wooster road – Tuscarawas County Stories

Adam Lantzer and The Newlywed Killing of 1913

AI generated image to illustrate the story of the death of Reinhold Wagner on October 4, 1913. (Source: Microsoft Designer)

A moment of joy between a Dover couple was shattered by a drunken driver on Wooster Road. Verna C. Dawson (1892–1923) was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, the daughter of Robert E. Dawson (1862–1916) and Etta Little Dawson (1874–1949). Her father, once employed at a pipe works in Newcomerstown, later returned to farming as theContinue reading “Adam Lantzer and The Newlywed Killing of 1913”

“Unknown Causes”: The Mysterious Death of Albert J. Bates

An AI generated image depicting Albert J Bates' body lying on the side of road in November 1929. (Source: ImageFX)

A mysterious night, missing belongings, and a crushed skull. What really happened to Albert Bates in 1929? Albert “Alva” Jerome Bates (1868-1929) was born in Ashland County, Ohio, to farmer Elias Bates (1831-1891) and his wife Harriet Charlton (1824-1900). His early life was marked by hardship when, at the age of two, he suffered aContinue reading ““Unknown Causes”: The Mysterious Death of Albert J. Bates”