October 2020 archive

Tombstone Tuesday-Richard E. & Eileen H. (Swanson) Schumm

This is the tombstone of Richard E. and Eileen H. (Swanson) Schumm, located in row 10 of Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Schumm, Van Wert County, Ohio. The marker is inscribed:

SCHUMM
Richard E.
1922-1990
Eileen H.
1926-1986

1877 Trisel Bible Pages

Today, two pages from the 1877 Henry and Elizabeth Trisel Bible, pages that were included in Elizabeth (Feldman) Bahn Trisel’s Widow’s Pension Application.

Tombstone Tuesday-L. William & Mina K. (Gunsett) Schumm

This is the tombstone of L. William and Mina K. (Gunsett) Schumm, located in row 3 of Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Schumm, Van Wert County, Ohio. The marker is inscribed:
SCHUMM
L. William
1884-1961
Mina K.
1886-1946

Two More 1896 Chatt-area Affidavits

I recently wrote about young John F. Bahn, the ward of Henry Trisel, who lived near Chattanooga, Ohio, in the late 1800s. Young John Bahn (1865-1876) was the son of Henry’s wife Elizabeth (Feldman) Trisel and her first husband Johann Bahn.