Show The rive Fighting Zanes T HEN It came carne time for old Wll II t T V Him Zane to die he be could take tahe pride In the fact that he had given to frontier history five fie stalwart sons who ho would make mahe the name of Zane forever famous there They w ere Col Ebenezer Zane founder In 17 1770 O of ot the settlement which was to become the lIre present ent Wheeling V SV 5 a a 0 a n soldier In Lord Dun Dunmore more mores s war ar of ot Iii 1771 builder and commander of ot tort Fort ort Henry the scene of two famous Indian sieges slees- sieges In 1777 and 1782 an nn early settler In Ohio on the present site of ot Zanes blazer In 1790 of Zanes s trace over o which there poured a flood of settlers Into Ohio and anda anda a leader lr of ot men until his death In 1811 Isaac Isiac Zane Zine captured by the W Wy at nt the age of nine a 11 white Indian for ten years as ns the adopt adopted adopted ed son of ot Chief Tarlie then returning return returnIng returnIng Ing to his 0 own n people a member of the House of ot Burgesses back again to the Wv to bo- bo become come bo-come come husband of ot M lily theSS the SS White hite Crane daughter of ot Chief and to take her with him Into the Ohio country to establish the settlement which now V Is Zanes Zanesfield Zanesfield field and there to live with her until his death In 1810 1510 Silas Zane Zine one of the first set tiers rear SS Wheeling heeling a of VIrginia troops In tho Continental army while hUe the Indians were ere be- be besieging be besieging his brother brothers s fort in 1777 but present there during the siege of 1752 a trader In the Indian coup coun try after the Ite Revolution Resolution and about 1785 a 11 victim to In Indian lan treachery on the Scioto river Jonathan lane Zane captured at the age of two by the same Indians who carried oft off his Ills brother Isaac he 11 used ed with Ith them only a short time before being returned to his own owa people a Ii stalwart fighter durIng the stirring events around Fort a pioneer Into Ohio and the partner of his brother In marking Zanes s I race Andrew Andrew an nn early settler eHler at Wheeling hero of ot a famous c exploit during the siege of 1777 when hen he escaped from the Indians by b jump jumpIng jumping jumpIng Ing 0 over oser er a iO toot foot cliff lIf only to be bel l by them n a short llOrt time later Inter 1 The he lanes ancs I I Only ho five hoof of them sot t o l I f lor or there wis an another other other-a a sister worthy of her broth Betty ers Betty the tLe girl v swift feet brought the much needed Lowder I 0 from s cabin n nto to the hard bird pressed defenders of Fort Henry during the siege of 1782 and whose brave brace defiance of death that day duy did dill much to make the name of lane Zane forever famous m 1937 1833 por Union |