Karen’s Column

The Paper of Montgomery County

Read Interesting Stories From Karen Zach’s Column

A picture of the Columnist-Karen-Zach in white color dress

Durham Saga #2 – Jeremiah Brisco

Jeremiah Brisco Durham popped into this world in Mercer County, Kentucky on 27 June 1806...
Columnist-Karen-Zach

Ball Saga #6 – The Final Two – Salome And Sarah

Salome Ball was born April 21, 1821 in Butler, Ohio. Her future husband, Abram Heath,...
Columnist-Karen-Zach

Ball Saga #6 – The Final Two – Salome And Sarah

KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA Salome Ball was born April 21, 1821 in Butler, Ohio. Her...
Columnist-Karen-Zach-2

Ball Saga #4 – Nathan and Isaiah

Nathan was born 30 Jan 1813 Butler, Ohio and passed away 21 April 1852. Not...
Columnist-Karen-Zach-1

Ball Saga #3 – Meet Abigail

Meet Abigail Ball born 28 September 1812 and although she was not in a census...
Columnist-Karen-Zach

Henry ? Along With Martha And Joanne

Okay, not saying there wasn’t a Henry as the first child of Dennis and Margaret...
A picture of the tombstone of Dennis ball

Having A Ball Starting The Ball Saga

There are many by the name of Ball in our area that stems from this...
Columnist-Karen-Zach-1

Bannon Saga Comes To An End

The next Bannon child of Michael and Nancy (Clark) is Michael C. who spent many...
Columnist-Karen-Zach-1

Bannon #5 – James Clark And Family

To remind you, Anna the next Bannon child was born 19 August 1860, married David...
Loot At Our Columnist Karen Zach And Her Smile

Bannon Saga #4 – JCA

John C. Andrew Bannon’s birthdate or even year for sure is unknown to me but...