Actually, Carrol, my wife was right, as she usually is and obeyed too. It
turns out that Zane Grey's first novel was "Betty Zane" which he published
at his own expense in 1904. The story is about his ancestor Betty  who was
rather famous for being a heroine of the Revolutionary War. She was a
daughter of William Zane, a brother of Isaac, who I mentioned in the
previous posting. Betty along with a couple other young girls carried gun
powder to the soldiers during the Siege of Fort Henry at Wheeling, W.VA. in
1782. It was the last battle of the American Revolution.

Charles

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>From: Carrol Cox <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Zane Grey and Westernesse
>Date: Fri, Jan 3, 2003, 12:13 PM
>

> charles moyer wrote:
>>
>>  Somehow my wife believes Zane
>> Grey may be related to the Zane family, but she hasn't come up with any
>> proof yet.
>>
>
> (Server down here at ISU for a day.) It is possible that the coincidence
> of names drew Gray's attention to the Ohio region.??
>
> On the other hand, trying to explain all coincidences seems to be one of
> the main fountains of various conspiracy theories.
>
> Carrol