The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-05-04

I 1895. the year the Zane stone mansion
was finished, 1t having that date on the
cornice. Mr.. Clarke's place OF business
was on the corner of Adams and Nam
streets, the property he purchased OF III:
brother-in-law, Capt. Absolsm Martin
L. 5. A Commandant of Fort Wheel
ing, who married Catherine Zane. His
Lieutenant. Coleman, married her cousin,
McColloch.
This year Wheeling was incorporated
as a town In 1899 Mr.. Clarke and Col.
Zane bought the l. 5. fort ut the mouth
of the creek, Mr.. Clarke residing there
and using the buildings as warehouses;
having erected saw mill on the Indian
Wheeling creek, two miles from Bridge
port, OHIO, little above the point where
the pioneer, Hamilton Carr, made the
first clearing and built the first cabin
ever made in the State OF Ohio. The
land was owned by Col Zane. Having
facilities for furnishing material, Mr..
Clarke engaged extensively in building
bnrgcs, keel and flat boats, freghting on
the river and sending cargoes OF produce
TO New Orleans, one of his captains be-
ing the renowned Mike Fink He also
built the schooncrs "Dorcas' and sally"
called for his two little girls whose por-
traits were painted on the stern by
u Mr.. laird; It was stated they were
excellent likcnesscs. This vessel was
loaded with flour, sent to New Orleans
and sold
A very high food occurred in 1889.
Mrs ) could rccollect Of being taken
ont Of the fort by her uncle, John Zane,
on horseback, the water reaching up to
his feet. He died in 1860. John and
Zane street were both called for him.
About 1902 her father removed to the
locality Of his saw mill, Bloomingdale
place; part of the original hewed log
mansion is still standing. Captain Joe
Woriey, aged lO2, who lately died, was
their neighbor acroS, the creek, living in
the original cabin OF Carr. Here occurred
the death OF Daddy SAM who was
worn out with age and nfirmites. Mrs.
Clark had been loft entirely alone with
her little children on very dark night
when terrible storm wus raging. Mrs
S. remembers his mother saying, CHS
spirit i, now passing away He left dl-
rections to have HIS rifle and accoutre-
mentS, tomahawk, knife and silver snuff
box buried with him, that they might
bear him company to the happy hunting
grounds of the African. He was buried
with military honors IN the old grave
gard, the principal men of Wheeling at
tending. In personal appearance, she
described him Us completely African,
very black, and small man with
very long arms. almost the missing
link"
From 1905 she lived mostly with her
grand parents in the Zane mansion. At
that time they had lac carpets, but plenty
Of silver ware and coIored servants Her
grandmother would not allow her t.
wait on herself; she was very heightened.
Mucn of the present site Of Wheeling
and the Island was worked as planta-
ton, by colorcd people These were
eventually ali given their freedom, and
some land in Ohio.
When young, Mrs. s was an accom-
pills bed pedestrian, making visits in this
way to GAINESVILLE, Pittsburgh, and other
p,aces.
Amonr the numerous visitors of Col.
Zane was the celebrated Morayion Mis-
sioporv and Author "Urrkawcldrr
Uo .Iw,ys s,cnt ON tho floor
on buffalo robes maxine notes
with cb,Il, ON the floor when struck
NTH an iJoo cnnvip,r them na in the
morninr Also l,dy Bl.pnerba,se,t she
was much struck with his clerance and
STYLE. Noah Lindlev was an inmate of
Nh. family. lh. Colonel having 80 much
local business. She spoke OF him as a
MN ri. ,,r..,, l,.trrri,Y very reserved, a
Inf vrry pou1riop.
Amnng her PITTSBURGH friends was the
Dent family. these Prt-burrh merchants
now So ron.picuous from their connection
with General Grant. Also the Woods
and the O Harra'S, they made mutual
visits to each other.
Frederick Dent married her friend
Caroline Rrnshaw. one of his sisters mar
ripd Mr.. Sheets, hi, daughter is the
millionaire widow O Fallon of st. Louis
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