Died, at his home in the town of Rush, of cancer, Oct 14, 1902. Oliver Delore Legoo, aged about 100 years. Mr. Legoo was a French Canadian voyageur and was born near Montreal about 1802, When 21 years of age he came west and for many years was in the employ of the Hudson Bay Company, visiting or residing at Sault St. Marie, Port Arthur, La Pointe, Rat Portage, and other points in the Superior region. At about 30 years of age he was married at the old Mission, La Pointe. Shortly after he settled at Chippewa City, about five miles above where Chippewa Falls stands. So early was this that not even a shanty marked the place where a flourishing city now stands. He lived at Marine, Minn for a short time, going from there to Taylors Falls, and about twenty one years age settled in Rusk, on the north fork of the Clam River, where he died. He has eight children, Levi, John, and Ben Legoo, Mrs. Mitchell, Mrs. Arbuckle, Mrs. Revoir, Mathilda, now dead and Miss Vitaline Legoo. He has 78 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren. He and his wife were several times in great danger and twice nearly scalped in the last great tribal war between the Chippewa and the Sioux. In his humble way, Grandpa Lagoo was as much of a figure in the early history of northern Wisconsin as Solomon Juneau and Joseph Rolette at Milwaulkee and Prairie du Chien. He adhered strictly to the teachings of his youth, and died peacefully, attended by the rites of the Catholic faith. He was buried Saturday, October 18, at Shell Lake.
Died, at his home in the town of Rush, of cancer, Oct 14, 1902. Oliver Delore Legoo, aged about 100 years. Mr. Legoo was a French Canadian voyageur and was born near Montreal about 1802, When 21 years of age he came west and for many years was in the employ of the Hudson Bay Company, visiting or residing at Sault St. Marie, Port Arthur, La Pointe, Rat Portage, and other points in the Superior region. At about 30 years of age he was married at the old Mission, La Pointe. Shortly after he settled at Chippewa City, about five miles above where Chippewa Falls stands. So early was this that not even a shanty marked the place where a flourishing city now stands. He lived at Marine, Minn for a short time, going from there to Taylors Falls, and about twenty one years age settled in Rusk, on the north fork of the Clam River, where he died. He has eight children, Levi, John, and Ben Legoo, Mrs. Mitchell, Mrs. Arbuckle, Mrs. Revoir, Mathilda, now dead and Miss Vitaline Legoo. He has 78 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren. He and his wife were several times in great danger and twice nearly scalped in the last great tribal war between the Chippewa and the Sioux. In his humble way, Grandpa Lagoo was as much of a figure in the early history of northern Wisconsin as Solomon Juneau and Joseph Rolette at Milwaulkee and Prairie du Chien. He adhered strictly to the teachings of his youth, and died peacefully, attended by the rites of the Catholic faith. He was buried Saturday, October 18, at Shell Lake.
