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- after father's death, was adopted by Daniel Boone.
Isaac Jr. married Boones granddaughter, Elizabeth Hay, who is generally recognized as the first white child born in Kentucky. He became wealthy operating a health spa with hotels and cabins in Montgomery County, Missouri.
During the Indian wars, at age 13, Isaac Jr. served as a scout against the Indians in Virginia and was appointed a Major of the militia under Colonel Boone during the Indian wars. During the War of 1812, he was a spy for Major Dodge.
Isaac Jr. was an eccentric man. An interesting story about Isaac Jr. was told in the Missouri Historical Review: "Isaac Van Bibber was very eccentric. He omitted no opportunity to declare and enforce his belief that every six thousand yearsre was a recurrence of the same events in the worlds history, and of course, in the history of its inhabitants. He was active and persistent in the defense of this peculiar philosophy. One morning three young Kentuckians, having spent the night at the tavern and having heard Van Bibber's philosophy boldly declared, concluded to subject his professed faith to a business test.
Accordingly, they said, Now, Mr. Van Bibber, you believe we will all be here again, just as we are now, six thousand years hence. To test your belief in this doctrine we propose to give you our joint note for the amount of our bills, at teent interest, payable six thousand years after date. For a moment Van Bibber was in an embarrassing dilemma, but soon recovering, he replied, You are smart young fellows all the way from old Kaintuck, and I would at once accept your note and let you keep on, but I remember that all three of you were here six thousand years ago and left without paying your bills, and now I am afraid to trust you. So you will have to shell out. And shell out they did.
The husband of Isaacs daughter, Martha, died in a bear hunt.
Children:
Isaac Apr 30, 1790
Matilda 1800
Marcha 1804
Frances 1808
Aretta Jun 20, 1810
Alphonso B
Martha
Susannah
Fanny
Elgiva
Ewing A
Tantha
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1771 - 1840 (68 years)
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