INGERSOLL
INGERSOLL
INQERSOLL, Edward, author, was born in
Pliiladelplua, Pa., April 2, 1817; son of the Hon.
Charles Jared and Mary (Wilcox) IngersoU, and
grandson of the Hon. Jared and Elizabeth
(Pettit) IngersoU. He was graduated at the
University of Pennsylvania, A.B., 1835, A.M.,
1838; and became a successful law practitioner.
He was married to Anna, daughter of Stephen
Warren, of Troy, N.Y. He is the author of:
History and Law of Habeas Corpvs and Grand
Juries (1849); Personal Liberty and Martial Laio
(1862); and edited: Hale's Pleas of the Croivn;
Addison on Contracts, ahd Saunders on Uses and
Trusts. He died in Philadelphia, Pa. , Feb. 19, 1893.
INQERSOLL, Ernest, naturalist, was born in
Monroe, Midi. March 13, 1852; son of Timothy
Dwight and Eliza (Parkinson) IngersoU, and
grandson of Theodore and Lydia (Brewer) Inger-
soU, descendants of the early IngersoUs and
Brewers of Massa-
chusetts, who emi-
grated to the West-
ern Reserve of Ohio
from Lee, Mass., by
way of Ogden, N.Y.,
about 1834. He was
largely self-instruct-
ed in natural history
by personal investi-
gation, but acquired
a partial collegiate
education at Oberlin
college, and was cura-
tor of the college
museum during the
latter part of the
term of his attendance. He then became a
special student at Harvard in the museum of
comparative zoology, devoting his time largely to
the study of birds. He spent the summer of 1873
with Louis Agassiz, at Penikese, and was natural-
ist and collector with Hayden in his geological
and geographical survey in the western ter-
ritories, 1873-79. While thus engaged he was
correspondent for the New York Tribune, con-
tributing scientific descriptive articles, in 1874,
and during his second trip, in 1877, perform-
ing a similar service for the New York Herald.
He was later a member of the U.S. fish commis-
sion and special agent for the tenth census in ob-
taining data as to the oyster industry of the
United States, writing an elaborate report. In
1883 he visited California and the Puget Sound
region in the interest of Harper's Magazine; in
1887 became editor of the publications of the
Canadian Pacific railway, with Montreal, Canada,
as his headquarters, and in 1899 began lecturing
on natural history and travel. He is the author
of a large number of magazine articles, and of:
Ot^yu4^o'J'C<.-<Ju,4.<>-€-^
A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of
American Birds (1879); Birds' Nesting (1881);
Oyster Lidustries of the United States 1881);
Friends Worth Knowing (1881); Knocking 'round
the Rockies (1882); The Crest of the Continent
(1883); Country Cotisins (1884); The Ice Queen
(1885); The Silver Caves (1886); Down East Latch-
Strings (1887); A Week in New York (1892);
Guide to Western Canada (1894); The Book of
the Ocean (1898); Nature's Calendar (1900); be-
sides numerous serial stories for the young, and
guide-books for American cities and routes of
travel.
INGERSOLL, Jared, colonial agent, was born in Milford, Conn., June 3, 1722; son of Jonathan IngersoU, and grandson of John IngersoU, who was born in England in 1615 and came to America. John IngersoU lived in Salem, Mass. , for a time, but was in Hartford, Conn., in 1644, in North- amjiton, Mass., in 1655, and settled about 1665 in Westfield, Mass., and probably lived there until his death, on Sept. 8, 1684. Jared IngersoU was graduated at Yale college in 1742, and be- came a distinguished lawyer in Connecticut. He was married to Hannah Whiting. In 1759 he was sent to England as agent for the colony of Connecticut, and to him is due the preservation of Colonel Barre's famous burst of eloquence in reply to Charles Townshend. He opposed the passage of the stamp act, but accepted, with Franklin's advice, the appointment of stamp- master-gen aral for the New England colonies. Upon his return to America with his commission, he was compelled by a mob to resign the office and to cheer three times for ' ' Liberty and Prop- erty." The storj' is that he said, " The cause is not worth dying for." After this he moved to Philadelphia, and was appointed admiralty judge of the middle district. He returned to New Haven, and died there in August, 1781.
INQERSOLL, Jared, delegate, was born in Connecticut, Oct. 24, 1749; son of Jared (q.v.) and Hannah (Whiting) IngersoU. He was grad- uated at Yale, A.B., 1766, A.M., 1769; studied law at the Middle Temple, London, and literature in the best schools of England. He was married to Elizabeth Pettit. When the American Revo- lution became a fact, he espoused the cause of the colonists and left England for France, where he spent nearly two years in Paris, an intimate friend of Franklin, Izard, Pringleand other noted Americans at the French cajiital. He returned to Philadelphia after the beginning of the war, practised law, and was a delegate to the Conti- nental congress, 1780-81. He was a member of the convention that framed the Federal constitu- tion, and a signer of that instrument, Sept. 17, 1787. He was city solicitor of Philadelphia, attorney-general of Pennsylvania at two different
