Israel Bobo

1780 - 1840  (60 years)

• Name	Israel Bobo
  Birth	1780	Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Marriage Groom	2 Apr 1801	Ohio, USA
  	Witness Role: Principal: [F97] ...of Israel BOBO and Margaret GRAHAM Witness Role: Bride: [I2048] Margaret GRAHAM Witness Role: Groom: [I536] Israel BOBO
  Anecdote	Abt 1805  [1]
  	"History of Athens County, Ohio," by Charles M. Walker, 1869, page 352 states: "Jeremiah Clements and Israel Bobo, noted as hunters in the early settlement of the county, killed in one season sixty-five bears in one neighborhood, included in the site of the present town of Hebbardsville. The same men were fond of whiskey, and, to get a supply, took a horse-load of bear skins to the Ohio River and traded for a barrel of the desired article. The next difficulty was how to get it home. They finally cut two poles from the forest and formed sort of a drag to be drawn by the horse, the largest ends of the pole resting on the ground. The barrel of whiskey was then secured between the poles and thus dragged through the woods to Alexander township, where they lived. This was the first barrel of whiskey ever brought into Alexander. In after years the use of it became common and greatly the fashion, but at the present time it is not kept for sale at anyplace in the township."
  Marriage Groom	29 Jul 1832	USA
  	Witness Role: Principal: [F98] ...of Israel BOBO and Polly DAVIS Witness Role: Bride: [I980] Polly DAVIS Witness Role: Groom: [I536] Israel BOBO
  Death	1840	Athens, Ohio, USA
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Gabriel Bobo,   b. Abt 1740   d. Oct 1790, Virginia, USA  (Age ~ 50 years)  (Father)  Elizabeth Garner   d. Jun 1813, Virginia, USA   (Mother)
  Person ID	I536	Hillbillies & Vikings
  Last Modified	5 May 2023

  
  

  Father	Gabriel Bobo,   b. Abt 1740   d. Oct 1790, Virginia, USA (Age ~ 50 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Garner   d. Jun 1813, Virginia, USA
  Marriage	Abt 1757
  	Witness Role: Groom: [I520] Gabriel BOBO Witness Role: Bride: [I1947] Elizabeth GARNER
  Family ID	F977	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Margaret Graham,   b. 1783, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1832 (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	2 Apr 1801	Ohio, USA
  	Witness Role: Bride: [I2048] Margaret GRAHAM Witness Role: Groom: [I536] Israel BOBO
  Children	1. Joseph Bobo + 2. Elizabeth Bobo,   b. 1802, Ohio, USA ▻ Jonathan Brine  m. 15 Jun 1820 > 3. Mary Bobo,   b. 28 Feb 1803, Ohio, USA d. 7 Aug 1888, Vinton, Ohio, USA (Age 85 years) ▻ Amos Shry  m. 22 Jun 1826 + 4. Ezekiel Bobo,   b. 10 Sep 1804, Ohio, USA d. 26 Aug 1885, Vinton, Ohio, USA (Age 80 years) ▻ Sara(Sally) Wren  m. 8 Apr 1825;   Margaret Brown  m. 4 Jun 1873 + 5. Sarah Bobo,   b. 10 Sep 1808   d. 4 Dec 1885 (Age 77 years) ▻ Isaac Shry  m. 28 Feb 1828 + 6. Gabriel G. Bobo,   b. Between 1809 and 1810, Athens, Ohio, USA d. 2 Aug 1876 (Age ~ 67 years) ▻ Parthenia Robinett  m. 6 Dec 1829;   Matilda Dailey  m. 6 Jan 1842;   Rebecca Adams  m. 11 Feb 1850 + 7. Susan Bobo,   b. 1812   d. 12 Sep 1887, Nelsonville, York Twp., Athens, Ohio, USA (Age 75 years) ▻ Abraham Shry  m. May 1835 + 8. Jacob Bobo,   b. 1814 ▻ M. Rosanna Wren  m. 7 Sep 1837 + 9. Lavina Bobo,   b. 1816, Ohio, USA ▻ Jacob Dunkle  m. 12 Jan 1832 + 10. Jemima Bobo,   b. 24 Apr 1818, Athens, Athens, Ohio, USA d. Between 1897 and 1904 (Age 78 years) ▻ Henry Johnson  m. 10 Jan 1839 + 11. Henry Bobo,   b. 26 Nov 1821, Athens, Ohio, USA d. 20 Apr 1887, Drowned, Racoon Creek, Vinton, Ohio, USA (Age 65 years) ▻ Susan Sophie Wade  m. 9 Aug 1843
  Family ID	F97	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2022

  
  

  Family 2	Polly Davis
  Marriage	29 Jul 1832	USA
  	Witness Role: Bride: [I980] Polly DAVIS Witness Role: Groom: [I536] Israel BOBO
  Family ID	F98	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Jun 2022

  
  

• Reference

  Carl Jón Denbow. "Israel Bobo". Hillbillies & Vikings. https://jonandjohn.org/getperson.php?personID=I536&tree=tree1 (accessed April 28, 2025).