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BIOGRAPHIES
(Transcribed by Sharon Wick)
 Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio
with Illustrations and Biographical
Sketches,
by George William Hill, M.D. -
Published by Williams Bros.
-1880 -
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WILLIAM W.
ILGAR was born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, June
27, 1813, and came to Ashland in 1836. He had learned his
trade at harness making and as a saddler in Pennsylvania. When he
first came to town he worked in the shop of the late Hugh Davis
about three years, and started a shop of his own, and has
continued in business since the year 1839. For the last ten
years he has been engaged in carriage trimming, at which he is a
fine mechanic. He was married to Miss Mahala Swineford,
daughter of George Swinford, in 1842. His family
consists of Charles, George, and Clara, and three
boys dead. Charles, Clara and George are
married. Mr. Ilgar is much respected as a citizen,
and has frequently been elected to the town council and other
offices.
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. - Published
by Williams Bros. 1880 - Page 245 |
JUDGE
EDMUND INGMAND was born at
Lancaster, Fairfield county, Ohio, February 9, 1806, and removed
with his parents to a farm about two miles southeast of
Jeromeville, Ashland county. At an early age he fully
realized the responsibilities of life, and strove to avail himself
of every opportunity. He performed with due respect to his
parents the routine of light and arduous duties of a boy's life,
exerting every possible effort to secure a home.
The trials and vicissitudes incident to pioneer life
prevented young Edmund from giving vent to his natural
inclinations, hence he and his sister Mary (she is now
Mrs. Joshua Carr, of Bowling Green, Ohio,) received nothing
more than the instructions given at common schools, the
educational advantages at that time being quite limited.
Part of his time was occupied in school-teaching, and at odd times
did carpenter work, which trade he pursued with great success, the
knowledge of which came from his own ingenuity. Thus, by his
ambitious disposition and industrious habits thus formed, he
devoted every hour to doing good. At the age of eighteen he
united with the Methodist Episcopal church, to which helm he clung
with unwavering steadfastness till the death sentence reached his
ear, "Come up higher!" In his twenty-sixth year he was
married to Miss Mary Kinsey Naylor, an amiable young lady
of eighteen. Miss Mary being of a very retiring and
modest temperament, as well as loving and agreeable, she adorned
the home of her affianced in the most becoming manner; so mild and
gentle was this "gude wife" that one of her daughters avers that
she never heard her mother laugh aloud.
Though Mrs. Ingmand was delicate in
constitution, yet she shared the lights and shadows of "early
days,: which were destined to surround her husband with a great
degree of pleasure and patience.
Mr. and Mrs. Ingmand located on a farm given
them by his father, which was situated one mile southwest of
Jeromeville. Mr. Ingmand clerked in a dry goods store
one year previous to his marriage, and two years following that
event, most of his mercantile life being spent in Waynesburgh (now
Congress), Wayne county.
This youthful pair's home in the forest, of course,
required a vast amount of labor to change its rude appearance to
that of ease and comfort, as well as profit and pleasure.
A family of eight children was reared on this farm -
Almira, the eldest, dying in the year 1851, in her
twenty-first year. The other seven - Samantha A. (now
Mrs. J. D. Axe), of Ashland; William, Alva, Joseph,
Edmund H., Hattie A. and Leslie survive.
On the twelfth of June, 1860, Mrs. Ingmand
exchanged worlds, after suffering the most excruciating pain for
nearly one year, previous to her death.
Mr. Ingmand being a man of sterling qualities
and unexcelled business capacity, he was chosen many times to
settle differences of minor, as well as of great, importance.
He was appointed administrator of fifty estates, besides
protecting the affairs of many orphans. For twenty years
previous to his demise he made entries in his journal of each
day's proceedings, and at the close of each respective year knew
the exact outlay and income of his farm and household. He
was true friend of the needy and afflicted; none went from his
door hungry, or in need of comfort. His willing and
beneficent hand was endeared in every circle in which he moved.
In disposition he was remarkable for the cheerfulness and
geniality which he possessed, and from one of his oldest children
comes the pleasant reflection, that she has often heard him say,
that several consecutive months had passed in his life without the
least inclination to become angry.
After five days of extreme suffering from paralysis,
after enjoying nearly sixty years of uninterrupted good health, he
closed his eyes on earthly things on the twenty-seventh of March,
1866 to open them in Heaven.
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. - Published
by Williams Bros. 1880 - Page 252 |
LUKE
INGMAND was born on Carroll's manor, in Frederick county,
Maryland, and, a few years afterward removed to Berkeley county,
Virginia, where he resided a number of years, and, at the age of
twenty-six years, was married to Miss Elizabeth Hay.
About the year 1805 he removed to Ohio, locating in
Amanda township, Fairfield county. A few years later he
removed to Wayne (now Ashland) county, near Jeromeville, where he
resided until two years previous to his decease, which occurred at
the residence of his son, Judge E. Ingmand, in Ashland, at
the advanced age of ninety-two years.
Of him it may be said that he was an honest man, in
every since of the word, greatly abhoring any base principle in
the character of his fellow-men. Being reared under Quaker
discipline, he was extremely plain in his dress, and exceedingly
courteous in his address. His plainness of speech, and
marked eccentricities, called forth many peals of laughter, wry
faces, and at times, perhaps, a slight degree of
ill-feeling; his intentions, however, were of the purest
character, disliking the idea of coming in contact with those he
could not salute cordially. He possessed an unusual jovial
disposition and affable bearing, which gained for him hosts of
friends wherever he went. He was a great favorite with the
children, and was often besieged to relate anecdotes of long ago.
Among the writer's happiest hours were those spent at the feet of
"grandfather," pleading him to tell a story, when he very often
replied, jestingly: "Why, no child, I'd rather tell the truth than
a story."
Thirteen years of loneliness was allotted this
venerable man before he was called to join Mother
Ingmand in the spirit land. Nearly seventy-five years he
adorned the Christian profession, being a member of the Methodist
Episcopal church most of his life.
His last days were not victimized by disease, but was
the wearing out of life's machinery, and, on the morning of June
25, 1865, the white-haired patriarch was called to swell the holy
ranks above.
It would be injustice to bring before the public eye
the history of this noble pioneer without mentioning the
commendable qualities of his amiable companion, who shared the
privations and trials of pioneer life with such marked Christian
patience and fortitude.
Her parentage was of the highest rank and culture,
being fortunate to receive as good an education as advantages
would permit, which, in addition to their dignified bearing and
mature judgment, placed them on an equality with the most
respectable.
About the time Mrs. Ingmand moved to this State
her brother, John Hay, moved to Kentucky where he became a
neighbor and intimate friend of the late Abraham Lincoln.
The two families, Hay's and Lincoln's, soon after
removed to Illinois. As Mr. Lincoln had chosen
the legal profession, as did also a son of Mr. Hay, the two
became fast friends, and entered into the practice of law
together.
Grandmother Ingmand was equally as lively
disposed as uncle Lukey, as her husband was familiarly
called. Hence their home and society were often sought
after, when in quest of pleasure. This dear old lady spent
sixty-five years in this world, and on the seventh of June, 1853,
was transplanted to a higher, holier clime.
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. - Published
by Williams Bros. 1880 - Page 282 |
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MARGARET ISAMAN, widow of Jacob Isaman,
was born in Mifflin township, Ashland county, Ohio, Feb. 5,
1824. Philip Pressler, her father, came to Ohio
from Pennsylvania in 1822, and erected a log cabin in the woods,
and, by untiring energy and the assistance of his good wife, the
old forest trees gave way, and in their stead it was not long
until he had the pleasure of seeing waving fields of grain.
Mrs. Isaman relates to the writer that her good mother,
in order to assist her husband in clearing a spot to raise some
garden stuff, would bend some saplings and tie a sheet to them,
and place her babe in this as a cradle. But this is the
kind of stuff our forefathers were made of, and to their
hardships we are indebted for the appearance of this lovely
country. Mrs. Isaman was twice married; first time,
July 22, 1847 to Jacob Stoufer, who died in 1852.
They had three sons, two of whom are married. The
youngest, Samuel, is single. Oct. 29, 1857, she
married Jacob Isaman, by whom she had three children, two
sons and one daughter. Mr. Isaman died Sept. 2,
1877. Mrs. Isaman has a beautiful farm, containing
over one hundred acres, and with the help of her boys keeps it
in good shape. They are good, industrious young men, and
are well calculated to take good care of their mother in her
declining years.
Source:
History of Ashland County, Ohio with Illustrations and
Biographical Sketches, by George William Hill, M.D. - Published
by Williams Bros. 1880. - Page 309 |
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