Harman Blennerhassett emigrated from England to West Virginia in 1796. He purchased several hundred acres on Backus Island in the Ohio River adjacent to Wood County, West Virginia, and built a mansion which was known as Blennerhassett Island. He later lost the mansion and his fortune due to his involvement in the Burr Conspiracy, as well as notoriety of personal and family scandal.
"Harman Blennerhassett emigrated from England to West Virginia in 1796. He purchased several hundred acres on Backus Island in the Ohio River adjacent to Wood County, West Virginia, and built a mansion which was known as Blennerhassett Island. He later lost the mansion and his fortune due to his involvement in the Burr Conspiracy, as well as notoriety of personal and family scandal."@en
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Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society. Division of State Memorials.
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