Mar 11
Some time ago I posted photos of Jacob Miller Jr’s 1897-1898 Wild Cat School Souvenir Book. [See Wild Cat Souvenir Booklet https://karenmillerbennett.com/wildcat-school/wild-cat-school-souvenir-booklet/ ] That was the first School Souvenir Book I had ever seen but just the other day I ran across a copy of two more of these books. Two more souvenir books from …
Mar 08
This is the tombstone of Mary M. Hiller, located in row 15 of Kessler Cemetery, Liberty Township, Mercer County, Ohio. The marker is inscribed: Mary M. Hiller Died Sept. 29, 1878 Aged 78 y. 3 m. 20 d. Maria “Mary” Margaretha Müller was born 4 June 1800 in Rittershausen, Districts Unterfranken and Aschaffenburg, in the …
Mar 04
Much of our time during the past few weeks has been spent going through stuff. A lot of stuff. But that also means finding items to research and write about. Here is a photo that I had never seen before and the names of the people in the photo were written on the back! That …
Mar 01
This is the tombstone of John Hiller, located in row 15 of Kessler Cemetery, Liberty Township, Mercer County, Ohio. The marker is inscribed: JOHN HILLER Died Mar. 10, 1869 Aged 63 yrs, 10 ms According to the records of Zion Lutheran Church, Chattanooga, Ohio, John [Johann] Hiller was born 8 May 1805 to Johann and …
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