NAME(S) ON TILE:                 ELIZABETH CASKEY ZEIGLER

DONOR NAME(S):                   MINA BELLE PACKER WICHMANN

ELIZABETH CASKEY ZEIGLER, fourth generation Pittsburgher and life-long resident, is the daughter of Martha Elizabeth Low and Frederick Snare Zeigler.  Now in her 90th year, she has been a teacher of many things to her extended family of cousins by the dozens, to whom she has contributed volumes of information detailing the genealogy of our family.  Two notable ancestors were her great-grandfather, Robert Caskey, native of Ireland and official at Western Penitentiary from 1833-1883, whose colorful career has been documented at length; and grandfather, George Albree Low, a telegrapher in the office of President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.  His achievements have been commemorated on a bronze plaque in Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall in Oakland.  Of great importance has been her influence on graduates of Winchester-Thurston School where she began teaching in 1940, and at the time of her retirement in 1974 was director of its Primary and Middle Schools.  During her years there, she personally touched the lives of over 1000 female students.  A proud and active alumna of Wellesley College, and with a Master of Education degree from the University of Pittsburgh, she was a devoted participant in the Third Presbyterian Church, Zonta, the Pennsylvania Association of Private Academic Schools, and the Historical Society.  Her family is pleased to honor this courageous and committed Christian gentlewoman who has rightfully earned a place in the development of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.