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HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ILLINOIS AND
HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY Volume II - Biographical
Chicago: Munsell Publishing Company, Publishers 1912

This biography was submitted by a researcher and are abstracted from the above named publication.. Errors could occur, so one should always verify the correctness by obtaining copies of vitals and performing all necessary research to document what is contained herein.


Transcribed by Mary Ann Kaylor

Page 1337

INGELS, NATHANIEL H., was born January 1, 1837, son of William and Parmelia (Jacoby) Ingels, and grandson of James Ingels. James Ingels was born November 3, 1779. He was married, October 24, 1799, to Elizabeth Ducker, who was born March 4, 1780. They had children as follows: Mary, born September 10, 1800; Sarah, born October 1, 1801; William, born September 6, 1803; Noah, born November 10, 1805; Nathaniel, born December 31, 1807; Lucinda, born January 28, 1810; Catherine, born February 1 1812; Clarissa, born December 6, 1813; Ann, born January 6, 1816; Elizabeth, born March 14, 1818; Emily, born July 19, 1820; Edy, born October 27, 1822. By his second wife James Ingels had: James, born July 8, 1825; Joseph, born January 13, 1827. James Ingels, the father, died April 3, 1857, and his first wife, Elizabeth, died October 18, 1822.

William, son of James Ingels, was born September 6, 1803, and died April 13, 1848. He married Parmelia Jacoby, born January 28, 1810, and she died February 6, 1877. Their children were Mary E. Pritchard, born April 26, 1830; Sarah J. Pritchard, born February 11, 1832; J. J., born August 25, 1834, died January 22, 1868; Nathaniel N., born January 1, 1837; Clarissa G. (Ingels) Constant, born May 6, 1839; Rachel, born February 4, 1841, died October 29, 1841; William V., born January 10, 1843, died October 13, 1862.

It is supposed this family is of Scotch descent, and that their emigrant ancestor was one of a family that came from Edinburg to Philadelphia, Pa., about 1690 or 1700. The sons and daughters moved to different parts of the country and one descendant, who lived in Pennsylvania, James Ingels, married Mrs. Catherine (Boone) Dehart, cousin or niece of Daniel Boone, and they moved to Bourbon County, Ky., in 1785.

Nathaniel H. Ingels was married, October 2, 1860, to Sarah Bell Lockridge, who was born January 1, 1841, and they became parents of children as follows: Sarah Parmelia born September 27, 1861; William B., born April 20, 1863; Henry G. born January 15, 1865; Frederick L. born April 17, 1866; John A., born May 13, 1869; Jessy N. born February 17, 1872.


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