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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
Centennial
Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio
Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company
1903
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JACOB
INGOLD. The noble land of
freedom and of scenery, Switzerland, has produced
many enterprising and capable citizens of this
country, and the agricultural interests are
especially indebted to this class of foreigners.
Andrew and Annie Ingold, the parents of our
subject, came from that country to America in 1853
and settled in Hancock county. Big Lick
township, where they remained for four years; they
then resided in Findlay for one year and in the
spring of 1860 took up their residence in Pleasant
township, buying a farm of forty acres. Mr.
Ingold was a miller by trade and followed
this calling for several years. He was an
industrious man and honest to a fault, living in the
high esteem of all his neighbors. He belonged
to the German Reformed church and later joined the
Church of God. His death took place Mar. 30,
1893, but his wife still survives, making her home
in McComb. There were three children, Anna,
Elizabeth and Jacob.
Jacob, the only son of the above parents, was
born in Switzerland in the year 1852, and passed his
boyhood and received his education in Pleasant
township. His whole life has been devoted to
farming. In 1880 he made his first purchase of
land, buying out his sister's interest in the home
farm, to which he has subsequently added by purchase
eighty acres, making a nice farm of one hundred and
twenty acres. On this land there were only a
few acres of improved soil, and he went to work with
that indomitable will
of his and in a few years made his farm blossom like
a rose. He is a modern and progressive
agriculturist, believes in making use of all the
late aids to farming in the way of improved
machinery, and his farm is one of the models in the
vicinity. It has large and commodious
buildings and everything needed for the care and
cultivation of crops.
In 1876 Mr. Ingold was united in marriage to
Laura A., daughter of Samuel and Sarah Ramsey.
Six children have been born of this union, of whom
four survive: Melvin J.; Daniel C.; Myrtle E.;
and Charles F. His first wife died
on Apr. 14, 1887, and Mar. 17, 1889, he was married
to Mrs. Mary Brooks. The four children
born of this union are: Aaron E., Rachel A.,
Homer H. and Floyd B.
Source: Centennial Biographical History of Hancock
Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis
Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 533 |
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ISAAC INSLEY.
The above named gentleman, whose postoffice address
is Macomb, Ohio, is one of the thriving farmers of
Hancock county, owning one hundred and thirty-eight
acres of well cultivated land in Portage township
devoted to general farming. It is only
necessary to look over this farm to see that the
owner understands his business and deserves to rank
with those whose enterprise and progressive spirit
have given Ohio such high rank among the
agricultural states. His father, Zacharias
Insley, a native of Ashland county, Ohio, wedded
Esther Sowards of Virginia, and after
marriage resided in his native county for some
years, removing in 1870 to Hancock county. He
purchased one hundred and forty acres of land in
section 21 of Portage township, which at the time
w-as in a fair state of cultivation. Being an
industrious and practical farmer he prospered
measurably and in the course of years made his farm
one of the most desirable of its size in his
neighborhood. He was a moral and upright man,
a member in good standing of the Methodist Episcopal
church and so bore himself as to earn general
esteem. He died in 1892 and his wife two years
later, having become the parents of twelve children,
of whom eight grew to maturity and six are still
living. Among the latter is Isaac
Insley, whose birth occurred in Seneca county,
Ohio, April 29, 1837, and there he grew to manhood.
In 1862 he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and
Twenty-third Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with
which he served gallantly and loyally until the
close of the Civil war. Among the important
battles in which Mr. Insley
participated were those at Winchester, Cedar Creek,
Lynchburg, James River, Petersburg and Appomattox
Court House, not to mention the innumerable
skirmishes which fell to the lot of the command to
which he belonged. The fact that he was
detailed as a sharpshooter is evidence of Mr.
Insley's high standing as a soldier and the
estimate put upon his prudence and bravery by his
commanding officers. More than once a
commission was offered to him, but this Mr.
Insley declined, being satisfied to do his
duty as a soldier in the ranks. After a most
creditable military career, during which he made a
faultless record, this brave young soldier was
honorably discharged from the service in 1865.
Isaac Insley was thirty-three years of age when
his parents located in Hancock county. Eight
years previous to this he had purchased about sixty
acres of land in Portage township, to which he
subsequently added until his entire holdings
amounted to one hundred and thirty-eight acres.
This land land he has cultivated most industriously
and intelligently since taking possession and his
affairs have been generally prosperous.
In September, 1870, Mr. Insley married
Elizabeth A. Smith, who was born in Coshocton
county, Ohio, Nov. 10, 1848. Her parents were
John W. and Catherine Smith, the former born
May 15, 1815, and the latter in Virginia, Oct. 25,
1804. In
1851 they removed to Hancock county and some years
later located on a farm of eighty acres which Mr.
Smith had purchased in Pleasant township.
On this home place they both ended their days after
useful lives, during which they played their parts
well and earned general esteem. The union of
Isaac and Elizabeth A. Insley proved both
happy and fruitful, their children numbering nine,
of whom seven are living. These, with the
dates of their respective births, are thus recorded
in the family Bible: J. W., in 1871;
Albert M., in 1873; Cora B., in 1875;
Rosetta M., in 1878; Harley L., in 1882;
George R., in 1887; and Lester R., in
1895. In addition to her husband's property,
Mrs. Insley owns thirty-six acres in her own
right. Besides her virtues as a housewife and
mother, she is a lady of excellent judgment and good
business qualities. Including both parents and
children, the Insleys constitute a worthy and
deserving family.
Source: Centennial Biographical
History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The
Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 62 |
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