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As It Were: John Brickell was captured by Natives, but kept many of their ways in freedom

SportsUSA TODAYObituariesE-EditionLegals As It Were: John Brickell was captured by Natives, but kept many of their ways in freedom Ed Lentz Guest Columnist Captured by Native Americans when he was young, John Brickell never forgot where he came from. When he returned to that world, he never forgot where he had been. The trail Brickell followed was a long one that ended in what would one day be Ohio’s capital city.  In 1842, Brickell told the story of his life and adventures to the American P...
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Matamoras Minute: The Leith family | News, Sports, Jobs

Feb 13, 2021 Photo provided. Sarah Lowery Leith’s tombstone in Center Valley Cemetery proclaims her first capture by natives in 1763 and her marriage to John Leith in 1779 as the first recorded white marriage in the original Northwest Territory. She was buried here over 220 years ago. In last week’s article I mentioned John and Sarah Leith as neighbors to John Burris. This couple’s story is one which reveals how wild and woolly situations could become on the frontier. Their adventures ...
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