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Note: BIRTH: Feb 1799 Ross OH - First white child born in area. MARRIAGE: 21 Mar 1825. Since both Paul and his wife were from Ross County, the chances are that the marriage took place there. This compiler has a record from Ross County of Peter Igou's marriage, 12 Sep 1818, and Daniel Igou's, 23 Nov. 1819. DEATH: 11 Mar 1881 Grove City (now Edenburgh) IL CENSUS: 1830 shows him living in Champaign County RESIDENCES: Ross County, Ohio; Wayne Township, Champaign County, Ohio; Grove City, Christian County, Illinois. CENSUS: Listed for the first time in the 1830 census of Champaign County, Ohio. SOURCE(1): HISTORY OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY pages 540 - 541: "Paul IGOU came to the township (Wayne Township) several years later than his brother, Peter. His life and character differed from that of his brother widely. Paul settled on a piece of land southwest of Mason's mill and adjoining the Richard BALDWIN farm. He was a man greatly given up to making money by hard work, and many good stories are told of him, showing his rude habits. His wife was Ellen West- brook, a native of Ross County. He had twelve children; eleven of them lived to be men and women. The sons were Lewis, Joseph, Marion, Harri- son and Reuben; the daughters were Martha, Mary, Mahala, Susan, Eliza- beth, Melinda and Nancy. Lewis died unmarried about 1856.....Marion married Elizabeth BOLLEY........ CITATION: HISTORY OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY OHIO by Judge Evan P. MIDDLETON, Volume I, 1917 B. F. BOWEN & Company, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana, page 984 - in 1858 is listing under heading, "Flouring Mill", Bowers & Igou, corner Russel and Church streets. It is not know whether this is Peter or Paul so is inserted in the notes for both (also possible that it was a son of either!) NOTE(1): His brother Peter showed up in the 1820 census of Champaign County, Ohio, so apparently Paul left Ross County and settled in Wayne Twp., Champaign County between 1820 and 1830. NOTE(2): The order in which children are listed above should not be assumed to be correct. Marion was reportedly born in 1842 which suggests that the above order is definitely not correct. NOTE(3): Lewis Igou, Mary Igou, and Elizah Breedlove are ancestors of this complier. REFERENCES: (1) As copied from Josephine Metcalfe's (RIN1620) 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) Pioneer 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. Josephine Metcal- fe-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) (14) From the back of Josephine METCALFE RIN1620 Family Group Sheet for Lewis IGOU RIN147/Elizabeth HARE RIN148: "Paul IGOU was the first white child born in Twin Twp, Ross County OH. He was one of the first pioneers of Christian County Illinois. Paul IGOU married Eleanor WESTBROOK Mar 21, 1825 in Ross Co. OH, then moved to Champaign County Illinois (compiler note: should be OHIO) where they had 14 children. In the census of Christian Co. Illinois 1860, they were listed in Christian Co., Illinois. Eleanor died March 5, 1878 and Paul died March 11, 1881 at Grove City, Illinois (now Edinburgh). (15) HISTORY OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY pp540/1 (probably written in 1882 as computed from Paul IGOU's date of birth, 1799, and age of 83 when this was written.) "Paul IGOU came to the township (Wayne Twp, Champaign Co.) several years later than his brother, Peter. His life and character differed from that of his brother widely. Paul settled on a piece of land southwest of Mason's mill and adjoining the Richard BALDWIN farm. He was a man greatly given up to making money by hard work, and many good stories are told of him, showing his rude habits. His wife was Ellen Westbrook, a native of Ross County. He had twelve children; eleven of them lived to be men and women. The sons were Lewis, Joseph, Marion, Harrison and Reuben; the daugh- ters were Martha, Mary, Mahala, Susan, Elizabeth, Melinda and Nancy. Lewis died unmarried about 1856. Joseph married Francis DAY of Illinois. Marion married Elizabeth BOLLEY. Harrison married Nancy Blubeck. Reuben died in his youth. Martha married Aaron GRAY and died in Illinois March 1, 1877. Mary married John WILDMAN and lives in Christian County, IL. Mahala married George KEELEY, and lives in Iowa. Susan mar- ried Samuel ERVIN; her husband was murdered by John SPYERS in the year 1877. Elizabeth married George SMITH of Christian County, Ill., and is a resident of tht county. Melinda married William WESTBROOK of Christian County, ILL., she and her husband died in the year 1870, leaving four children. Nancy married Alex- ander MARSHALL of Illinois; she died in 1871. Paul IGOU lived in Wayne Township and persued his inclination of hard work and making money until the year 1853, when he moved to Christian County, IL. He still lives, at the age of eighty-three, and is report- ed to be very wealthy. He sustained the character of an honest man, was rude in his manners, a great reader, a fine talker, carelesss in his attire, fond of company and lived well about his house. Though he know how to make money, and how to keep it, he was a man of liber- ality and extensive hospitality. (16)HISTORY OF ROSS AND HIGHLAND COUNTIES, OHIO - 1880: Page 292 (concerning Twin Township and Lewis Igo): "He raised a family of eight children of whom the following named are yet living: Paul in Illinois; Mrs. Breedlove in Urbana, and William, on the homestead." Page 296: "The first dwelling erected in Twin township was the cabin of Lewis Igo, erected in the fall of 1797. The first white child born was Paul, son of Lewis Igo born February 2, 1799. He is still living 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 twonship. Mary Igo became the wife of Elijah Breedlove, and now lives in Urbana, Ohio. Mary Keran (afterwards McGinnis), died in 1879, in Hardin County, Ohio." MISCELLANEOUS: Item from the Western Citizen & Urbana Gazette from the Urbana Public Library archive. Original date and page - Friday, 15 Sep 1854, page 3: Md on the 5th inst. by Rev. E. French, Mr. Benjamin Madden to Mrs. Ann E. Igou. This is included for future reference since this compiler has no knowledge of which Igou she had previously been married to - a son of Peter or of Paul Igou? NOTES: The following Champaign County, Ohio IGOU names and data entered here and copied into B151 (Paul IGOU) as well is for information only since this compiler has yet to find where in the family they connected: Ann E. IGOU married Benjamin F. MADDEN 31 Aug 1854 Mamie A. IGOU married William H. SHUMATE 29 July 1873 Peter F. IGOU married Luretta BAYLESS. CITATION: HISTORY OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY OHIO by Judge Evan P. MIDDLETON, Volume I, 1917 B. F. BOWEN & Company, Inc. Indi- anapolis, Indiana, page 217: Paul Igou is mentioned as one of the early trustees of Wayne Township - no dates given. Page 218 gives the complete 1840 voters list which included Bayles, Thomas, William, and Elijah Breedlove, Peter and Paul Igou. SOURCE(2): The following was copied from the records at the Ross County Genealogical Society Library in Chillicothe OH: IGOU 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 KY to Elizabeth HARE d 1803 Twin Twp Ross Co, bur Hare Cem Metcalfe Farm Lyndon OH Children-IGOU (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 WESTBROOK 5. Silas b Ross, m 10 Feb 1826 Mary REESE ================================================================== (Complier's note: remainder of children with second wife, Nancy Marsh. Found no marriage record in Ross County) 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 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. Susan and Julia Ann McKENZIE were sisters.)
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