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Note: He was born in the Daniel Boone Fort, in KY This is one of the pioneer families of Red River County and very prominent in its development. THE IGO FAMILY, PROMINENT IN THE SETTLEMENT OF RED RIVER COUNTY Garrett Igo was born in Kentucky in 1812 in Daniel Boone's fort on the Kentucky River. His father and grandfather were French, coming into Kentucky with Boone from Maryland, settling at the fort near Lexington and Richmond. The Igos still own the land on which the fort stood and an appropriate marker is on the spot where the Boone Colony lived. His father died when he was a youth and his mother married a Mr. Haggard, he having been married and having some children, one of whom, Miss Nancy Haggard, Garrett Igo later married. To this union were born ten children, of which all grew to manhood and womanhood. There were eight boys and two girls. The boys were: Pleasant, Louis, Green, Garrett, Jr., Ephraim, Napoleon, William, and Clifton. The girls were Emma and Mollie. He lived in Kentucky until 1850, when he found his way into Texas. The Hart family had preceded him here and were living in Clarksville, and it was they who on their trips to their old home in Kentucky, advised him to come to their new country. In some way he lost his bearings and crossed the Red River west of where Sherman now stands and went south to a colony in San Augustine County, not finding his friends there. He learned that they were at Clarksville and after staying a year, headed north for his destination, Clarksville. He crossed Sulphur River at Ringos crossing, a ferry at the southwest corner of Red River County, and found his old friends. On this trip many trials and hardships were encountered. His work steers all died of tick or Texas fever as did his blooded horses he had brought along. He landed in the city in need and poverty, but his friends came to him, and oxteams and wagons were bought on credit. He and the older boys, Louis and Pleasant, went into freighting from Jefferson and Old Roland on the Cypress and Red River. They began to prosper, and he settled at the colony at La Grange, six miles northeast of Clarksville, later called Madras. Here he and his wife resided until their death, his wife having preceded him in death many years. He was a very stout man, a member of the Christian Church, and died at the age of eighty-four years. Of his children, six lived on in the county until death. They were Pleasant, Louis, Green, Ephraim, Mollie and Emma. The others pioneered and passed away in Grayson County. William and Clifton in Bexar, Napoleon and Garrett at Idabel, Oklahoma. Pleasant was married to Miss Susie Winfrey. To this union were born: Johnnie, Kate, Warren, Anna, and Gilbert. Louis was married to Miss Tennie Tabb. To them one child was born, Albert by name. Green was married to Miss Susie Brigance. Their family consisted of Emma, Charley, Ivan, Clifton, Sidney, Ernest. Garrett was married to Miss Mollie Garrison. Their family consisted of Pearl, Reagan, Daisy, Ruby, and Joe. Ephraim was married to Miss Nannie Sanders. Their children were Lucy, Adelfert, Maggie, Napoleon, Lemuel, Robert, and Nannie. Mollie married Dr. Summers. To this union were born three children: Nannie, William, and Johnnie. Emma was married to Lee Talley. To this union were born four children: Mary Lee, Lillie, Garrett, and Matt. Some of these are yet living in Red River County. Among these descendants were merchants, carpenters, surveyors, auto salesmen, teachers, rural carriers, stockmen, farmers, and many other vocations. Garrett Igo and wife are buried at old Concord. The Igos have helped to develop and build up the country in which they chose to spend their lives, and the younger generation is still carrying on as did the older ones. Five of the boys were in the Confederacy, all returning safe. In the World War, none were in the draft. All of these descendants were and are Democrats, and Baptists.
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