Abel Ingersoll
Abel Ingersoll was born in New Jersey in 1794, and was brought to Ohio in 180l. His first home in this State was in Whitewater township, on the farm owned at present by Mr. Hopping. He married Elizabeth Polk, of Pennsylvania. At one time he served in the place of constable during a series of years; was a member of the United Brethren church; in politics was always very liberal, voting for the man that seemed to him best. He died in this township in 1850 at the age of sixty-six. Seven years later his wife died. They had eight children: Isaac, married to Mary A. Herron; Patience, married first to John Herron, and afterward to Arthur Henry; Rachel, the wife of Caleb Flinchpaugh; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Robert Martin, of Indiana; and four that died in early infancy.
From History of Hamilton County, Ohio, Henry & Kate Ford, L. A. Williams & Co., Publishers, 1881