Sep 20
This is the tombstone of Marie (Kessler) Mueller, located in row 1 of St. Paul’s UCC Cemetery. The cemetery is on the corner of Wabash and Oregon Roads in Liberty Township, Mercer County, Ohio. The gravestone is inscribed Marie Mueller, geb. Kesler, Ehefrau von Johann Mueller, Geb. 9 Dec 1811, Gest. 26 May 1886, Alter …
Sep 06
This is the tombstone of Winfield Scott Brewster, his wife Effie Jane (Searight) Brewster, and their son Charles Augustus Brewster. The tombstone is located in row 7 of Kessler Cemetery (aka Liberty Cemetery) in Liberty Township, Mercer County, Ohio. The flat marker is inscribed BREWSTER, Winfield Scott, 1847-1926, Effie Jane, 1856-1928, and Charles Agustus, 1884-1951. …
Aug 19
Black gold, devil’s tar, earth oil, flowing gold, fossil oil, rock oil–these were all terms for what we now call petroleum or crude oil that were used in the early part of the 20th century. Ohio led the nation in oil production for several years around the turn of the century and Mercer County helped make …
Jul 15
I am not sure how I acquired this photo nor do I know who the gentleman in the photo is. There is nothing written on the back of the photo to identify him. I do not know when the photo was taken either. Basically, I don’t know a whole lot about this photo. However, there …
Jul 12
This is the tombstone of George and Anna B. Bollenbacher. It is inscribed, George Bollenbacher, 1830-1912; Anna B. his wife, 1836-1913. This beautiful monument is located in Liberty Cemetery, also known as Kessler Cemetery, on Oregon Road, Liberty Township, Mercer County, Ohio. The cemetery is about ½ mile from the Indiana state line and about …
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