Betty Zane, a family matriarch, was heralded as the person that saved the fledgling frontier settlement of Fort Henry in 1782. She was credited with dashing through a barrage of bullets and saving the day by bringing a tablecloth of dry gun powder …

Elizabeth “Betty” Zane was born July 19, 1759, to a family that also included her brother Ebenezer Zane, who established Fort Henry in Wheeling in 1769 and for whom Zanesville, Ohio is...

Aug 19, 2013 · Betty Zane was born in 1760, the daughter of one of three Zane brothers who moved to the new settlement of Wheeling on the Ohio River. This was an illegal move because this area had been reserved as a royal colony for the natives. It was a dangerous area with thick forests and hostile Indians.

She had two children: Betty Virginia Zane, born on November 22, 1933, and Herbert Donald Zane, born in 1922. Both children grew up in Ramona. Herbert Donald Zane served in World War I.

Oct 19, 2024 · The pioneer story most often told on both sides of the river concerns Betty Zane and the second siege of Fort Henry. The Zanes, well-to-do Quakers from England, crossed to America in the late 1600s and settled in or near Philadelphia.

Betty Zane is known for her daring display of bravery during a British-inspired Indian attack on Fort Henry on September 11, 1782. According to legend, Zane had just returned from attending school in Philadelphia when the settlement was suddenly attacked by Indians.

With the publication of the book Betty Zane by Zane Grey in 1903, she would rank just under Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett in the pantheon of American frontier history for many years. Betty Zane’s courageous act was the defining event of Wheeling’s early days.

Zane was the founder of Wheeling, Zanesville, Martin’s Ferry, and Bridgeport. He died in 1811. Isaac Zane received from the government a patent of ten thousand acres of land on Mad river.

May 13, 2014 · Betty Zane (Davidson) Grewell, of Richville, passed away on Tuesday, May 13, 2014. Born June 24, 1924 in Zanesville, she spent the greater part of her life in the Canton area, moving at the time of her marriage to Curtis on October 14, 1950 to their Richville address.

Zanesville, Zanesville, Pearl Zane Grey was born on January 31, 1872, to Lewis Gray, a traveling preacher and dentist, and his wife Alice. ... Betty Zane, The Spirit of the Border, The Heritage of the Desert, Riders of the Purple Sage, Zane Grey died of a heart attack on October 23, 1939, while practicing casting a fishing line off the front ...