Francis Vigo

Francis Vigo
Statue by John Angel dedicated to Francis Vigo on the waterfront of George Rogers Clark National Historical Park
Birth nameGiuseppe Maria Francesco Vigo
BornDecember 13, 1747
Mondovì, Piedmont, Kingdom of Sardinia (present-day Italy)
DiedMarch 22, 1836 (aged 88–89)
Vincennes, Indiana, US
Buried
Greenlawn Cemetery, Vincennes, Indiana, Knox County
Allegiance

Francis Vigo, born Giuseppe Maria Francesco Vigo (December 13, 1747 – March 22, 1836), was an Italian soldier in the Spanish army and later a fur trader who aided colonial forces during the American Revolutionary War and helped found a public university in Vincennes, Indiana.


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