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Last name M'Intire
Display name John M'Intire
Other names John McIntire
Birth date 1759
Death date 1815
Gender m
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Bio notes Politician and one of the founders of Zanesville, Ohio. He was born in Virginia and married Sarah M. Zane in December of 1787. In 1797 he was deeded land by his father-in-law, Ebenezer Zane. McIntire was instrumental in developing the canal along the Muskingum River. He built a dam on the river and opened the Zanesville Canal and Manufacturing Company.

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A Mission to the Indians from the Indian Committee of Baltimore Yearly Meeting to Fort Wayne, in 1804