2025 archive

Tombstone Tuesday-Christian & Dorothea (Maurer) Kable

This is the tombstone of Christian and Dorothea (Maurer) Kable, located in row 5 of St. Paul Lutheran Liberty Cemetery, Mercer County, Ohio…

Tombstone Tuesday-Henry Jacob Grapner

This is the tombstone of Henry Jacob Grapner, located in row 9 of St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery, Liberty Township, Mercer County, Ohio…

Beating the Heat

This has been a rather uncomfortable summer, weather-wise. How did our ancestors tolerate the heat?

Captain James Riley Chapter, NSDAR, Celina, Ohio

Mercer County once had a Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) chapter, the Captain James Riley Chapter, in Celina…

More Revolutionary War Soldiers Who Lived in Mercer County

Continuing with Revolutionary War Soldiers who may be buried in Mercer County, Ohio, I came across a couple sources that give information about Revolutionary War pensioners who lived in Mercer County…