Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Ingersoll, Andrus A 1839 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com May 5, 2007, 10:16 am Author: Portraits & Bio Sketches, 1890 ANDRUS A. INGERSOLL. This name is prominent among those of the public spirited citizens of Homer Township, as one who has always taken an active part in the promotion of its best interests. Judging from his home surroundings he is more than ordinarily intelligent, industrious and enterprising, having good buildings on his farm, and all the other appliances for the successful prosecution of agriculture, he has been a School Director in his district for the long period of twenty-four years, and most of the time for twenty-five years past has officiated as Overseer of Highways. He takes an active part in political affairs, giving his uniform support to the Republican party. Mr. Ingersoll is a native of this county, and was born in Plainfield Township, November 20, 1839. In the spring of 1840, his parents removed to Homer Township, where the father secured a farm on section 9, and where Andrus A. was reared to man's estate. His education was obtained principally in the common schools, while his habit of reading and observation have conspired to make him a thoroughly-informed man, with progressive ideas, and an acquaintance with most of the topics of the day under general discussion. He chose farming for his vocation, and with the exception of the time spent in the army, has followed this his entire life. During the second year of the Civil War Mr. Ingersoll enlisted in the Union service, August 6, 1862, in Company G, One Hundredth Illinois Infantry, and served until June 30, 1865, being mustered out on that day. He remained with the regiment until November 6, 1862, when he was detailed for detached service as an artificer, being thus occupied until October 8, 1864. He was then transferred by General Order No. 108, of the War Department, to the First United States Veteran Volunteer Engineer Corps, with which he served until receiving his honorable discharge. He was mustered out at Nashville, Tenn., with the rank of First Sergeant. Upon one occasion while gathering timber in the swamps to be used at Ft. Negley, he was disabled by a shot from the enemy from which, however, he soon recovered. Upon leaving the army Mr. Ingersoll returned to Homer Township and resumed farming. He has one hundred and sixty- three acres of good land, upon which he has erected substantial buildings, and gathered around himself and his family all the comforts of life. He was married March 28, 1866, in Orland, Cook County, this State, to Miss Fanny M., daughter of Ichabod and Ann E. (Reynolds) Myrick. Mr. Myrick was a farmer by occupation and died at Morgan Park, Ill., August 17, 1872. The mother is still living, making her home at Morgan Park. Mrs. Ingersoll was the third in a family of eleven children and was born in Orland, Ill., September 19, 1847. Her childhood and youth passed quietly and uneventfully under the home roof where she remained until her marriage. Of this union there have born four children, viz.: Anna A., Walter J., Florence and Percy. The two latter died at the ages of twenty-two months and four days respectively. Mr. Ingersoll has served as a Justice of the Peace for a period of fourteen years, and was Township Clerk one year. Alonzo A. Ingersoll, the father of our subject, was a native of Vermont, while his mother bore the maiden name of Barbara Weaver, and was a native of Syracuse, N Y. The latter came with her parents to this county in 1833. Her father was Benjamin Weaver, and the maiden name of her mother was Phebe Paddock. Upon coming to Illinois they settled in Homer Township, where they spent the remainder of their days. The paternal grandparents of our subject were Chester and Lucretia (Burdick) Ingersoll, the former of whom was a Colonel in the Sauk War. He came to this county in 1828. Subsequently he was married in Chicago, in 1834, and kept the first hotel in that city, which was familiarly known as the Green Tree House. Mr. Ingersoll's parents were married in what is now the town of Homer, but which was then called the "Yankee Settlement," October 8, 1838. The father secured land on section 9, Homer Township, and on the farm which he built up he and his estimable wife spent the remainder of their days. Mr. Ingersoll met his death by being struck by lightning, March 19, 1847. The mother died at the old homestead October 5, 1861. There were born to them three children only—Andrus A., Anna A. and Phebe P. The two sisters of Mr. Ingersoll are deceased. Additional Comments: Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois, Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County; Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1890 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/will/bios/ingersol434gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/ File size: 5.3 Kb