| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Buell, Joseph Family |
| Title: | Buell Family Photographs |
| Dates: | 1800-1915 |
| Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) |
| 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. |
| PG Number | PG 103 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
The Joseph Buell Family were early settlers in Ohio and the Northwest Territory. Joseph Buell (1763-1812) was a soldier in the United States Army and the Ohio Militia, a politician and jurist, and an early settler and prominent citizen in Marietta, Ohio. For more information on Buell, and especially on his role as Major General of the Ohio Militia in the events surrounding Aaron Burr's conspiracy of 1806, the researcher should consult MS 3433 Joseph Buell Papers.
Buell, a native of Connecticut, came to the Ohio frontier as sergeant in the United States Army, primarily stationed at Fort Harmar at the junction of the Muskingum and Ohio Rivers. Prior to his discharge in 1788 he acquired land near North Bend, Ohio, in the Symmes Purchase. Upon his return to Connecticut, he married Siba Hand (?- 1831) in 1789. Shortly thereafter, he returned to Ohio and his land purchase, accompanied by his brother Timothy (1768-1837). However, both men chose to move back upriver to Marietta in 1790, and both became leading citizens in the settlement. Joseph opened a tavern, which proved very successful. He was appointed an associate justice of the Washington County Court of Common Pleas and a ma or general in the Ohio Militia in 1803, and served as an elected state senator from 1803-1805. Timothy was a captain in the militia, serving during the Burr controversy and during the War of 1812. He also served as a county magistrate, a state representative from 1820 to 1822, and sheriff of Washington County. Many of their descendants were equally prominent in the affairs of Marietta and Washington County.
The Buell Family Photographs, ca. 1800-1915, consist 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.
The 52 photographs are black and white and measure 7.5 x 12 inches and smaller. The 63 lithographic prints are black and white and measure 6 x 10 inches and smaller.
None.
Related MaterialThe researcher should also consult MS 3664 Joseph Buell Family Papers; and MS 3433 Joseph Buell Papers.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] PG 103 Buell Family Photographs, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
These photographs were removed from MS 3664 Joseph Buell Family Papers. Gift of Mrs. Neil Gray in 1974.
Buell Family Photographs ca. 1800-1915 |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Views and portraits of Troop A on postcards dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Group portraits of Troop A officers dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Portraits of members of the Buell, Curtis, and Nye families dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Views of residential interiors and interior furnishings dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Two prints of Blennerhassett's Island, Conneaut, Ohio dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Views and portraits of Troop A dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | French postcards dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Lithographic prints of people, places, and things dates vary | |||||||||