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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Geisler Shot Twice and Survived

George Geisler was lucky to survive being shot twice, and he even lived a few more years after the incident. The following are newspaper accounts of the December 1938 shooting of the Willshire Township native. GEORGE GEISLER, NEAR SCHUMM, SAID IMPROVEDOne of Two Small Caliber Bullets at Base of Skull No new developments have been …

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The Kables, Kesslers, Linns, & Muellers Come to Liberty Township, 1846-1874

Over seven million Germans immigrated to America during the past three centuries, the largest non-English-speaking group that came to America. German immigration to the United States occurred in three main waves: from 1820-1850, driven by economic hardship and political unrest; from 1850-1870, influenced by the failed revolutions of 1848; and from 1880-1900, because of industrialization …

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Early Liberty Township Earmark Descriptions, part 2

A couple weeks ago I listed the farmers (A-K surnames) who registered earmarks in Liberty Township, Mercer County, Ohio, in the mid-1800s and below is the remainder of those earmark registrations. Their registered earmarks are written in the Liberty Township Estray Book, which also recorded stray livestock in the township. The Liberty Township Estray Book …

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Early Liberty Township Earmark Descriptions

I have written about Mercer County’s old Liberty Township Estray Book three other times. [1]  The book dates back to the mid-1800s and pertains to livestock in the township. The Liberty Estray Book has two purposes. The first part of the book describes the township estrays, i.e. found or missing livestock. The first entry is …

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Pleasant Hill Chapel, Dublin Township

Pleasant Hill. Pleasant Grove. Pleasant Valley. Pleasant Chapel. Mount Pleasant. Pleasant Green. Pleasant Mills. Pleasant was certainly a popular, and pleasant, name. Especially for a church. When East Bethel church was organized in Black Creek Township in 1855, they planned to name it Pleasant Bethel but decided not to because there were seven other churches …

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