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From: "Karen Zach" <>
Subject: Re: [InFounta] Early settlers to Fountain and Montgomery counties
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:53:40 -0400
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OH MY GOODNESS.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Scism" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 9:04 AM
Subject: Re: [InFounta] Early settlers to Fountain and Montgomery counties


> One of my ancestors (Peter Scism, II) was Andre's final guard on the day
> he was hung.
>
> Jeff
>> From: <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 9:43 PM
>> Subject: Re: [InFounta] Early settlers to Fountain and Montgomery
>> counties
>>
>>
>>
>>> Just to add a little of something (maybe nothing), there is a Van Wert
>>> County in Ohio. It was named after Isaac Van Wart, one of three
>>> soldiers
>>> who
>>> captured Major John Andre, a British spy. In 1820, the Ohio state
>>> legislature
>>> named the County Van Wert in his honor. He resided near Tarrytown, NY
>>> at
>>> the
>>> time of his death in 1828 at 68 years of age. The change in spelling
>>> of
>>> his
>>> name is attributed to clerical error. After the error was noted years
>>> later,
>>> it was decided to leave the county as Van Wert, rather than changing it
>>> to
>>> Van Wart.
>>>
>>> Art Suever
>>>
>
> --
>
>
> Jeffery G. Scism, IBSSG
> ~~
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