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Zane Grey (1872–1939), a popular author of Western novels, was the latest notable figure of the family. Grey's mother was a Zane descendant. She named him Zane in honor of this maternal line. Other places named for the family include: Zane Township, Logan County, Ohio; Zane's Trace, an early road running through Ohio from Wheeling, West ...
Ebenezer Zane (October 7, 1747 – November 19, 1811) was an American pioneer, soldier, politician, road builder and land speculator. Born in the Colony of Virginia (possibly near what became Moorefield , West Virginia ), Zane established a settlement near Fort Henry which became Wheeling (also in present-day West Virginia), on the Ohio River .
Elizabeth Zane McLaughlin Clark (July 19, 1765 – August 23, 1823) was a woman involved in the American Revolutionary War on the American frontier. She was the daughter of William Andrew Zane and Nancy Ann (née Nolan) Zane, and the sister of Ebenezer Zane, Silas Zane, Jonathan Zane, Isaac Zane and Andrew Zane.
Ebenezer Zane received approval from Congress in May 1797 to cut a trail from Wheeling, in what was then Virginia, to Limestone, Kentucky. Recounting Ebenezer Zane's path 225 years later Skip to ...
The pioneer Zane family in the United States, which includes: Robert Zane, English Quaker ancestor of P. Zane Grey, who came to the North American colonies in 1673; Ebenezer Zane (1747–1811), American pioneer, founder of Zanesville, Ohio; Betty Zane (1759–1823), sister of Ebenezer; Alex Zane (born 1979), British television and radio presenter
Ebenezer Zane elected to remain in his fortified house along with a few family members, friends, and two slaves, while his brother Silas took command of the fort. Silas had fewer than 20 men to defend the fort, while roughly forty women and children sheltered inside. Silas’s and Ebenezer’s teenage sister, Betty, was among them. [1]
“What remains consistent at Ebenezer A.M.E. is that there is a family-orientedness that you cannot find anywhere else,” said Nichols, who along with Davis is a co-chair of Ebenezer’s 150th ...
A Nashville, Tennessee, couple shocked their family members with their pregnancy reveal and a video of the relatives' reactions has quickly gone viral. Olivia Walker's TikTok post has picked up ...