A dispute at a Canal Dover, Ohio saloon turned fatal when a one-armed stranger was forcibly ejected onto the pavement. William A. Ziegler (1855-1917), born to German immigrant parents Peter (1835-1919) and Genevieve Ziegler (1830-1914), grew up in Franklin Township, Tuscarawas County. Ziegler married Mary Gross (1857-1931) in November 1878, and, by 1880, the youngContinue reading “Two Glasses of Beer and a Tragic End: Canal Dover, 1886”
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One House’s Story: The Manley Family
Over the course of the growth and history of New Philadelphia many homes are built, torn down, replaced, or remodeled for their modern occupants. Some homes are never replaced and the lots on which they sat become parking lots or vacant land. Despite that, they still have stories to tell us that deserve telling. ThisContinue reading “One House’s Story: The Manley Family”
