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Note: !BIRTH: FEB 1767 Baltimore MD !MARRIAGE: MRIN23 3 APR 1794 in Kentucky to Elizabeth HARE-148 (married 9 years till her death). See REMARKS(1) below. MRIN24 After 1803 to Nancy MARSH-153 !DEATH: 19 JULY 1844 TWIN TWP ROSS OHIO !BURIAL: IGOU BURYING GND, IGOU FARM ROSS COUNTY OHIO Tombstone Inscriptions, Twin Township, Ross County, Ohio 2000 Compiled by Ross County, Genealogical Society Page 9 "IGOU CEMETERY -Located several hundred feet south of Lower Twin Road about one mile east of its junction with Mingo Road. It is between Lower Twin Creek and Lower Twin Road. In the 1875 atlas, it is believed to have been on the property of W. Igoou. Permission to recopy it in 1999 could not be obtained. The following is a copy donated to the Society many years ago, its accuracy unknown. IGOU Lewis d. Jul 19 1844 ag 76y6m27das..He settled here on Mar 31 1798 Nancy w/o Lewis d Apr 5 1856 in her 87th year Joseph R. s.o Daniel and Elizabeth, d Dec 31 1839 ag 12y5m3das (19yrs?) Mary A d/o Wm & JA d Dec 13, 1860 ag 11y6m17da John M s/o Wm & JA d Jan 14 1861 ag 17y1m12das Elizabeth H. d/o Wm & JA d Dec 23, 1860 ag 21y3m27das !CENSUS: The 1795 Census of Kentucky - copyright 1991 by T.L.C. Genealogy, POB 403369, Miami Beach FL 33140-1369, page 90 "Igore(?), Lewis, Mason County." !RESIDENCES: Baltimore MD. From Huntingdon Co. PA in 1794 to KY - Ky to Ohio 1798 Farm on Twin creek bought sometime after 1794 from General McArthur - first tract of land sold in county by McArthur. On an old Indian trail from Pee Pee to Old Chillicothe. (pg 58 of source item 13). Josephine METCALFE's-1620 notes on the back of the Lewis IGOU-147/Eliza- beth HARE-148/Nancy MARSH-153 Family Group Sheet contained the follow- ing two comments: "Elizabeth Hare IGOU is buried on the farm next to the IGOU farm" and "William IGOU-156 remained on the IGOU farm first settled in 1798. Twin Twp, Ross Co. Ohio. Peter IGOU settled in Cham- paign County, Ohio". In Josephine's letter to the compiler, November 5, 1982, she said "Elizabeth HARE was the first wife of Lewis IGOU. She is buried on one of the knolls on the back of our farm." The METCALFE farm is located at 12916 Lower Twin Road, South Salem OH 45681, so this gives a definite location for the original IGOU settlement in Ohio. !SOURCE(1): (1) As copied from Josephine Metcalfe's-1620 Family Group Record; (2) Ohio Tombstone Inscriptions-Film Ohio 41094 pt 177 page 67 Salt Lake City Gen Library; (3) probate Lewis Igou-Ross Co, Ohio; (4) The County of Ross State Centennial History (Ohio) pub 1902; (5) Pio- neer Record of Ross Co Ohio pub 1871; (6) Marriages from 1798-1840 Ross Co, Ohio (film) Vol AB-CD; (7) The children of Lewis/Eliz/Nancy Igou are not listed by sequence of birth but by request for marriage license or marriage; (8) Reister's Desire by Lillian Bayley Marks - Maryland Hist Soc.; (9) Ohio Hist Soc; (10) Ohio Gen Society; (11) Huntingdon County Hist Soc (Pa); (12) Letter dated 5 November 1982 from Ms. Jo- sephine Metcalfe-1620, 12916 Lower Twin Road, So. Salem, Ohio, 45681, concerning grave of Elizabeth Hare on their farm; letter is in Lewis IGOU-147/Elizabeth HARE-148 folder in compiler's file. (13) PIONEER RECORD AND REMINISCENSES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS AND SETTLEMENT OF ROSS COUNTY by Isaac J. FINLEY and Rufus PUTNAM, published Cincinnati 1871 for authors by Robert Clarke & Co. (Copy of book is on file at Ross County Genealogical Society) (See pages 56/57 of above book re: William IGO and Daniel HARE, son of Jacob-94. Also those pages were copied into notes in file B187 which concerns Daniel HARE-187.) !SOURCE(2): Philip R. Huggins, RIN 1834 of 139 Hanover Street, Gettysburg PA 17325- 1910, phone 717/337-3548 in his data received from him in 1994 listed the children of Daniel IGOU as Lewis-147, William-179, Peter-180, Elinor-181 and Daniel-182. The Record Identification Numbers are those of this compiler. (Copy of his research will be found in this compi- ler's file folder, IGOU-HUGGINS) !QUOTATIONS(1): From pages 58/59 of item (13) above: By William IGO. His father, Lewis Igo, emigrated from Pennsylvania to Kentucky in the year 1794, and from Kentucky to Ohio in 1798, and bought the first land on Twin creek from General McArthur. It was the first tract of land sold by him in the county. My informant, born and raised on the same farm, and still living on it, is now sixty years of age. His father, on first arriving in the coun- try procured meat for his family by hunting in the dense forests of that then wilderness; and for meal, he made occasional trips to the mills in Kentucky, or manufacturered it himself by a hand mill. When they first settled, their nearest neighbor was at the Slate Mills, on the north fork of Paint creek, where R.R. Seymore now lives. On Mr. Igo's farm is an old Indian trail, which leads from Pee Pee to Old Chillicothe. The trail in places is yet quite perceptible. My informant's brother, Paul Igo, who now resides in the State of Illi- nois, was the first white child born in the Twin township. He was born in February 1799. I was shown, by my informant, a powder horn and pouch that has been in use in the family over 100 years. The strap is made of elk skin, and the pouch of buckskin. Its first owner was a great hunter, and has carried it thousands of miles through Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio. Near the house, one night, Mr. Igo's father heard a disturbance among his sheep. He got up, and taking his loaded gun, went out to see what the trouble was, leaving his ammunition behind. He heard the dogs in full chase after something, which they soon treed on a large stump several feet high. Upon drawing near, he discovered an animal of some kind on the stump, and, taking as good an aim as the darkness would admit, fired at it. He then called to his wife to bring him some ammunition and the ramrod, which he had left at the house in his haste. His wife soon brought the ammunition, but forgot the ramrod. There was near the stump a lot of blue ash chips, where Mr. Igo had been hewing some puncheons. They raked the chips together, and he set fire to them, telling his wife that, as he could go more quickly back to the cabin after the ramrod, she had better await his return. The old lady, being a little nervous, said that she would not stay there, but go herself, which she did. By this time, Mr. Igo had quite a fire burning from his chip-pile, by the light of which he saw on the stump a large panther, his eyes glaring down upon his pursuer like two balls of fire. Mr. Igo soon reloaded his trusty rifle, and fired a second shot, which took effect in the head of the panther, but too low to penetrate the brain. The animal now began descending the stump backwards, while Mr. Igo quickly reloaded his gun, and when the panther neared the ground, he fired again, the ball passing through its body, soon putting an end to its life. It measured nine feet from tip to tip." !QUOTATIONS(2): Further quotations from back of Family Group Record of Lewis Igou as recorded by Josephine Metcalfe: "Lewis Igou as born in 1767 in Balti- more Co. Maryland. He married Elizabeth Hare April 3, 1794 in Ken- tucky, coming to Ross Co. Ohio in 1798 settling on his farm there. He and his second wife and some members of the family are buried on the farm. Elizabeth Hare is buried on the farm next to the Igou farm. Paul Igou was the first white child born in Twin Twp, Ross Co. Ohio. He was one of the first pioneers of Christian Co. Ilinois. Paul Igou married Eleanore Westbrook, Mar. 21, 1825 in Ross Co.Ohio, then moved to Champaign Co(?) Illinois (compiler's correction: Ohio) where they had 14 children. In the census of Christian Co Illinois, 1860, they were listed in Christian Co. Illinois. Eleanore died March 5, 1878 and Paul died March 11, 1881 at Grove City, Illinois (near Edinburgh). William Igou remained on the Igou farm first settled in 1798, Twin Twp, Ross Co. Ohio. Peter Igou settled in Champaign Co. Ohio". !QUOTATIONS(3): PIONEER RECORDS OF ROSS COUNTY OHIO, vol IVB published 1871, pg 292: "Twin Twp - Bourneville (Chillicothe County Seat), Ross Co., Lewis IGO, a native of Maryland, born near Baltimore in the year 1767, first settler in Twin Twp, Ross County, 1797 from Kentucky to the Scioto Valley, purchased land from General MCARTHUR and built on farm now owned by his son, William-156. The following spring, (1798) he brought out his family and was also accompanied by his brother-in-law, Philip HARE-186. When they arrived in sight of the cabin they were astonished to see smoke ascending from the chimney and IGO at once concluded that Indians had taken possession of his home. He and HARE loaded their rifles and approached the hose, expecting a fight, but the occupants were a white family. A man by the name of JEFFERS had moved in during IGO's absence and took possession. IGO was a cooper by trade and made all te wooden ware used by the earliest settlers. He died in 1844. He raised 8 children of whom the following named are yet living (1871): Paul in Illinois, Mrs. BREEDLOVE in Urbana, and William on the home- stead. !QUOTATIONS(4): Data on file at the Ross County Genealogical Society, Chillicothe OH which was compiled by Norma Igou GILLESPIE (deceased), 3601 E. Wyoming 138B, Las Vegas NV 89104 as follows: Lewis IGOU b. FEB 1767 Baltimore MD, d. 19 JUL 1844 Twin Twp Ross Co. OH, bur. IGOU family burying Grd IGOU Farm Ross Co, settled 1798, son of Daniel IGOU; m. 3 APR 1794 to Elizabeth HARE d. 1803 Twin Twp Ross Co, bur Hare Cem Metcalfe Farm Lyndon OH. Children (not in order) 1. Peter b. approx 11 JAN 1797, d. 11 SEP 1852, m. 5 SEP 1818 Susan McKENZIE. 2. Daniel m 23 NOV 1818 Elizabeth RECOBS. 3. Mary m 24 DEC 1823 Elijah BREEDLOVE. 4. Paul b FEB 1799 Ross, d 11 MAR 1881, m 21 MAR 1825 Eleanor WEST- BROOK. 5. Silas b Ross, m 10 FEB 1826 Mary REESE. 6. *Patience b Ross, m 4 OCT 1826, Bayles BREEDLOVE. 7. *Elizabeth b Ross, m 11 SEP 1827 James ABERNATHY. 8. *William b 1 JUL 1810 Ross, m 18 OCT 1834 to Julia Ann McKENZIE Lewis m(2) Nancy MARSH, d. 15 APR 1865 Bur. Lyndon OH. Children marked (*) are those of Nancy MARSH RIN153. !QUOTATIONS(5): HISTORY OF ROSS AND HIGHLAND COUNTIES, OHIO, Williams Bros. Publishers - W.W. Williams, Printer, Cleveland Ohio 1880. Page 296 - Under FIRST EVENTS, "The first dwelling erected in Twin township was the cabin of Lewis Igo, erected in the fall of 1797. The first white child was Paul, son of Lewis Igo, born February 2, 1799. He is still living (1880) in Illinois. Mary, sister of Paul, and Mary Keran, daughter of William Keran, were born in 1800, and were among the first female children born in the township. Mary Igo became the wife of Elijah Breedlove, and now lives in Urbana, Ohio (Champaign co.) ......." Lewis Igo (Igou) and his wife, Elizabeth Hare are 6th generation grand- parents of Laurence A. Weaver, Jr., this compiler, and Mary Igo and Elizah Breedlove are his 5th generation grandparents! !QUOTATIONS(6): EARLY PIONEER DAYS OF LEWIS IGOU IN TWIN TOWNSHIP, ROSS COUNTY, OHIO by Edward N. Steel, Great great grandson of Lewis Igou. This document is on file at the Ross County Genealogical Society, copy of which is in this compiler's IGOU miscellaneous data file. It generally repeats data included in the above quotations. !MISC: New Dictionary of American Family Names - Eldon C. Smith - Harper & Row, publishers: "Igo, Ogoe (Irish) Son of Jago or Iago, Spanish form of James. Jago, Jagow (Sp, Wel) Spanish form of Jacob Dictionaire des nome de famille et prenomoms de France Librairie La- rousse - par Albert Dauzat, Professeur-Paris: Igounet - var. Huguenot (French) Hare: (Eng) dweller near a rock or heap of stones where rabbits might dwell (New Dictionary of Family Names) !REMARKS(1): HISTORY OF ROSS AND HIGHLAND COUNTIES, OHIO, Williams Bros. Publishers - W.W. Williams, Printer, Cleveland Ohio 1880. Page 98: On line 3 of the above list of Privates in the outfit with Captain Daniel HARE-187 was Berry SANE. Since the photcopy of a hand-written copy of this 3 Apr 1794 wedding certificate (Lewis IGOU-147/Elizabeth HARE) is signed by Samuel SANE, this compiler has searched for several years to find any record of Samuel or even of the name SANE without any luck till this listing. While this does not locate the place of marriage, it does indicate that the HARE/IGOU/SANE families were together somewhere in 1794. This somewhere had to be Pennsylvania, Virginia or Kentucky. SOURCE(3): The following was copied from the records at the Ross County Genealogical Society Library in Chillicothe OH: IGOU Daniel IGOU d ca 1783 Huntingdon Co PA, son of Lewis IGOU and Mary - Children IGOU 1. Lewis b Feb 1767 Baltimore MD, d 19 Mar 1844, m 3 Apr 1794 Elizabeth HARE 2. William b ca 1771, m Susanna SPECK 3. Peter 4. Elinor 5. Daniel b 1776 Juniata PA Comp-Norma Igou GILLESPIE 3601 E Wyoming 138B Las Vegas NE 89104 (This complier's comment: NE should have been NV. Mrs. Gillespie died in the early 1990s. Lewis IGOU and Elizabeth HARE are 6th generation ancestors of this compiler.)
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