In 1799, 19-year-old Mary Marshall of Northumberland married 26-year-old widower Joseph Dyer. The couple lived in Stratford and Stewartstown, and within 10 years Mary had given birth to five children. The Dyers’ marriage was troubled from the start, with Joseph unable to properly support his…
ON APRIL 26, 1864, Civil War veteran Thomas Wier of Enfield was convicted of first degree murder and condemned to death by hanging.
