MRS. LOIS A. INGERSOLL. farmer; P. O. Forest City; widow of the late Samuel Hinkley Ingersoll, who was born in Hinckley, Medina Co., Ohio, Dec. 20, 1828. At the age of 21, he went with the rush of emigration that swept westward to California in 1849, and there remained until 1855; upon his return, he went into the commission business in Chicago, Ill., where he remained for about a year. In 1856, he moved to a farm about five miles south of Forest City, Mason Co. He was united in marriage with Miss Lois A. Van Orman, Dec. 13, 1858; Mrs. Ingersoll is a native of Medina Co.. Ohio. They had ten children, seven of whom are living, three boys and four girls. When Mason Co. was first organized, under township organization, Mr. Ingersoll was elected the first Supervisor of what was then Mason Plains Township, now Forest City Township, and was re-elected, year after year, with a few exceptions, during the remainder of his life; he died in the prime of life, deeply mourned by all who knew him, Nov. 30, 1877. The estate comprises 1,060 acres of as fine farming land as can be found in Mason Co. Mrs. Ingersoll has, with.rare business tact, succeeded in managing her large farms admirably well.



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