Karen Zach
Our subject this week rests with the best of C’ville
One of the most interesting families in the area was the Talbot family and much has been written about Capt. Henry Harp Talbot (son of Courtney and Elizabeth Harp) but…
Read MoreThat dread disease of long ago
Several of you who follow my work, also likely know I write an OTD on the Crawfordsville and Montgomery County History Facebook page, highlighting something that happened each day in…
Read MoreKaren notes “Oh those Common Names” regarding Thomas Hall & Family
First one to admit this, but I sometimes avoid common names when I’m searching a subject for an article, but I’ve been avoiding this fella’ and his wife for quite…
Read MoreFrom Karen . . .
Ahhh, those Christmases past! Do you have special ones? I sure do! Overall memories, too, like when my dad was the rural mail carrier at Waveland and we’d have the…
Read MoreBorn, raised and lived here
Tragedies followed this Montgomery Countian through life The Ball commonality seems to equal blue eyes The Ball family in MoCo has indeed been my subject before; however, this is the…
Read MoreKaren up a tree – two family trees
Just love this picture from the Crawfordsville District Public Library’s database and wanted to tell you today about two local families who were in the barber world, some in this…
Read MoreMs. Mattie’s life ended in a most dramatic way
Current medicine marvels me and prompted this article as I’m more than sure this situation likely would never have happened with the proper medications of today’s world. Instead, you’ll read…
Read MoreSome of C’ville’s best were Presbyterian Church leaders – this one, too
By Karen Zach Ten families centered in Rice’s Fort near Washington County, PA (near present day Pittsburg) on Short Creek for protection from Native American Indians during uprisings. It was…
Read MoreThis local soldier had one of the most unique funerals in our county
By Karen Zach An interesting, but far too short of a life was that of John Clark Maxwell’s. His desire was to serve his country and that he did in…
Read MoreHere comes the judge . . . with Karen right behind
By Karen Zach Three aspects regarding James Ford Harney were discussed in his lengthy obituary in the Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, all helpful in realizing this man may have been Montgomery…
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