Karen Bennett

Greetings from the Chattanooga, Ohio, area. Yes, Ohio has its very own Chattanooga, aka Chatt, a small village in west-central Ohio, near the Indiana border. I have been doing family history research for over 20 years and am a Board-Certified genealogist, certified by the Board for Certification of Genealogists®. My main genealogical interests are family research, cemetery research, and historical and genealogical research of the Chatt area, with a focus on two area Lutheran Churches, both named Zion Lutheran, one in Chatt and the other in Schumm, Ohio. Family names I am researching include Miller, Schumm, Brewster, Rueck, Reid, Headington, Huey, Bryan, Whiteman, Schinnerer, Scaer, Breuninger, Bennett, and a few others. I belong to several lineage societies, including the Daughters of the American Revolution, U.S. Daughters of 1812, First Families of Ohio, and First Families of Mercer and Van Wert Counties. I am also a retired dental hygienist and our church organist. I hope you enjoy Karen's Chatt.

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Tombstone Tuesday-Philip W. & Caroline (Koch) Kable

This is the tombstone of Philip W. and Caroline (Koch) Kable, located in row 2 of St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery, Liberty Township, Mercer County, Ohio…

Rev. Schmitt Becomes Rev. Smith

Rev. RV Schmitt, Zion Chatt’s pastor from 1899-1905, legally changed his name to Smith in 1918…

Paulding, Ohio, Murals

Recently we drove to Paulding, Ohio, to take a photo of their post office mural…

Tombstone Tuesday-Minnesota (Bennett) Drumm

This is the tombstone of Minnesota (Bennett) Drumm, located in Ward 3, Row 7 of North Grove Cemetery, Celina, Mercer County, Ohio. The marker is inscribed…

To Adam Kable, Esq, Hinton, Ohio

Below is an old envelope, addressed to Adam Kable, Esq, Hinton, Mercer County, Ohio…