Hi, my name is Patrick Cahoe and I have some info that might be useful.
1) Henry Caho b. ~1805, d. ~1860 in Perry Co., MO
married a) Elizabeth Winfield 11/4/1823 Nelson Co.
b) Maria Roberts 7/14/1830 Nelson Co.
2) Joseph Caho d. bef. 1850 m.Mary Cissell 4/12/1823 Nelson Co.
3) Elizabeth Caho d. bef 1850 m. William McPherson 2/24/1816 Washington Co.
4) Sister Theresa Caho b. ~1797
There is an Eliza Cahoe in the 1820 Washington Co. Census with children. I believe this is
Elizabeth Purdy Caho.
ON JOSEPH CAHO AND MARY CISSELL
THEIR SON WAS HILARY CAHO WHO MARRIED CATHERINE MCPHERSON -SHE PASSED AWAY BEFORE 1880
THEIR CHILDREN WERE GONZA-HENRY AND MARY
CATHERINE PASSED AWAY AND THEN HILARY MARRIED A MARTHA GRANT
GONZAS MARRIED A ISABEL BALLARD -THEIR CHILDREN WERE JOSEPH-VIRGIL AND WILLIAM
JOSEPH MARRIED IDA GREEN -THEY HAD 9 CHILDREN
JESSE- MARY-BESSIE- EDNA- HENRY -DAMON- CECELIA- BALLARD AND LOUISE--THEY WERE BORN IN
BARDSTOWN KY
THEIR SON JESSE MARRIED MARY ALICE SPALDING
THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN -BERNICE -JAMES AND ANDREW
Ballard Cahoe is my father and Henry Cahoe was one of?his brothers.
Joseph M Cahoe was my Grand father and he is burried in Holy Cross near New Haven Ky
alongside my grandmother Ida.
Gonza Cahoe was my great grandfather
Hillary Cahoe war my great great grandfather
Joseph Caho was my great great great grandfather. (this is where the family name has
become fuzzy with different spellings of
the name, ex Caho,Coho,Cahooe, Kaho ect.
We are from Ireland originaly, here is something interesting I found about our original
name.
"It has sometimes been suggested that this name may be of Flemish or French origin.
In the absence of any evidence to substantiate this we would prefer to accept the opinion
of the Chief Herald at the Genealogical Office in Dublin Castle, Ireland, who says in
Part, "Coho is a form which approximates very closely to the pronunciation of the
Irish name Mac Eochadha . . . and it is likely that the spoken name Cohoe around 1740
would more closely resemble the original Irish than it does today."
The pronunciation of Eochadha must have sounded like "a hoe," and the Mac
portion of the name, meaning "son of," has been slurred over leaving only the
"k" sound. Attempts to spell the name in English have resulted in many
variations such as Kehoe, Keogh, Kaho, Kahoe, Cahoe, Coho, and Cohoe.
John Keogh, D.D., one time rector of Mitchelstown and a recognized authority on Irish
antiquities wrote the following account of this family:
"The Keogh family was founded by Eochach or Eocha of the Irish race, and it belonged
to the Clanna Rory tribe founded by Heber Donn, son of Ir. Iochaid was the ancient name
and it means "the speaker." They held possessions in Wexford and in Roscommon.
The latter clan were a branch of the O'Kellys, Princes of Hy Maine, chiefs of Omhanach
(later Onach) in Taghnaocell parish, Athlone barony, County Roscommon."?"
"It has sometimes been suggested that this name may be of Flemish or French origin.
In the absence of any evidence to substantiate this we would prefer to accept the opinion
of the Chief Herald at the Genealogical Office in Dublin Castle, Ireland, who says in
Part, "Coho is a form which approximates very closely to the pronunciation of the
Irish name Mac Eochadha . . . and it is likely that the spoken name Cohoe around 1740
would more closely resemble the original Irish than it does today."
The pronunciation of Eochadha must have sounded like "a hoe," and the Mac
portion of the name, meaning "son of," has been slurred over leaving only the
"k" sound. Attempts to spell the name in English have resulted in many
variations such as Kehoe, Keogh, Kaho, Kahoe, Cahoe, Coho, and Cohoe.
John Keogh, D.D., one time rector of Mitchelstown and a recognized authority on Irish
antiquities wrote the following account of this family:
"The Keogh family was founded by Eochach or Eocha of the Irish race, and it belonged
to the Clanna Rory tribe founded by Heber Donn, son of Ir. Iochaid was the ancient name
and it means "the speaker." They held possessions in Wexford and in Roscommon.
The latter clan were a branch of the O'Kellys, Princes of Hy Maine, chiefs of Omhanach
(later Onach) in Taghnaocell parish, Athlone barony, County Roscommon."?"
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