2013 archive

Tombstone Tuesday–Christian Hartzog

This is the tombstone of Christian Hartzog, located in row 2 of Hileman/Smith/Hartzog/Alspaugh Cemetery, Willshire Township, Van Wert County, Ohio.  The marker is inscribed: Christian Hartzog Died Oct. 8, 1874 Aged 75 y, 10 m, 10 d Christian’s date of birth was 28 November 1798, as calculated from his tombstone. According to census enumerations he was …

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Using Family Heirlooms

I have acquired a few family heirlooms over the years and I dearly treasure them. Some are packed away but I try to keep as many as I can out for display. I even use some of them regularly. Pete Miller’s old trunk is in our basement. Pete (1878-1957) was my granduncle, the son of …

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Tombstone Tuesday–Katherine Hardzog

This is the tombstone of Katherine Hardzog, located in row 7 of Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Schumm, Van Wert County, Ohio. The marker is inscribed, Katherine, Wife of Christan Hardzog, Died Oct 9, 1843, Aged 40 years & 6 days. The marker is inscribed this way: Katherine Wife of Christan Hard zog   Died Oct 9 1843 …

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Welcome 2013!

We have said good bye to 2012 and I can say that I am not sorry to see that year end. Last year certainly had its ups and downs. My dad passed away in April. Then we spent a good deal of the summer cleaning out a barn and a couple garages. My computer crashed last …

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Tombstone Tuesday–Caroline Hardzog

This is the tombstone of Caroline Hardzog, located in row 7 of Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Schumm, Van Wert County, Ohio. The sandstone marker is inscribed: Caroline, Daught of Christian Hardzog died March 8 1840, Aged 2 years & 3 ms. Exactly as the marker is inscribed: Caroline Daught of Ch ristian Hardzo g died March …

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