During the 19th Century following the defeat of Napoleon, there was much turmoil in the area we now know to be Germany and Poland. As a result America had more immigrants from Germany
Kelly’s Great Great Grandparents Christian Barnard Zeigler left the area of Heilbronn in Baden-Wurtemburg in 1858 and settled in Springfield, Illinois. There he met Mary Webber. Mary was also from that part of Germany. They were married and settled near Blue Mound, Illinois and began farming.