Plumas-Butte County CA Archives Biographies.....Ingersoll, William S. 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

WILLIAM S. INGERSOLL.—"Old man Ingersoll" came from the state of Ohio, and his
advent into Plumas occurred somewhere about 1858 He was mining in Eagle gulch in
1859, when the democracy presented him to the people as a proper man to take
care of the county's cash. He was successful at the election. Ingersoll was an
ignorant man; and but for the presence and ability of John G. Corey, he would
have been sadly at sea. He did not attempt to keep accounts with the various
funds in the treasury, but had separate purses; and when inquiry was made of him
as to the condition of a certain fund, he would count out the money in its
purse, and report accordingly. The firm of Clark, Shannon, & Co., at Meadow
valley, induced Ingersoll to deposit the county funds with them for safe
keeping; and when they failed, in the fall of 1861, it was found that the public
moneys had failed also. The shortage was made good, however. Ingersoll was
defeated in the fall of 1861 by S. J. Clark. No stain of dishonesty attaches to
his character. Upon his defeat he moved to Butte county, and from there to Ohio.

Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)


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