American Pioneers To The Northwest Territory - August 1788

August 1788

During August 1788, General Benjamin Tupper and his extended family arrived.

  • General Benjamin Tupper, co-founder of the Ohio Company of Associates
  • Colonel Ichabod Nye and his wife Minerva Nye (daughter of Gen. Tupper)
  • Major Asa Coburn
  • Andrew Webster
  • The Cushing and Goodale families

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