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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  3. The Old Willshire Hotel — 30 comments
  4. Metal Cemetery Monuments — 25 comments
  5. The Milligan Painting — 24 comments

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Nov 07

Tombstone Tuesday–Larry Lee Bollenbacher

This is the tombstone of Larry Lee Bollenbacher, located in row 8 of Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Chattanooga, Mercer County, Ohio. The marker is inscribed: Larry Lee Bollenbacher Dec 1938-Mary 1939 Larry Lee Bollenbacher was born 22 December 1938 in Berne, Indiana, the son of Ralph Henry (1912-1995) and Catharine Pearl (Maxwell) Bollenbacher (1918-2005). [1] Larry’s …

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Nov 03

Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 4)

This is the next installment of the letters my dad wrote home during his WWII service and during his training time leading up to the war. My dad, Herbert Miller, was 18 years old in 1944 when he volunteered for the draft. He arrived at Fort McClennan, Alabama, about 10 July 1944 for his Army …

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Oct 31

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween from Karen’s Chatt! This is our Halloween display in our back yard. It should come as no surprise that it is a little cemetery! This is what the little cemetery looks like at night: I wish all of you a Happy Halloween!  

Oct 27

Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 3)

This is the next installment of the letters my dad wrote home during his WWII service and during his training time leading up to the war. My dad, Herbert Miller, was 18 years old in 1944 when he volunteered for the draft. He graduated from Willshire High School the spring before and worked on the …

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Oct 24

Tombstone Tuesday–Ferdinand & Barbara (Schott) Huffman

This is the tombstone of Ferdinand and Barbara (Schott) Huffman, located in row 7 of Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Chattanooga, Ohio. The marker is inscribed: HUFFMAN Mother BARBARA 1847-1929 Father FERDINAND 1847-1929 Ferdinand Huffman [spelled Hoffmann in Zion’s Familienbuch] was born in Fechingen, Rhein-Prussia, on 4 January 1847 to Jacob and Carolina (Hoffmann) Hoffmann. According to …

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