Hiram Ingersoll, a pioneer of Warren County, was born Feb 7, 1812, in Cortland Co., NY. His father, David Ingersoll, was a native of Massachusetts and the mother was Jane McCoy, born in Ireland. The father Ingersoll located with his family in Broome Co., NY when his son was 12 years of age. He lived there until the fall of 1835, when he removed from his home in the Empire State and took passage on a canal-boat for Buffalo from Syracuse. He crossed the lakes to Chicago, and there hired a team which brought him to Peoria. He came thence to Warren County on foot.
His father David settled in Kelly Township in 1833, and in the fall of 1835, the son Hiram Ingersoll joined the family there. He farmed on his father's estate, and in the spring following he went to Knoxville and passed two months there working at his trade of carpentry. He returned to the home of his father and pursued the same occupation in Warren County. In the spring of 1838, he went back to the State of his nativity NY and remained there about a year and a half. In the autumn of 1839 he again came to Kelly township, and lived with the family of his father until the succeeding spring. He built a house for his father and got out the timber to construct a saw-mill. He continued to follow the trade of carpentry for some years, as he had opportunity,
In 1846, he was married, and bought a farm on section 33 of the Kelly township, where his parents resided, and passing the intervening years between that time and 1875 in farming and working at his trade. In 1875, he retired from active life and bought the place where he has since resided in that part of Alexis included in Henderson Township., in Mercer County.
Jan 01, 1846 he was married to Cecilia Potter. She was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, March 14, 1826, and is the daughter of Chester and Eliza Castle Potter. Her parents were natives of Litchfield, Conn., and came to Fulton Co., IL in 1831. They came, in the spring of 1832, to Warren County and located at Rockwell's Mills, where they resided at the time of the Black Hawk War. The family was in the block-house in the fort at the time of the murder of William Martin, in 1832. In 1833 Mr. Potter removed to Kelly Township, and in the same year he erected a grist-mill on Main Henderson Creek. Soon after he built a saw-mill in connection with the mill already standing. Mr. and Mrs. Potter lived in Kelly Townships until their deaths. Mr. and Mrs. Ingersoll had one child which died at the age of nine months.
His father David settled in Kelly Township in 1833, and in the fall of 1835, the son Hiram Ingersoll joined the family there. He farmed on his father's estate, and in the spring following he went to Knoxville and passed two months there working at his trade of carpentry. He returned to the home of his father and pursued the same occupation in Warren County. In the spring of 1838, he went back to the State of his nativity NY and remained there about a year and a half. In the autumn of 1839 he again came to Kelly township, and lived with the family of his father until the succeeding spring. He built a house for his father and got out the timber to construct a saw-mill. He continued to follow the trade of carpentry for some years, as he had opportunity,
In 1846, he was married, and bought a farm on section 33 of the Kelly township, where his parents resided, and passing the intervening years between that time and 1875 in farming and working at his trade. In 1875, he retired from active life and bought the place where he has since resided in that part of Alexis included in Henderson Township., in Mercer County.
Jan 01, 1846 he was married to Cecilia Potter. She was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, March 14, 1826, and is the daughter of Chester and Eliza Castle Potter. Her parents were natives of Litchfield, Conn., and came to Fulton Co., IL in 1831. They came, in the spring of 1832, to Warren County and located at Rockwell's Mills, where they resided at the time of the Black Hawk War. The family was in the block-house in the fort at the time of the murder of William Martin, in 1832. In 1833 Mr. Potter removed to Kelly Township, and in the same year he erected a grist-mill on Main Henderson Creek. Soon after he built a saw-mill in connection with the mill already standing. Mr. and Mrs. Potter lived in Kelly Townships until their deaths. Mr. and Mrs. Ingersoll had one child which died at the age of nine months.
Hiram Ingersoll, a pioneer of Warren County, was born Feb 7, 1812, in Cortland Co., NY. His father, David Ingersoll, was a native of Massachusetts and the mother was Jane McCoy, born in Ireland. The father Ingersoll located with his family in Broome Co., NY when his son was 12 years of age. He lived there until the fall of 1835, when he removed from his home in the Empire State and took passage on a canal-boat for Buffalo from Syracuse. He crossed the lakes to Chicago, and there hired a team which brought him to Peoria. He came thence to Warren County on foot.
His father David settled in Kelly Township in 1833, and in the fall of 1835, the son Hiram Ingersoll joined the family there. He farmed on his father's estate, and in the spring following he went to Knoxville and passed two months there working at his trade of carpentry. He returned to the home of his father and pursued the same occupation in Warren County. In the spring of 1838, he went back to the State of his nativity NY and remained there about a year and a half. In the autumn of 1839 he again came to Kelly township, and lived with the family of his father until the succeeding spring. He built a house for his father and got out the timber to construct a saw-mill. He continued to follow the trade of carpentry for some years, as he had opportunity,
In 1846, he was married, and bought a farm on section 33 of the Kelly township, where his parents resided, and passing the intervening years between that time and 1875 in farming and working at his trade. In 1875, he retired from active life and bought the place where he has since resided in that part of Alexis included in Henderson Township., in Mercer County.
Jan 01, 1846 he was married to Cecilia Potter. She was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, March 14, 1826, and is the daughter of Chester and Eliza Castle Potter. Her parents were natives of Litchfield, Conn., and came to Fulton Co., IL in 1831. They came, in the spring of 1832, to Warren County and located at Rockwell's Mills, where they resided at the time of the Black Hawk War. The family was in the block-house in the fort at the time of the murder of William Martin, in 1832. In 1833 Mr. Potter removed to Kelly Township, and in the same year he erected a grist-mill on Main Henderson Creek. Soon after he built a saw-mill in connection with the mill already standing. Mr. and Mrs. Potter lived in Kelly Townships until their deaths. Mr. and Mrs. Ingersoll had one child which died at the age of nine months.
His father David settled in Kelly Township in 1833, and in the fall of 1835, the son Hiram Ingersoll joined the family there. He farmed on his father's estate, and in the spring following he went to Knoxville and passed two months there working at his trade of carpentry. He returned to the home of his father and pursued the same occupation in Warren County. In the spring of 1838, he went back to the State of his nativity NY and remained there about a year and a half. In the autumn of 1839 he again came to Kelly township, and lived with the family of his father until the succeeding spring. He built a house for his father and got out the timber to construct a saw-mill. He continued to follow the trade of carpentry for some years, as he had opportunity,
In 1846, he was married, and bought a farm on section 33 of the Kelly township, where his parents resided, and passing the intervening years between that time and 1875 in farming and working at his trade. In 1875, he retired from active life and bought the place where he has since resided in that part of Alexis included in Henderson Township., in Mercer County.
Jan 01, 1846 he was married to Cecilia Potter. She was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, March 14, 1826, and is the daughter of Chester and Eliza Castle Potter. Her parents were natives of Litchfield, Conn., and came to Fulton Co., IL in 1831. They came, in the spring of 1832, to Warren County and located at Rockwell's Mills, where they resided at the time of the Black Hawk War. The family was in the block-house in the fort at the time of the murder of William Martin, in 1832. In 1833 Mr. Potter removed to Kelly Township, and in the same year he erected a grist-mill on Main Henderson Creek. Soon after he built a saw-mill in connection with the mill already standing. Mr. and Mrs. Potter lived in Kelly Townships until their deaths. Mr. and Mrs. Ingersoll had one child which died at the age of nine months.
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