Today, an old envelope with a Chattanooga, Ohio, postmark. This envelope is postmarked 22 January 1896 and is the earliest Chattanooga postmark that I have.
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- Tombstone Tuesday-Jacob Kable
- 1950 Census Test Form P11, Pleasant Township, Van Wert County
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- Tombstone Tuesday-Infant Son of Adam & Katy Kable (1896)
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- Tombstone Tuesday-Marriage Symbol
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- Tombstone Tuesday-Good Shepherd Engraving
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- 1918-Reichard Rescued from Torpedoed Boat
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- Tombstone Tuesday-Luther Rose Symbol
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- Tombstone Tuesday-Hugo F. Krueckeberg
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