MANSFIELD, Ohio — Pieces of local history were uncovered Sunday at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, located at 426 Sherman Place. During a church service appropriately named, “Cornerstone Sunday,” church members Ron Pittenger and Brian Armstrong removed items from a copper box that had been contained in the church’s cornerstone for close to 100 years. Two […]
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Mansfield’s Paul Bunyan dwarfed NFL
MANSFIELD — It’s been nearly a century since Mansfield legend Pete Henry signed his first pro football contract with the Canton Bulldogs. When it happened, on Sept. 17, 1920, it was headline news in both Canton newspapers. “Giant Tackle Casts Football Fortunes Here; Henry Comes Into Kennel of Bulldogs,” the Canton Daily News blared. At […]
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Townsend house: exploring the home, its life
MANSFIELD, Ohio — Sometimes, like people, a house is more attractive on the outside than on the inside. That may be the case of the Townsend House on Park Avenue West. The house is majestic to view from the outside of the property. Its white pillars and terraced front yard compliment the King mansion across […]
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Who was Edwin Oliver Townsend?
MANSFIELD, Ohio — Edwin Oliver Townsend built a home in Mansfield in 1930 across the street from Charles King’s home. His obituary called it his winter home. Who was this man? His name isn’t commonly remembered in Mansfield. That may be because he wasn’t born in Mansfield; and, as was just noted, he didn’t consistently […]
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Genealogical society, Shelby, tells the Napoli’s/Garrett story
SHELBY, Ohio — The Garrett Building, most recently known as Napoli’s Pizza, is now a page in Shelby’s history—and it is quite a page. The building, 12 W. Main St., was demolished on Saturday, Sept. 12. The Richland County – Shelby Chapter of The Ohio Genealogical Society crafted the following photo essay that shares the building’s […]
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Eyewitness to History: Brinkerhoff at Ford’s Theater
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story originally published on Richland Source in 2015. MANSFIELD — The night in 1865 when President Lincoln was assassinated — April 14, 1863 — fell on Good Friday. The news traveled across the country as quickly as it could in those days — by telegraph — and even though a newspaper account […]
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Pathways to the Past: OGS aids Jay Miller in deep search of family tree
One name leads to another. That’s the technique Margaret Cheney, President of the Ohio Genealogical Society, describes in the practice of genealogy, the study of family history. And it is how the name Jay Miller, Mansfield resident and software designer at DRM Productions, was eventually linked to the name Mattaius Zimmerman, Miller’s German ancestor born […]
