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Zane, Ebenezer 1747-1811

Pioneer; born in Berkeley county, Va., Oct. 7, 1747; established the first permanent settlement on the Ohio River in 1770, at the present site of Wheeling. He there built Fort Henry, which later sustained several attacks by the Indians; was disbursing officer for Lord Dunmore; and promoted colonel. He was proprietor of the present site of Zanesville, on the Muskingum River. He died in Wheeling, W. Va., in 1811. See Zanesville.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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