Mary Lotter, Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Mercer County, Ohio. (2015 photo by Karen)
This is the tombstone of Mary E. Lotter located in row 4 of Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Chattanooga, Mercer County, Ohio. The marker is inscribed:
Mary E.
Dau of
J.P. & C.
LOTTER
Died
Mar 6, 1889
Aged
13 mo. & 12 d.
Although the Lotters attended Zion Lutheran Church in Chatt at one time, where several of their children were baptized, neither Mary Lotter’s baptism nor her death or burial is recorded in Zion Chatt’s records. The only information that remains about her is the information inscribed on her tombstone.
Her tombstone indicates that Mary was the daughter of J.P. and Lotter–John Peter and his wife Catharine (Eichler).
Both of her parents were from Zweifelsheim, Bavaria. They immigrated in 1869 and moved to the Chatt area by 1875, where they attended Zion Chatt.
Mary had at least eleven siblings and she was one of the younger children, if not the youngest in the family.
Mary’s father and grandmother [Anna Lotter] are also both buried in Zion Chatt’s Cemetery. Her father died in 1891 and her grandmother died in 1890.
2 comments
Karen,
I have a question about the Zion Lutheran Church records. Are they available on-line or does one have to physically go to the church and view them? Does one have to make an appointment to see them? How does a person get to see them? Thanks for your response.
Andy Gappa
Author
Hi Andy. I am not sure where you live, but there is a copy at the Mercer County Public Library in Celina and at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne.