A storm is brewing in Mercer County.Photos taken July, 2010.
Karen
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.
Karen Miller Bennett, CG(R)
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Karen’s Chatt’s Latest Posts
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- Tombstone Tuesday-Catharine (Huffmann) Kable
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- Tombstone Tuesday-John George Albright
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- Tombstone Tuesday-Daffodil Symbol
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- Tombstone Tuesday-Edward T. & Martha A. (Dirkson) Gunsett
- Life Was Hard in the 1850s-The Ehrmans, Albrights & Bollenbachers
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- Tombstone Tuesday-Anna Whiteman
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- Fly the Flag on the Fourth of July
- Tombstone Tuesday-Another Knights of Pythias Symbol
- 1879 Willshire Postmark
- Tombstone Tuesday-Coins Left on a Tombstone
- Area News, April-May 1911
- Tombstone Tuesday-FNDOZBTKC/MRAY Masonic Inscription
- Willshire High School Class of 1938
- Tombstone Tuesday-Maria E. Sundemacher
- Area Patterson Grads, 1915 & 1916
- Memorial Day 2023
- Happy Memorial Day
- Tombstone Tuesday-Rebecka Sundemacher
- Area Patterson Exam Grads, 1912-1914
- Tombstone Tuesday-John Hancock
- 1911 Patterson Exams in Mercer and Van Wert Counties
- Tombstone Tuesday-Carl P. Bollenbacher
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- Tombstone Tuesday-Walther League Symbol
- A Bienz-Ross Photo Mystery
- Tombstone Tuesday-Luther Rose Symbol
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- Tombstone Tuesday-Walter & Helen (Backus) Krueckeberg
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- Tombstone Tuesday-Hugo F. Krueckeberg
- Happy Easter!
- Tombstone Tuesday-Carl H. & Vilenna M. (Bienz) Krueckeberg
- Two Schumm Soldiers in WWI
- Tombstone Tuesday-Occupation Symbols
- Soldiers Depart Van Wert, 22 July 1918
- Tombstone Tuesday-Exedra Monument
- March 1911 Blackcreek & Liberty News
- Tombstone Tuesday-Log Cabin Monument
- Johann Georg Schumm II Family in Ruppertshofen
- Tombstone Tuesday-Harold G. & Mildred L. (Giessler) Merkle
- Fischer Family, Wife of JG Schumm
- Tombstone Tuesday-Music Symbols
- Adding to the Schumm History
- Tombstone Tuesday-Charles & Clara (Schumm) Merkle
- Chatt-area News, February 1911
- Tombstone Tuesday-Knights Templar Symbol
- Black Creek & Liberty News, 1911
- Tombstone Tuesday-Masonic Tombstone Art
- 1911 Postcard to J.S. Egger
- Tombstone Tuesday-J.W. Smith WOW Monument Unveiled, 1910
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- Tombstone Tuesday-Frederick N. & Anna M. (Sochor) Allmandinger
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- Tombstone Tuesday-Epitaphs
- Chatt-area News, 1910
- Tombstone Tuesday-Martin W. & Beatrice C. (Eschbach) Allmandinger
- Soldier & Foxhole Buddy
- Tombstone Tuesday-Parakeet Inscription
- Happy New Year!
- Tombstone Tuesday-Aaron L. & Glendora (Stump) Allmandinger
- Merry Christmas!
- Tombstone Tuesday-Dash Meaning
- 1909 Christmas Greeting to Effie Morrison
- Tombstone Tuesday-Lighthouse Symbol
- 1910 Christmas Greetings to Adam Dietrich
- Tombstone Tuesday-George F. Allmandinger
- 1907: Traction Line Planned for Chatt
- Tombstone Tuesday-Frederick & Anna K. (Kallenberger) Allmandinger
- Happy Thanksgiving
- Tombstone Tuesday-Hands
- Schumm Sawmill/USS Constitution Connection
- Tombstone Tuesday-Rudolf B & Lula A (Scare) Allmandinger
- Today Is Veterans Day
- Tombstone Tuesday-Woodmen of the World
- Willshire Fires-1908, 1914, 1922
- Tombstone Tuesday-Peter & Hannah M. (Schinnerer) Scare
- 1910 Spiritualistic Manifestation in Geneva
- Tombstone Tuesday-Edward & Johannah (Meyer) Dirkson
- The Willshire Canning Company
- Tombstone Tuesday-Tombstone Shapes
- Mercer County Courthouse Tour
- Tombstone Tuesday-Tombstone Shapes
- Summer 2022 Photos
- Tombstone Tuesday-Hildred W. & Roman C. Schumm
- Take Weekly Baths
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- Some Local News of 1910
- Tombstone Tuesday-John A. & Louisa C. (Lillich) Buechner
- More Local News from 1910
- Tombstone Tuesday-Daughters of Rebekah Symbol
- Mystery Solved! 1910 Liberty Township Boxwell Commencement
- Tombstone Tuesday-Odd Fellows Symbol
- Labor Day and the Durbin Bean Bake
- Tombstone Tuesday-Edna A. & Clara M. Schumm
- Radio Set Owners in 1930, Willshire & Liberty (Mercer) Townships
- Tombstone Tuesday–Pythian Sisters Symbol
- Black Creek & Willshire Radio Set Owners in 1930
- Tombstone Tuesday-Rosa (Lillich) Buechner
- Some Mercer County Deaths, 1850 Mortality Schedule
- Tombstone Tuesday-Knights of Pythias Symbol
- Remarks in Mercer County’s 1850 Mortality Schedule
- Tombstone Tuesday-Henry C. Buechner
- Earliest Censuses for Mercer County & Willshire Township
- Tombstone Tuesday-Knights of the Maccabees
- Gallman Road Bridge
- Tombstone Tuesday-Georg J Brenner
- More Local News Items from 1917 (part 4)
- Tombstone Tuesday-Sphere
- 1951 Bible School, Zion Lutheran, Chatt
- Tombstone Tuesday-Emma German [?]
- Happy July 4th, 2022!
- Tombstone Tuesday-I H S Symbol
- Chatt News, 1917 (part 3)
- Tombstone Tuesday-Lillie E. Gunsett
- Chatt News in the Celina Democrat, 1917 (part 2)
- Tombstone Tuesday-Rose Symbol
- Chattanooga News in 1917
- Tombstone Tuesday-Louis F. & Cora E. (Roop) Schumm
- 1822-era Camp at Willshire
- Tombstone Tuesday-Military Flag Holders
- Memorial Day 2022
- Tombstone Tuesday-Calla Lily Images
- Willshire, Schumm, & Chatt-1914 R.G. Dun Mercantile Reference
- Tombstone Tuesday-Hannah Miller
- M.J. Schumm, General Store at Schumm, Ohio, 1883
- Tombstone Tuesday-Lamp Symbol
- Willshire-1950 U.S. Census, part 3
- Tombstone Tuesday-Oswald H. Schumm
- Willshire-1950 U.S. Census, part 2
- Tombstone Tuesday-Gate Symbol
- Willshire Village-A 1950 Census Test Area
- Tombstone Tuesday-Alma A. Schumm
- Advertisers in Willshire’s 1950 Willow
- Tombstone Tuesday-Heavenly City Symbol
- Advertisers in Willshire’s 1948 Willow
- Tombstone Tuesday-Caroline Huber
- Willshire Occupations & Businesses in 1880
- Tombstone Tuesday-Candle Tombstone Symbol
- Willshire, Reported Disabilities in the 1880 Census
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- Tombstone Tuesday-Rock of Ages Symbol
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- Tombstone Tuesday-Clasped Hands Symbol
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- Tombstone Tuesday-Henry P. & Mary A. (Allmandinger) Bender
- The Last Germans
- Tombstone Tuesday–Half-carved Grave Marker
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- Tombstone Tuesday-Curtain Symbol
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