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30. David Ambrose Hoover
1 _FA1
2 DATE 1918
2 PLAC Pleasantview Cem, Irwin Twp, Venango County, Pennsylvania
1910 Census Soundex
272 0122 0110 Venango County, Pennsylvania
R age bp
Hoover, David A. H 42 PA
, Harry E. S 19 PA
, Agnes L. D 17 PA
, Elma R. D 15 PA
, William F. S 13 PA
, Rosa M. D 09 PA
, Luella V. D 07 PA
1900 Census Soundex
Venango County, PA Vol 212 ED 148 Sheet 4 Line 51 Irwin Twp.Mechanicsville
Race Rel Age Birth bp YM O/R H/F House Fam Occ
Hoover, Ambros W H 32 Aug 1867 PA 11 R F 76 76 Farmer
, Sarah W W 29 May 1871 PA 11 Housekeeper
, Floyd W S 11 Apr 1889 PA
, Harry W S 09 Oct 1890 PA
, Agnes W D 07 Dec 1892 PA
, Alma W D 05 Dec 1894 PA
, Francis W D 03 Feb 1897 PA
, Rossie W D 01 May 1899 PA
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-----Original Message-----
From: Robert L Webb [mailto:bwebb9@@juno.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 6:50 AM
To: ILFULTON-L@@rootsweb.com
Subject: Shaw, Shawgo
We show the following Shaw and Shawgo family members as past members of
Mt. Zion Primitive Baptist church, Woodland twp., Fulton Co., Ill.
NAME
Shawgo, Cornelius W.
Shawgo, Elder George
Shawgo, Eliza
Shawgo, Julia S.
Shawgo, Peter
Shawgo, Rebecca
Shaw, Louise
Sincerely,
Robert Webb
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SHAWGO Manuscript, Author: ?????, Date: ?????
(Ed. Note: list of children names is omitted; indicated by "��.". DEF,
01.20.01)
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The History of the Shawgo Family in America
The first Shawgo came over from Holland or Germany after the American
Revolutionary War and settled in New York. His name is not known, but his
wife�s name was Peggy Shawgo. According to census records, in 1810 Peg
Shawgo, four sons and one daughter were living in Montgomery County, New
York. The children�s names were George Ellsworth, Conrad, Peter, John and
Catherine. In 1840, they moved on to Pennsylvania, where they settl
Mercer and Beaver counties. Between 1840 and 1850 they left for Ohio,
settling around Zanesville. George and John and their families were members
of a party that left Zanesville, Ohio on that cold winter day in about 1854.
They were anxious to make as good as time as possible. But when they came to
a river frozen over there was some doubt as to if it would hold the weight of
the wagons- and many of the party turned back to a nearby town to wait
better conditions. But George and John gathered together their party a
they crossed the river which cracked beneath the wagons as they rolled over
the ice. But they crossed without mishap. This trip took them 21 days to
make and they settled on a farm near Otto, Fulton County, Illinois.
????????? Shawgo�
Peggy Shawgo--
m. 5 children
"� �"
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I. George Ellsworth Shawgo�May 18, 1798-July 5, 1862
Mary Ann Shawgo-- -app.1834
m. 6 children
"��"
George Ellsworth Shawgo 2nd Marriage
Julia Sophronia Evans Shawgo�August 14, 1820-July 2, 1897
m. 12 children
"��"
George�s first wife died in New York, leaving him with six children. He then
married Julia Sophronia Evans. She was twenty-two years younger than George
and when a child had played with the children of his first wife. George
bought land in the vicinity of Summum, IL., where he farmed during the
remainder of his life. The region where he settled was then main
uncultivated condition, and many indications of its primitive wildness could
be seen in all directions. He was a minister of the Primitive Baptist Church
and in connection with his farming, preached for thirty-five years at the Mt.
Zion Primitive Baptist Church, east of Astoria, Il. Both George and Julia
are buried in the Sixteen Cemetery south of Summum, IL.
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II. Peter Shawgo�May 18, 1802-September 19, 1867
Elizabeth Ellis Shawgo�September 15, 1812-October 11, 1856
m. July 3, 1828 12 children
"��.."
Not much is known of Peter and his family at this time. He eventually
settled in Fulton County like his brothers George and John. Two of his sons
served in the Civil War. George W. and Joseph B. Shawgo both served with the
Eighty-fifth Illinois Infantry. Joseph B. was one of the party of scou
that captured the rebel prisoners on the eve of the battle of Chickamauga,
Ga. He was near Colonel Dan McCook when that officer was mortally wounded
and carried him from the field. He was still serving as a scout when
selected to carry a dispatch from General Sherman, then at Milledgevill
Ga., to General Thomas, then supposed to be at Chattanooga, Tenn. This very
difficult and dangerous duty he performed, finding and delivering the
dispatch to General Thomas at Nashville. He then served as orderly on the
staff of General A. J. Smith, until the close of the war. He later studied
medicine in Chicago and began the practice of his profession at Quin
1877.
Peter Shawgo is buried at Astoria, Il.
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III. Coonrod (Conrad) Shawgo� 1804-
????????
m. 1 daughter
Jane Shawgo Clark�Newcastle Pa. (pg. 172)
Coonrod (Conrad) Shawgo 2nd Marriage
Margaret Shawgo-- 1813-
m. 5 children
"��.."
Conrad Shawgo was a shoemaker. He lived close to Mercer, Pa., at Volant Nee
Shawnee Creek, between Mercer and Newcastle, in Lawrence Co. He was a very
devout and religious man and always had morning and evening prayers. At one
time a party called while the family were at evening prayer and, when
informed that they were at prayer, the party said "Well, they won�t be long
at that." A boy standing close by said "You are mistaker. Mr. Shawgo has
gotten only as far as the Jones family. He is asking blessings by the A, B,
C�s." (This story told by Mrs. Ella Shawgo Watt, a granddaughter.)
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IV. John Shawgo�November 19, 1806-July 8, 1874
Eliza Keyes Shawgo�July 23, 1808-April 9, 1880
m. March 8, 1827 13 children
"��.."
John Shawgo was one of the most adventuresome men that ever pioneered into
the West. He was strong willed, daring and capable. It was in Ohio that he
met Eliza Keyes. Her family came over from Holland and had had a large
successful industry in the Netherlands. They established a branch in N
York and another in Ohio. The Keyes wealth ran into many millions but Eliza
relinquished that to marry John and go west. It is said that the reason
Eliza turned her back on the Keyes family in Ohio was because she had a child
by a man by the name of Warner. When Eliza married John Shawgo, they gave
young Henry the name of Shawgo.
John and Eliza are buried in the Sixteen Cemetery, south of Summum, Il.,
right next to George and Julia Shawgo. The inscription on John�s tombstone
says: "Go home my friends, Dry up your tears, I must lye here till Christ
appears." On the tombstone of Eliza Keyes Shawgo is this: "Dearest Mother
thou has left us, Here thy loss we deeply feel, But as God that has bereft
us, He will all our sorrows heal."
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V. Catherine Shawgo Benson� 1808
Corneles Benson� 1807
m. 8 children
"��.."
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