II. Joseph Claude Menegay married 3/28/1806 Marie Joseph Poinsot
b. 1777/80, Fr. b. 1781/2, Fr.
arr. 1828
res. Nim. Twp. sec. 29
occ. farmer
d. 10/28/72 d. 12/13?/50
They were married at Mandeure. Marie was the daughter of Jean Baptiste Poinsot and
Jeanne Claude Vouron. He is also called Claude Joseph. The following account appeared in the
Louisville Herald of 2/16/1888:
Children of Franc¸ois Menegay
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"Among the good people who helped transform what was a wilderness into a thrifty
farming community comprising Nimishillen township was Claude Joseph Menegay, his faithful
wife and sturdy children, who reached this locality after a journey of over three months--a
journey that in this day would take one to the other side of the world and return.
"In conversation with his son Joseph C., who is well known as an intelligent, prosperous
farmer living two miles to the northwest of Louisville, we are given many interesting anecdotes
