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Karen’s Chatt’s Latest Posts
- Tombstone Tuesday–Charles & Clara (Schumm) Dietrich Markle
- Business Ads from 1904 Willshire Herald
- Website Maintenance
- Tombstone Tuesday–Ernest G. Dietrich
- Personal Items from 1904 Willshire Herald
- Tombstone Tuesday–Johann Dietrich
- Why Was This 1904 Newspaper Saved?
- Tombstone Tuesday–Sophie Dietrich
- 1937 Germann Reunion Minutes
- Tombstone Tuesday–Johann “Adam” Dietrich
- Germann Family Record, January 1939, Vol. 1, No. 1
- Tombstone Tuesday–Maria E. (Germann) Dietrich
- Blog Highlights of 2018
- Happy New Year!
- Postcard from Pearl Brewster
- Merry Christmas!
- Rev. George M. Schumm and a Quilt
- Tombstone Tuesday–Catharina Dietrich
- Two More Brewster 5-Generation Photos
- Tombstone Tuesday–Jacob Dietrich
- A Mercer County Christmas Songbook
- Tombstone Tuesday–Wilhelm Dietrich
- Hunting
- Tombstone Tuesday–Luther Weissenborn
- Happy Thanksgiving!
- Tombstone Tuesday–Edward Ludwig Schumm
- Linthal, France, Honors WWI Fallen Americans
- Tombstone Tuesday–Iris Blanch Schumm
- Veterans Day 2018
- Tombstone Tuesday–Michael G. Pflueger (revisited)
- Herbert Miller–WWII Memories & Bronze Star
- Happy Halloween!
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 30)
- Tombstone Tuesday–Anna Maria Seaman
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 29)
- Tombstone Tuesday–Maria Seaman
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 28)
- Tombstone Tuesday–John Seaman & Emma (Seaman) Kreiselmeyer
- 1919–Bluffton Shuts Out Celina, 138-0
- Tombstone Tuesday–John Kreiselmeyer
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 27)
- Tombstone Tuesday–Some Tombstones from St. Augustine Cemetery
- Book about 1872 Murder Near Chatt
- Tombstone Tuesday–David Kreiselmeyer
- Zion Chatt’s Quartet
- Tombstone Tuesday–Daniel G. Kreiselmeyer
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 26)
- Tombstone Tuesday–Twin Daughters of Henry & Katharina (Schumm) Lankenau
- Signatures from Zion Lutheran, Chatt, c1855
- Tombstone Tuesday–Clara May Schumm
- Schumm Signatures, 1849
- Tombstone Tuesday–Mina Juliana Schumm
- Some Photos from Velma Schumm’s Collection
- Tombstone Tuesday–Theodor Wilhelm Schumm
- The Last Schumm Postmark, 1953
- Tombstone Tuesday–Louise Justine Schumm
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 25)
- Tombstone Tuesday–6 Schumm Immigrants
- Decatur Street, Willshire, 1910
- Tombstone Tuesday–J. George & Katharine (Karcher) Weinmann
- Stripping the Bed
- Tombstone Tuesday–George & Mary E. (Gunsett) Weinmann
- Schumm Parochial School Dynamited in 1918
- Tombstone Tuesday–Edward G. Weinman
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 24)
- Tombstone Tuesday–Lina E. Weinmann
- Holmes County–Just Passing Through
- Tombstone Tuesday–Willie H. & Walter T. Weinmann
- 2018 Vacation Bible School at Zion Chatt
- Tombstone Tuesday–Christian Roehm
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 23)
- Tombstone Tuesday–Eva M.K. Sauer
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 22)
- Tombstone Tuesday–Georg Johann Fisher
- Memorial Day 2018–Honoring and Remembering
- Tombstone Tuesday–Louis C. Fisher
- Memorial Day 2018
- Tombstone Tuesday–Carolina E. Fisher
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 21)
- Tombstone Tuesday–Christian & Mary A. (Bollenbacher) Fisher
- Flowers for Mother’s Day, 1945
- Tombstone Tuesday–Otto and Margery (Schott) Bollenbacher
- Chattanooga, Ohio, 1912
- Tombstone Tuesday–Freda (Becher) Byer
- More About Area Hucksters
- Tombstone Tuesday–Eda E. (Hoehamer) Shindeldecker
- Spitler Grocery Huckster Truck, Willshire, Ohio
- Tombstone Tuesday–Mark Steven Warner
- The Old Willshire Hotel
- Tombstone Tuesday–J Adam & Minnie C (Koch) Fisher
- A 1935 Schumm Postmark
- Tombstone Tuesday–Milbert & Koneta (Fisher) Stroh
- Some Photos of Past Zion Chatt Members
- Tombstone Tuesday–Mary LaRue Stroh
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 20)
- Tombstone Tuesday–Blaine O, Opal M (Bollenbacher), & Billy D Laffin
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 19)
- Tombstone Tuesday–Clarence R. Bollenbacher
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 18)
- Tombstone Tuesday–Fred J. & Anna (Huffman) Bollenbacher
- 1908 German Lutheran Mission Feast, Schumm, Ohio
- Tombstone Tuesday–Luther C. Bollenbacher
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 17)
- Tombstone Tuesday–John Martin and Emma (Bollenbacher) Bollenbacher
- A Wounded Soldier and the 23rd Psalm
- Tombstone Tuesday–Victor F. & I. Chloe (Douglas) Bollenbacher
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 16)
- Tombstone Tuesday–Roger Wayne Bollenbacher
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 15)
- Tombstone Tuesday–Col. Robert E. Kimmel, Sr.
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 14)
- Tombstone Tuesday–Minnie C. Schaadt
- Charles “CJ” Schumm Family, 1914
- Tombstone Tuesday–Richard Carl Andrews
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 13)
- Tombstone Tuesday–Caroll Hoehamer
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 12)
- Happy New Year!
- A Schumm Christmas Surprise
- Merry Christmas!
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 11)
- Tombstone Tuesday–Frank E. Swander
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 10)
- Tombstone Tuesday–Laura B. (Schott) Swander
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 9)
- Tombstone Tuesday–Otto A. & Eva R. (Wise) Brandt
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 8)
- Tombstone Tuesday–Wilbur Clarence Brandt
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 7)
- Tombstone Tuesday–George Pfeifer
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 6)
- Tombstone Tuesday–Barbara (Kuehm) Pfeifer
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 5)
- Tombstone Tuesday–Larry Lee Bollenbacher
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 4)
- Happy Halloween!
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 3)
- Tombstone Tuesday–Ferdinand & Barbara (Schott) Huffman
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb (part 2)
- Tombstone Tuesday–Infant Sons of J & M Bollenbacher
- Dear Mom & All–WWII Letters from Herb
- Tombstone Tuesday–Mildred B. Bollenbacher
- Schumm Elevator Burned, 1972
- Tombstone Tuesday–Abraham & Amanda M. (Brush) Bollenbacher
- Nuts to Hickory Nuts
- Tombstone Tuesday–Dora C. (Bollenbacher) Anspaugh
- Old Advertising Items from Willshire Grain & Supply
- Tombstone Tuesday–Jacob & Margaret (Huffman) Bollenbacher
- Willshire Grain & Supply
- Tombstone Tuesday–Samuel A. Bollenbacher
- Wendel Motor Sales, Chattanooga, Ohio
- Tombstone Tuesday–Bertha (Huffman) Bollenbacher
- The Battle of the Bulge Association
- Tombstone Tuesday–Jacob & Mary (Kessler) Huffman
- 1909 Postcard to Gerty Brewster from Mrs. Wyman
- Tombstone Tuesday–William George Bollenbacher
- Mount Carmel EUB Sunday School Class of 1914
- Tombstone Tuesday–Mary Olga (Huffman) Bollenbacher
- From an Old Negative to a Digital Photo
- Tombstone Tuesday–Clarence Huffman
- Summer Reading
- Tombstone Tuesday–Emma V. Huffman
- Sarah (Breuninger) Schumm’s German-American Cookbook, 1892
- Tombstone Tuesday–Sarah R. (Dodge) Huffman
- Farmers Mutual Aid Association of Van Wert County, part 2
- Tombstone Tuesday–George F. Huffman
- Farmers Mutual Aid Association of Van Wert County
- Tombstone Tuesday–Philip & Etta (Leistner) Huffman
- The Breuninger Boots
- Happy Fourth of July!
- Chatt-Valley Vacation Bible School 2017, Chatt Methodist Church
- Tombstone Tuesday–Elizabeth Huffman
- Found Shoes, aka Concealed Shoes
- Tombstone Tuesday–Ferdinand & Elizabeth (Herzog) Huffmann
- A New Leaf On Our Family Tree
- Tombstone Tuesday–Heinrich Hoffmann
- Two Ancestral Homes in the Old Country
- Tombstone Tuesday–Infant Daughter of Charles E. & Mary P. (Andrews) Pickering
- Who Was Ida Brewster?
- Tombstone Tuesday–Memorial Day 2017
- Memorial Day Musings 2017
- Tombstone Tuesday–Andrew & Barbara (Eichler) Eichler
- Two Christina Miller Family Photos, c1920 & c1933
- Tombstone Tuesday–Peter Eichler
- Mothers in My Family Through the Years
- Tombstone Tuesday–Infant Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. E.J. Schwarck
- Charles Phillip White (1924-2017)
- Tombstone Tuesday–Louis Edwin Schwarck
- Schlemmer School–Public School District 7, Monroe Twp, Allen Co, Indiana
- Tombstone Tuesday–Infant Son of Wm. & M.E. Hoehamer
- Born in the 1800s
- Tombstone Tuesday–Arley S. Byer
- A New Chapter
- Tombstone Tuesday–Rolland Miller
- Some Local Indiana Obituaries, 1834-1850
- Tombstone Tuesday–Clark Henry & Raymond Floyd McGough
- House Demolished Near River Henry Residence
- Tombstone Tuesday–M. Zeilinger
- More Local Obituary Abstracts, 1834-1850
- Tombstone Tuesday–Anna M. Wick
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3 comments
Sharon Schaadt Cowen
March 21, 2014 at 7:36 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Hi Karen,
I am Herb and Eda Schaadt’s daughter. I grew up just across the state line in Indiana. Eric Stephenson still farms my Dad’s farm. We went to church at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ. I’m also related to the Linn’s and Dietsch’s and Frahm’s in the area. I now live north of Kokomo, Indiana.
I am looking for a copy of the State Line Farmer from approximately July 26, 1983 with pictures from the Farmer’s Picnic, and hoping to find a picture of my Dad there. Any ideas?
Thank you so much.
Also I’ve been researching the murder of Mary Arabelle Secaur, and am wondering if there is any information about what finally was done with the body of Alexander Mcleod and if his family was ever found?
Sharon Schaadt Cowen
Karen
March 21, 2014 at 10:53 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I am not sure where you would find that issue of the State Line Farmer. Perhaps some library might have it or maybe their publishing company has an archive. Sometimes you can find those items on Ebay. Have you tried an Internet search? I do not know about Mcleod and his family either. Sorry I could not be of any help, but thanks for writing. It is good to hear of your connection to Chatt.
Sharon Schaadt Cowen
July 16, 2014 at 7:35 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Thank you, Karen! I somehow missed your reply to me. Guess I thought it would come by email. I haven’t tried Ebay. I did try an internet search. I haven’t tried a local library or their publishing company. These are great ideas!