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After Lydia Boggs Shepherd Cruger died in 1867, the vast Shepherd plantation was sold off into lots, thus becoming the area known as Elm Grove in Wheeling, West Virginia. Shepherd Hall was purchased in 1870 by Alonzo Loring (1820–1898) and his wife, Mary Caldwell (née Chapline) Patterson Loring (1830–1887), and changed its name to Monument ...
Elizabeth "Betty" Zane was married twice and was a mother of nine children. Before her first marriage, she bore a daughter, Minerva Catherine Zane, also known as Miriam, by one Capt. Van Swearingen. Court records in Ohio County, Virginia, show an order for Van Swearingen to deed property to Betty Zane, so the daughter would be provided for and ...
Lydia Chagoll (1931–2020 ... Betty Oliphant (1918 ... choreographer, former principal dancer of Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company; Jennifer Lopez (born 1969 ...
Their sister Betty Zane (1759–1823), was a heroine of the Revolutionary War. Then Zane family is originally from England. Robert Zane was born in 1643 in Yarcombe, Devonshire, England. He married Margaret Hammon in November, 1664 in Dublin, Ireland. Margaret Hammon was born in 1641 in Middle, Yorkshire, England. She died around 1672–1673.
Lydia Thompson: February 19, 1836 November 17, 1908 American Actress. [268] Bonnie Thornton: c. 1871 March 13, 1920 American Singer known as "The Original Tutti-Frutti Girl." [269] Richard Thorpe: 24 February 1896 January 13, 1961 American Singer and actor. Later in Hollywood films. [270] Howard Thurston: July 20, 1869 April 13, 1936 American ...
The Ohio Women's Hall of Fame was a program the State of Ohio's Department of Job and Family Services ran from 1978 [1] through 2011. The Hall has over 400 members. [2] In 2019, the Hall's physical archives and online records were transferred to the State Archives in the Ohio History Center.
The Spirit of the Border is an historical novel written by Zane Grey, first published in 1906. The novel is based on events occurring in the Ohio River Valley in the late eighteenth century. It features the exploits of Lewis Wetzel , a historical personage who had dedicated his life to the destruction of Native Americans and to the protection ...
Kane was born on June 18, 1952, in Cleveland, the daughter of Joy, a jazz singer, teacher, dancer, and pianist, and architect Michael Kane. [2] Her family is Jewish, and her grandparents emigrated from Russia, Austria, and Poland.