George
Shimp

ROW 3

Benjamin
Feeman

Elizabeth
Lamb

Catherine
Feeman

Elizabeth
Wildermuth

Newton
Feeman

Sarah
Blaze

Malinda
Blaze

Joshua
Blaze

John
Sprecker

ROW 4

Sophia
Weist

Abraham
Bope

Mary Sybilla
Miller

Adam
Bope

George
Bope

Mary
(Kemmerer-Loubert)

S.
(Shumaker)

Henry B.
Shumaker

James Taylor
Shumaker

ROW 5

Marvin
Weaver

Elizabeth
Weaver

Peter
Weaver

Mary
Weaver

Anna Maria
Millslagle

Johann Casper
Walters

Elizabeth
(Boston)

Absolom
Miller

Oliver
MIller

Mary
(Miller)

John
Walters

Mary Magdalena
Foster

David
Walters

Louisa
(Weaver)

Jacob
Weaver I

Mary
Stouder

Charles Douglas
Weaver

James
Weaver

Solomon
Weaver

Elleanor Jane
Kraner

ROW 6

Frederick
Bope

Nancy Ann
Clark

Catherine
Unknown

Charles C.
Walters

Anna
Weaver

Elizabeth
Cly

Emily
Weaver

ROW 7

Barbara
(Bouser)

Mary Ann
Zerbe

Daniel
Zerbe

Harrison
Zerbe

Elias
Zerbe

Catherine
(Raenek)

John
Raenek

Caroline
Spangler

Elizabeth
Preston

Charley
Spangler

George W.
Spangler

Christena
Reinig

Jeannette
Spangler

ROW 8

Sovillah
(Gold)

John
Fink

Louisa
Fink

Augusta S.
Fink

Mary
Eyman

William H.
Fink

Susanah
(Fink)

Godfrey
Fink

Catherine
Wagner

Joseph Adam
Feeman

John Edmond
Feeman

Mary Ann
Wagner

John Stukey
Feeman

ROW 9

Henry
Louish

Anna Margaret
Keys

William P.
Deal

Perry Francis
Deal

Infant Daughter
Deal

Abaline
(Miller)

Mary Magdalina
Deal

ROW 10

James Joseph
Kemmerer

Diana Lynn
Rarick

Catherine
Macklin

Margaret
Macklin

Susanna
Macklin

Phillip
Macklin

Catherine Charlotte
Miller

George W.
Harter

Sarah Macklin
Harter

Sarah
Trovinger

George
Harter

Della Macklin
Harter

Edson Macklin
Harter

Samuel Macklin
Harter

Mary Ann
Macklin

David
Harter

Mary Ann
Harter

ROW 11

Magdaline
(Concklan)

Michael
Concklan

Mary Catherine
Miesse

Anna Dorothea
Heil

Wilhelm
Gessell II

ROW 12

Lydia
Kemmerer

Philip
Kemmerer

Anna Rosina
Heil

John Philip
Kemmerer

Noah
Nisley

Sarah Ann
Raudebaugh

Peter
Kemmerer

Elizabeth
Walters

Abraham
Nisley

Mary
Nisley

Salena Elizabeth
Radebaugh

John
Nisley

ROW 13

Joseph G.
Kemmerer

Unknown
Kemmerer

Eve
(Young)

John Adam
Young

John
YoUNG

Jacob
Switzsgabels

Hannah
Kemmerer

John W.
Kemmerer

Sarah Jane
Kemmerer

Margaret J.
Kemmerer

Isabella
Kemmerer

Adah
Cook

Sarah
Radebaugh

John
Kemmerer

ROW 14

Jacob
Kemmerer

Benjamin
Reber

Susannah
Kemmerer

Elizabeth
Gessel

ROW 15

Eve
Kemmerer

John
Radebaugh

Catharine Barbara
Werner

John Nicholas
Radebaugh I

Rose Elmira
Worrall

Elijah
Feeman

Mertie A.
Feeman

Edith E.
Feeman

ROW 16

Sarah
Simon

Peter Opal
Radebaugh

Hannah
Lainer

Hannah
Reber

ROW 17

John
Zeagler

Elizabeth
Zeigler

Daniel
Zeigler

Rebecca
Kline

John K.
Zeigler

JOB CASS
McNAMEE

LORETTA MAY
McNAMEE

SUSAN ADALINE
McNAMEE

JACOB MORROW
McNAMEE

Levi Henry
Cupp

Catharine
Geiger

Valentine H.
Cupp I

Mary Catharina
Fall

Barbara
Keller

Catharine
Huber

David
Cupp

Sarah Elizabeth
Geiger

John Cupp
Geiger

Winfield Scott
Geiger

Jacob
Hane I

ROW 18

Cora Marie
Hufford

Catherine
Ziegler

DALLORA
McNAMEE

Isaac
Good

Effie Theresa
Rice

Ida A.
Rice

Ella Isadore
Raver

Michael
Ellinger

Ida B.
Ellinger

ROW 19

William
Keys

Anna Margaret
Zeigler

Mary Barbara
(Simon)

John
Simon

Mary
Cupp

John
Simon II

Barbara
Simon

William
Simon II

ROW 20

ESTELLE MAY
McCLEERY

Sarah Rebecca
Kemmerer

Theodore Roosevelt
Kemmerer

Mary Helena
Kemmerer

Julia E.
Zeigler

Martha M.
Zeigler

Catherine C.
Zeigler

John Henry
Walter

John
Miller

John
Durst

Sarah
Durst

Amos F.
Durst

Elizabeth
Shanholtzer

Philip
Shanholtzer

John A.
Miller

ROW 21

John Martin
Kemmerer

Mariah M.
Kemmerer

Mary M.
Zeigler

Johann Philip
Kemmerer

Kenneth William
Kemmerer

Rita Margaret
Kilbarger

Jerry Russell
Kemmerer

Carolyn Ann
Morgan

Nancy Sue
Nixon

Richard Dwight
Kemmerer II

Bernice Pricilla
Bope

Jacob Lamb
Feeman

Harry Elmer
Feeman

ROW 22

Cora Alice
Kemmerer

Philip Josiah Oliver
Kemmerer

Mariah Adeline
Essex

Jacob
Bope

Mariah Elizabeth
Bury

Sarah Ann
Cupp

Mary
Bope

Benjamin Lamb
Feeman

Frances
Leitnaker

Elva A.
Cass

Ida May
Wasem

ROW 23

Alexander
White

Jacob
Raver

Claral Arthur
Crist

ROW 24

John E.
Weasner

John
Weasner

Rebecca
Kunkle

ROW 25 | INCLUDES STEPS FROM THE SECOND CHURCH

Almeda S.
Weasner

ROW 26

Henry
Schaertzer

Mary Catharine
Gebhardt

John Henry
Schaertzer

Carol May
Auer

Anna Fay
Ellinger

Ethel Bell
Ellinger

ROW 27

Margaret Ann
Hendrickson

James Donald
Simmons

Pauline
Weimer

Jack F.
Sutherland

Jessie A.
(Weimer)

Clemenza Gail
Blosser

Paul Oller
Weimer

Ronald Kenneth
Hendrickson

Harriet Mae
Grimes

Kenneth Blaine
Hendrickson

Lu Anne
Dambaugh

HAROLD McCLELLAND
DAMBAUGH

Marjorie Joan
Sanders

Mary Sophia
Wooster

William David
Wooster

Anna Maria
Judy

Johann Ludwig
Wooster

Anna Barbara
Entenmann

Johann Martin
Wooster

Chauncey Leotis
Wooster

Mary N.
Stuter

ROW 28

Sarah Ellen
Grindle

James A.
Yencer

William Lewis
Yencer

Emma M.
Yencer

Erious Milton
Yencer

Clara Christina
Walker

Arthur Henry
Yencer

Barbara Jean
Hendrickson

James Thomas
Ward

Gloria Frances
Keller

Arthur Vernon
Lamb

Emma Isabel
Grindle

Zurah Louisa
Saumes

Benjamin Davis
Grindle

Joseph H.
Kemmerer

Emanuel
Kemmerer

Esther
Myers

Elias
Reber

ROW 29

Sadie Jane
Yencer

Edward Frederick
Traub

Katherine Ada
Yencer

Alvin Eugene
Martin

Helen Jane
Mowery

Foster Denzil
Derr

Mali K.
(Beery)

Carl Joseph
Beery

SHIRLEY E.
(McPHERSON)

MARK E.
McPHERSON

Mabel Margarette
Nader

Florence Lucille
Nader

William
Keller

John
Friesner

Emily
Dean

Richard Henry
Friesner

Madison
Friesner

Emanuel D.
Friesner

Samuel Edward
Friesner

Hannah
Hamilton

Elizabeth
Brown

ROW 30

Chadwick Douglas
Ward

Rebecca Mae
Courtright

Leona Anna
Leibold

Wade Friend
Williams I

Wade Friend
Williams II

Pina Belle
Friend

Charles Warren
Williams I

Zoe
Williams

Maria Catherine
Jenkins

Benjamin Elmer
Jenkins

Mary E.
Jenkins

William R.
Jenkins

Charles D.
Jenkins

George C.
Jenkins

William
Jenkins I

William
Jenkins II

Sarah
Harter

Stephen
Marker

ROW 31

Charles Warren
Williams II

Raymond Rowan
Williams

Agnes E.
Williams

John Heritage
Williams

Isabella
Williams

Elizabeth Victoria
Williams

Isabelle
Eversole

Charles Alfred
Williams

William Kirkwood
Williams

Catherine
Rice

John
Keister

Christopher
Kister

Elisha
Crupper

Catherine
Burnes

Samuel
Keister

Allie A.
Burns

ROW 32

William Theodore
Spangler

Josiah W.
Spangler

Solomon Reinig
Spangler

Mary Ann
Macklin

ROW 33

James Edward
Beck

Anna Maria
Grubb

Isaac Nathaniel
Foust

Minnie F.
Biggs

BASED ON DAR BURIAL RECORD
BURIAL SPOT UNVERIFIED & UNKNOWN

- LISTED ALPHABETICAL -

James D.
Biggs

Joseph D.
Biggs

Sarah A.
Biggs

John
Cupp

Elizabeth
Simon

Elizabeth
Dodd

Infant Daughter
Fairchild

Infant Daughter
Fairchild

Infant Son
Fairchild

Unknown Daughter
Fairchild

Unknown
Feeman

Elizabeth S.
Feeman

Augustus
Friesner

Infant Daughter
Friesner

Delilah
Harter

Casper B.
Horn

Casper C.
Horn

William R.
Horn

Magdalene
(Kemmerer)

Alice Rosetta
Layman

Tilmerlan
Macklin

EGBERT THURMAN
McMILLEN

John
Miller

Benjamin Lainer
Reber

Daniel
Reber

Mary
Reber

Martha
Sherburn

Infant Daughter
Spangler

UNKNOWN TOMBSTONES

Row 2.2

Row 2.3

Row 3.9

Row 6.1

Row 7.1

Row 7.3

Row 7.9

Row 7.10

Row 15.6

Row 17.21

Row 17.22

Row 20.8

Row 20.10

Row 23.4

Row 26.5

Row 26.6

Row 26.7

Row 29.13

Row 29.15

Row 29.20

Row 29.21

Row 29.22

Row 29.23

Row 31.5

Row 31.6

Row 31.7

Row 31.11

Row 32.1

Row 32.2

Row 32.7

Row 33.1

Row 33.3

Row 33.4

Row 33.5

FAIRFIELD COUNTY MAP

THE REFERENCES

Cemeteries of Pleasant Township, Fairfield County, Ohio (Lancaster: The Fairfield County Chapter of The Ohio Genealogical Society, 1994), 149-167.

“Zeigler Cemetery,” Find A Grave, Last modified November 28, 2006, https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2198336/zeigler-cemetery.

PHOTOS

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