| | Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Buell Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Buell, Joseph Family | | | | Dates: | 1800-1915 | | | | Abstract: | The Buell family was a pioneer family from Connecticut who helped settle Marietta, Ohio. Joseph Buell was a sergeant at Fort Harmar, across the Muskingum River from Marietta, when the first settling party from the Ohio Company arrived in April 1788. He later settled in Marietta with his family. Joseph Buell ran a successful tavern. In addition, he was appointed an associate justice of the Washington County Court of Common Pleas and a major general in the Ohio Militia in 1803, and served an an elected state senator from 1803-1805. Joseph's brother Timothy Buell was a captain in the militia and also served as a county magistrate, a state representative from 1820-1822, and sheriff of Washington County. Many of their descendants were also prominent in the affairs of Marietta and Washington County. The collection consists of portraits of members of the Buell, Curtis, and Nye families. Also includes photographs of Troop A of Cleveland, Ohio, miscellaneous interiors, views of Blennerhassett Island, postcards, and lithographic prints depicting various scenes, buildings, and people of the United States, Canada, and Europe. | | | | Call #: | PG 103 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Buell family -- Photograph collections. | Curtis family -- Photograph collections. | Nye family -- Photograph collections. | Troop A (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Blennerhassett Island (W.Va.) -- Photographs.
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