May 07
George Geisler was lucky to survive being shot twice, and he even lived a few more years after the incident. The following are newspaper accounts of the December 1938 shooting of the Willshire Township native. GEORGE GEISLER, NEAR SCHUMM, SAID IMPROVEDOne of Two Small Caliber Bullets at Base of Skull No new developments have been …
Sep 29
Recently, while looking through occupations in the local 1910 censuses, I noticed that some farmers were Truck Farmers.
Jul 29
In February 1820 the Ohio government authorized the establishment of Mercer County and Van Wert County. Mercer County was organized in 1824 and Van Wert County was organized in 1837. Who were some of the earliest settlers in this area?
Jan 22
Last week I featured a list of postmasters in the village of Willshire from 1822-1971.
During the time period from 1858 through 1971 there were five other post offices in Willshire Township–Abanaka, Glenmore, Greenwood/Wren, Leslie, and Schumm.
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