MANSFIELD, Ohio — What started as a residential property once owned by one of Mansfield’s prominent financial figures, Fred Thomas Bristor, has since become a health facility, now known as […]
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History uncovered at St. Matthew Lutheran Church
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
