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Here is some info, maybe a search of local records in Miamitown Ohio would produce something?
James Ingersoll, First wife: Elizabeth Hill. Born: PA , Married 1803 in Ohio
HISTORY OF CINCINNATI AND HAMILTON COUNTY.
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CHAPTER XXXVIII.
WHITEWATER TOWNSHIP.
POLITICAL, DEVELOPMENT- THE WHITEWATER AND MIAMI VALLEY PIONEER ASSOCIATION PIONEER HISTORY - MIAMITOWN - ELIZABETHTOWN - VILLAGES.
Miamitown was founded in 1816 by Arthur Henry. At the time of the survey and sale of lots the site was an apple orchard, and the only house thereon was a log structure near the present location of the Methodist church. Henry built the flour mill and brick house adjacent, in which he resided and kept a store. He also operated the mill and a distillery. James Chambers kept a hotel at the large frame house now the residence of his son. Opposite this was another public house, and both enjoyed ample patronage. Formerly the pike passed between these two houses and ascended the hill at the west. A Mr. Dees and Charles Eatherton kept the second hotel mentioned, at an early date. A Mr. Graham was the first blacksmith. Jacob Herrider was a cooper and prosecuted this industry quite extensively. It was he who purchased the first lot that was sold after the survey of the town. Subsequently he bought the mill established by Henry and operated it for a term of years; he also built the present sawmill. Another prominent early resident, was James Ingersoll, who conducted a hotel at the large brick house a short distance above the village. This was the location of the ferry, of which Ingersoll was proprietor, and from which he derived a handsome revenue. The village early attained considerable local importance. The State Gazetteer of 1841 accredits it with 187 inhabitants, thirty-three dwellings, one flouring and saw mill, one distillery, two taverns, three stores, and several mechanics' shops. The macadamized turnpike to Cincinnati and the bridge across the Miami `with two arches of 160 feet span each' are noticed.'' At the present time the village contains one store, one blacksmith and wagon maker shop, respectively, Methodist and Christian churches, a township hall, two hotels, a steam sawmill, and a water-power saw and flour mill.
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