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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
HISTORY OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO
CHICAGO:
W. H. BEERS & CO.,
1881
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Wayne Twp. -
PETER
IGOU figured prominently in the business affairs of Wayne
Township from 1820 to 1850. He came to the township about
1820, from Ross County. He bought a tract of wild land and
settled on it, on the left bank of King's Creek, near Mason's
mill, which is now owned and occupied by Susan Wright,
her son and daughter. His first wife was a McKenzie.
His second wife was Elizabeth Purtlebaugh, now the
consort of B. F. Madden. By his first marriage, he
had three sons and three daughters, who grew to manhood and
womanhood. Silas, the oldest son, married
Merdula Johnson, He studied law, and became noted as a
practicing local attorney and politician. He died about
the year 1877. John married Hannah J. Thomas
for his first wife, and Sarah Hefflebower for the second.
He is a farmer of large experience, and lives on the Dunlap
farm, on Buck Creek. Aaron, the youngest son, died
in 1852, and was unmarried. Mary Ann became the
wife of William Johnson, and, after his demise, she
married Eley Hallowell. Elizabeth married A.
Evans, and lives in Cincinnati. Amanda became
the wife of William Jenkins, and, with her husband, lives
in Indianapolis.
Mr. Igou sold his farm to Thomas Baldwin,
and bought the farm now owned by Martin M. Dickinson, in
the southwest part of the township. About the year 1848,
he built the Pearce corner, in Middletown, where, in
1852, he died. Igou was a man of generous heart,
liberal in his views, fond of discussion, well read on the
current topics of the day, gifted in conversation, a little too
fond of litigation, a professed Universalist, a good neighbor
and a kind husband and father. He served the township as
Justice of the Peace for several successive years, besides
filling other places of trust.
Paul Igou came to the township several yeas
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 daughter were Martha, Mary, Mahala,
Susan, Elizabeth, Melinda and Nancy. Lewis
died unmarried about 1856. Joseph married
Frances Day, of Illinois. Marion married
Elizabeth Bolly. Harrison married Nancy
Blubeck. Reuben died in his youth. Martha
married Aaron Gray, and died in Illinois Mar. 1, 1877.
Mary married John Wildman, and lives in Chrsitian
County, Ill. Mahala married George Smith, of
Christian County, Ill., and is a resident of that county.
Melinda married William Westbrook, of Christian
County, Ill., she and her husband died i the year 1870 leaving
four children. Nancy married Alexander Marshall,
of Illinois; she died in 1871.
Paul Igou lived in Wayne township and pursued
his inclination of hard work and making money until the year
1853, when he moved to Christian County, Ill. He still
lives, at the age of eighty-three, and is reported to be very
wealthy. He sustained the character of an honest man, was
rude in his manners, a great reader, a fine talker, careless in
his attire, fond of company and lived well about his house.
Though he knew how to make money and how to keep it, he was a
man of liberality and extensive hospitality.
Source: History of Champaign Co., Ohio - Chicago: W. H.
Beers & Co. - 1881 - Page 840 |
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