BIOGRAPHIES - INGELS, James W., Bourbon County, Kentucky From: Bob Francis http://www.shawhan.com Date: 07 Feb 2000 The biographies are taken primarily from William Perrin's "The History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky" and E. Polk Johnson's "The History of Kentucky and Kentuckians," Vol. III. Many Bourbon County, Kentucky, researchers have pointed out mistakes and they are notated. Name: James W. INGELS _________________________________________ Father: Boone INGELS (1784-1837) Mother: Elizabeth REED Spouses _________________________________________ 1: Amanda CROSE Death: 1855 Father: Levi CROSE Marriage: 1835 Children: Benjamin; Wilson; Boone; Ella; Belle; George _________________________________________ 2: Mary DAVIS Father: George M. DAVIS (1794-) Mother: Mary McCLINTOCK (1796-) Marriage: 1857 Children: Lizzie JAMES W. INGELS,1 retired; P. O. Paris. In the year 1782, James Ingels, the grandfather of the above, left Pennsylvania, and, with his family, bent his steps toward Kentucky; the country, then, as the reader can well imagine, was anything but promising or inviting, but the wayfaring man was seeking a home for himself and family, and was prepared to meet hardships; in passing through Maysville, having no gun, he contracted with a gunsmith there to make him one and take his pay in bacon when it could be procured; Mr. Ingels came on with his family, locating at Grant’s Station, near Bryant’s Station; Mr. Ingels finally raised the necessary amount of bacon and sent a hired boy with it to Maysville to make the exchange; strange to say, the boy, horse and cart, bacon and gun were never heard from until several years later, when Mr. Ingels received a letter from the boy, then a grown-up man, saying that he had wandered off into Ohio instead of going to Maysville; had bought him a home and was doing well, and if he (Mr. Ingels) would come there he would pay him for his bacon, horse and cart, &c; Mr. Ingels never went. This old pioneer died on the place he settled in 1803; he had five sons and four daughters born to him; Joseph, the eldest, married Mrs. Bryant, a niece of Daniel Boone; James settled on the homestead; Thomas and John settled in Indiana; Edith married Welson Hunt, and located in Missouri; Nellie became the wife of Mr. Victor, and settled in Nicholas County; Boone Ingels, the father of our subject, was born at Grant’s Station, 1781, and raised a farmer until seventeen, when his father died; in 1808 he came to Paris, where he carried on the hatter’s trade until his death in 1837, when 53 years of age; he raised a family of nine children, eight sons and one daughter. Our subject was raised to the business his father prosecuted, after going for him to St. Louis to buy furs; in 1832 he went to Jacksonville, Ills., where he spent two years in business with Forsythe & Butler; he returned in 1834 ; the year following he married Amanda Crose, a native of this county, daughter of Levi Crose. Mrs. Ingels died 1855, having borne him nine children ; Benjamin, Wilson, Boone, Ella, Belle and George were the number raised. In 1857, Mr. Ingels married Mary Davis, a native of this place, daughter of George and Mary (McClintock) Davis, both natives of Virginia; he born 1791, she, two years later. Mr. and Mrs. Ingels have one daughter, Lizzie. Mr. Ingels has been a successful man in business; he owned 4,000 acres of land at one time, which he sold at a large advance; for twenty-five years he had charge of the paupers in this county; Mr. Ingels has been retired from business several years, and is living in retirement, and enjoying the fruits of his labor in quiet and happiness; has been a member of the Christian Church over forty years. Sources 1. Perrin, pp. 472-473 ------------------------------ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.