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Spring 1798
 

It was the springtime of 1798 when John and Mary Greene and family and two young Dana brothers traveled up-steam from the established settlement of Belpre, Ohio to a beautiful place on the Ohio River about sixteen miles north of Marietta. At that location was a wide, forested plain of about two to three square miles. This was perfect for what was to become Newport.  

 

Luther Dana was just twenty-four when he first began to clear his land in section twenty-eight. He built a log home, and a year later in May of 1799, he married Grace Stone of Belpre.

 

William Dana, then aged twenty-two, settled on land at present day Milltown in section thirty-five on the creek which was named for him, Dana’s Run. He soon was proprietor of a flour mill and several other manufacturing operations. In the spring of 1801, he married Polly Parkman Foster.

 

John and Mary Greene came to Newport with their large family: Daniel, aged 24, Eliza, aged 21; Mary, 20; John Jr., 19; Richard, 17; Ruth, 16; Sarah, 13; Caleb, 11 and Philip, just nine years of age. John Greene was the first Justice of the Peace and was soon known as Squire Greene. He and Mary became “Uncle Johnnie” and “Aunt Polly” in the new settlement.  John Greene built a cabin about a half mile from the river for his family in section thirty-four.

 

These three families were not alone. At the time there were about a half dozen other settlers in the area, but these families soon moved further west and the Greene’s and the Dana’s became the first permanent settlers in Newport Township.

 



Uncle Johnnie & Aunt Polly

John & Mary Wickes Greene of Newport, Ohio

John Greene Family

Capt Wm Dana

Capt. William & Mary Bancroft Dana of Belpre, Ohio

Capt. Wm Dana Family

Luther Dana

Luther & Grace Stone Dana of Newport, Ohio

Luther Dana

William Dana

The William Dana Family of Newport, Ohio

Wm. Dana

Maj. Haskell Family

Major Johnathan Haskell & Phebe Greene Haskell of Belpre, Ohio

Maj. Haskell

Capt. Daniel Greene

Capt Daniel Greene & Mary Strout Greene of Marietta, Ohio

Capt. Daniel Greene

John Greene Jr. Family

John Greene Jr. & Mary "Polly" Hill Greene of Newport, Ohio

Jn Greene Jr. Family

Stephen Dana Family

Stephen Dana & Betsey Marietta Foster

Stephen Dana

Richard Greene Family

The Richard Greene Family of Newport

Richard Greene

Capt. Ebenezer Battelle

Ebenezer Battelle and Mary Greene Family

Battelle

John and Mary Greene

Greene Family

John Greene Family

James and Ruth Whitney

About James Whitney and Rev. Herr's Obituary, the Whitneys' son-in-law

James and Ruth Whitney



 

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