So i have been doing some research on my family history and i am 90% certain that my grandmother’s (my father’s mother) adopted father is related to John Treber. John treber fought in the Revolutionary War and built the the Treber Inn, which is a historical landmark in Ohio. He would be my great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather.

This is a picture of Jacob Treber (son of John) who fought in the War of 1812. I believe he is my great, great, great, great, great, great uncle.

The following is a description of the home built in 1798 by John Treber which became known as the Traveler’s Rest, or later as the Old Treber Inn:

“…It stands on the left bank of Lick Fork, fronting the Old Limestone road, about five miles to the northeast of West Union [Ohio]. The main building is constructed of hewed logs weatherboarded, while the large kitchen and dining room to the rear is of stone quarried in the immediate vicinity. With the exception of Bradford’s in West Union, this is the most celebrated of the ‘old inns’ yet standing. Soon after the erection of this building, there was swung from a huge post near the highway, the inviting sign - ‘Traveler’s Entertainment’ - which swayed to and fro at the caprice of the winds for more than half a century.

‘This old inn sheltered many distinguished guests in the days of the old stage line from Maysville to Wheeling. Here General Jackson and party warmed and refreshed themselves when he was on his way to be inaugerated President after his election in 1828. Here Thomas H. Benton, Henry Clay and scores of prominent characters* from the southwest have sipped and praised ‘Mother Treber’s (speaking of the wife of Jacob Treber, son of John) most excellent coffee’ while eating the ‘finest biscuits ever baked.’

…’A few rods to the southeast of this old inn, at the roadside, stands an elm tree near which it is said Asahel Edgington was killed by the Indians in 1793…’

…’This house being located on Zane’s Trace, the only thorougfare between Wheeling, Va [now WV], and Limestone, Ky., and being large and modious for that day, many travelers found food and shelter there, the place became known as ‘Traveler’s Rest.’…sojourners and guests at the noted place were always sure to find the best entertainment for man and beast the country afforded. The principal meats were venison and turkey.”

* According to a description of the inn found on the backside of the 1909 post card pictured here, General Santa Ana of Mexico was another of the important guests.