Gano, John Stites, 1766-1822.

Cincinnati resident who served as major general and later as commander-in-chief of the Ohio Militia in Lower Sandusky during the War of 1812.

One of the original settlers of Columbus, Ohio; fought in the Indian Wars in 1791; appointed ensign of a company in New York City in 1787; major in the First Regiment of Militia of Hamilton County in 1792, and Lieutenant-Colonel in 1797; Major General of the First Division of the Militia of Ohio in 1804; active in the War of 1812; clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Hamilton County, 1792, and Clerk of the Supreme Court until 1818.

John Stites Gano, military officer, was born in Morristown, N.J. in 1766.

Gano was the son of the Rev. John Gano, chaplain in the Revolutionary War. One of the original settlers of Columbia, Ohio, Gano's military career primarily took place in southern Ohio. He first served as a topographical engineer in the early 1790's and was later appointed a major in Ohio's first militia regiment which saw action against the Ohio Indians. Gano also took an active part in the War of 1812. He died in Covington, Ky. in 1822.