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Father and Son: The Murder of Jonas Bremer

Postcard image of Port Washington, Ohio in Tuscarawas County, c. 1900. (Source: pinterest.com)

The Tuscarawas County community was stunned when a father and civil war veteran from one of the county’s oldest families turned his gun on one of his own children. The Bremer family were one of the earliest settlers of Salem Township, Tuscarawas County, having arrived in the county from Pennsylvania before 1811. That early settler,Continue reading “Father and Son: The Murder of Jonas Bremer”

Who Was Alfonso Stewart?

Picture of Alfonso Stewart found on page 128 of Fred Miller's book "Images of America: Tuscarawas County Ohio", 2000.

If you’re like me you thumb through Fred Miller’s book Images of America: Tuscarawas County Ohio, published in 2000 by Arcadia Publishing, a lot. I love just spending some time seeing the county as it once was. On the last page of the book is an image of men who served as patrolmen in theContinue reading “Who Was Alfonso Stewart?”