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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?”

One House’s Story: The Seibold Family

The Seibold House on South Broadway in New Philadelphia, Ohio, 2018. (Source: google.com)

This house was constructed by one of the county’s most significant business families of the late 1800s and early 1900s. While the family’s patriarch is perhaps best known, this house was the residence of one of his sons for nearly fifty years. A note about addresses: House numbers and street names often change over time.Continue reading “One House’s Story: The Seibold Family”