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Jason Duncan 222 Sundance Dr Statesville, NC 28625 jason@webjmd.com http://www.webjmd.com October 2006 Anywhere you find the name Ingool, you’ll almost
certainly find someone whose heritage can be traced back to Wilkes Co. In fact, I have yet to find anyone with the
Ingool last name who does not descend from Nathaniel Ingool who was born in
this county about 1831. And I’ve
looked! But how can that be? No, they weren’t beamed down to Traphill
from outer space. It happened because
of a spelling mistake that began in the mid 1800s. But let’s back up a few decades to the year 1810 on the
banks of Stinking Quarter Creek in southeastern Guilford Co. This was an area largely populated by
people of German ancestry who attended one of the local Lutheran or Reformed
churches. In 1810 Frederick Ingold was born to parents William Ingold and his wife Eve, their fifth child. William may have been the grandson of a
German immigrant to Philadelphia, but nothing is known about Eve’s
family. In
1820 William died leaving his wife with nine children who ranged in ages from
one to twenty. Over the coming years
William’s 209 acre estate would slowly be divided into nine parts and doled
out to his heirs as they came of age.
But, young Frederick didn’t wait to receive his share of the
estate. On 8/6/1829, at the age of 18,
he married Susan Shoe in Guilford
Co. The following month he sold his
undivided share for $80 and moved west to Wilkes Co. Apparently members of his wife’s family had
made the move years earlier, and Frederick and Susan are found living near
them in the 1830 Wilkes Co census. Frederick Ingold and Susan Shoe had four children: 1. Nathaniel Ingool born 1831 2. John Ingold born 1833 3. William Ingold born 1838 4. George Harrison
Ingold born 1844 The family of Frederick
Ingold is found in the 1840 Wilkes Co in Capt. Welborn’s District with one male (under 5), two
males (5-10), one male (30-40), and one female (30-40). Sometime before 1850, Susan died. In that year’s census, Frederick is listed
with a new wife and a larger household: Frederick Ingole
(40, farmer, born Guilford Co) Lucy (50) Nathan (19) John (17) William (12) Harrison (6) Judith Stone (21) Amanda Stone (19) Martha Stone (15) Phelix Stone (17) Frederick’s
second wife may have been Lucy Johnson
Stone, the widow of Byrd Stone. With her four children, his four children,
and both of them being previously married, they must have resembled a
pre-Civil War Brady Bunch! Worth noting
is the fact that this is the first time their name is not spelled “Ingold”. By 1860 the household was noticeably smaller and their
last name was spelled differently yet again.
They were listed in Wilkesboro Township, with no real estate, and personal
property valued at only $50: Frederick Ingool (52, day laborer) Lucy (55) George H. (16, in school) This census also discloses
the fact that Frederick could not read or write. Therefore the only link he had with his surname
was in its pronunciation. Varying
individual accents combined with poor reading and writing skills in the area
are what led to the eventual misspelling of the Ingold name as “Ingool”. However, the “Ingold” spelling was able to
make an escape from Wilkes Co.
Frederick’s second son John
married Elizabeth Johnson in 1853
in Wilkes Co. Within two years they
had moved west into Green Co, TN, where John later served in the Civil
War. In the 1870s John and his family
continued moving north and west into Missouri. Descendants of John’s family still use the
Ingold spelling. Frederick’s third son William is never found after the 1850 census. By 1860 he would have been 22 years old and
could easily have moved away and started his own family, but he has not been
found in any 1860 census. It is
possible that he died while still living at home. George Harrison
Ingold, Frederick’s youngest son, was still living at home in 1860. After years of not knowing anything about
him, I finally found George listed among Civil War service records. “G. H. Ingold” enlisted in Co G, 54th
Reg on 4/5/1862 in Wilkes Co at the age of 18. Confederate muster rolls list him as 5’ 8”
tall and a farmer born in Wilkes Co.
He was sick at the muster roll of May/July 1862, but he was present in
Nov/Dec 1862 and Jan/Feb 1863.
However, the March/April 1863 rolls show that he was “deserted March
30” in Fredericksburg, VA. Perhaps he
was killed in battle and was never accounted for by his regiment. This leaves only Nathaniel
Ingold, the oldest son of Frederick.
Nathaniel married Lydia
Bauguess on 9/25/1853 in Wilkes Co where they lived out their lives. In fact, they were charter members of Mt.
Pisgah Baptist Church when it was organized in 1879. In 1870 and 1880, Nathaniel and Frederick
were the only members of this family living in Wilkes Co. In 1870 both of them were listed as
“Ingule” in the census. In 1880 there
was Frederick Ingool with his third wife Jennie
Phelps, and Nathaniel Ingold still with wife Lydia. Frederick died sometime before the 1900
census. As for Nathaniel, after the
death of Lydia, he remarried to Matilda
Prevette on 3/12/1894 at her home.
His age was given as 60 and hers as 50. Nathaniel was still living in 1896 when his
youngest daughter was married, but he died before the 1900 census. Nathaniel Ingold/Ingool and Lydia Bauguess were the
parents of eight children: 1.
Susannah (Susan) Ingool 1855
- 2.
Katherine Elizabeth (Cassie) Ingool 1857
- 1939 3.
John Andrew Martin Ingool 1859
- 1942 4.
Sarah Ingool 1865
- 5.
*Richard Cornelius Ingool 1867
- 1941 6.
Rosie F. (Rose) Ingool 1869
- 1919 7.
Phebe Narry Rosiny Ingool 1871
- 8.
James Nathaniel Ingool 1874
- 1951 Here is
some additional information on each of these children. 1. Susan married William
Triplett on 8/8/1878. She was not mentioned as a surviving family
member in the 1939 obituary of her sister Cassie. Her death is not recorded in Wilkes Co.64 Her second child was born in 1882, and it appears
that her husband remarried in 1888.
She must have died between those two dates. [(1880 Wi, Traphill, p23,
#224/228); (1900 Wi, Traphill #159, p5A, #86/87)] 2. Cassie married William
Hardin Absher on 2/16/1878 in
Wilkes Co. His mother was
living with them in 1880. In 1920 and
1930, she was a widow living with her son.
She died of a heart attack at her daughter’s home in Jonesville,
Yadkin Co, NC. She was buried at Mt.
Pisgah Bap Ch. They have many
descendants living in and around Wilkes Co. [(1880 Wi, Walnut Grove,
p50, #15/15); (1900 Wi, Walnut Grove, p247B, #38); (1910 Wi, Walnut Grove
#181, p12A, #219); (1920 Wi, Walnut Grove, p7A, #129); (1930 Wi, Walnut
Grove, p2A, #25)] 3. John married Minnie Minervia Bauguess on 2/24/1882
in Dockery, and they lived in eastern Wilkes Co near Elkin. John A. Ingool, age 51, applied for voter
registration on 10/27/1906, Edwards Township, where he stated that he was a
descendant of Nathaniel Ingool who was a voter on 1/1/1867. He married his second wife Martha Alice
Luffman on 11/6/1908 in Wilkes Co.
In 1920 they lived on Shoe Factory Hill, and he was a laborer at the
shoe factory. He is said to be buried
at Macedonia Bap Ch, but I could not find his headstone. His death certificate says he was a farmer. [(1900 Wi, Traphill2,
p228B, #91); (1910 Surry, Marsh #184, p12B, #245); (1920 Surry, Elkin #251,
p16A, #65/68); (1930 Wi, Edw Dist 8, p9A, #147/156)] 4. Sarah married John Crouse in May 1881 in Wilkes Co with
her age given as 19 and J. A. Ingool
as a witness. There is no John or Sarah Crouse in
the 1900 Wilkes Co census. She was not
mentioned as a surviving family member in the 1939 obituary of her sister
Cassie.243 Her death
certificate was not found in Wilkes Co.
Where did they go? 5. Richard married Mary Jane
Walker on 9/19/1890 at Joseph Spicer’s residence (her step father). They were married by Rev. J. J. Caudill, a
Baptist minister, in Wilkes Co.
Richard Ingool, age 38, applied for voter registration on 10/29/1904,
Traphill Township, where he stated that he was a descendant of Nathaniel
Ingool who was a voter on 1/1/1867. He
was a mason and built many chimneys in the vicinity of Hays and
Traphill. He worked as a farmer and
died of old age according to his death certificate. He is buried at Mt. Pisgah Bap Ch. I descend from Richard. [(1900 Wi, Walnut Gr,
p246A, #11); (1910 Wi, Traphill, #32); (1920 Wi, Traphill Dist 186, p10B,
#186); (1930 Wi, Walnut Gr, p2B, #28)] 6. Rose married Joseph Lange
Wiles on 3/14/1886 in Wilkes Co. She died in Wilkes Co (Bk 5, p223) and is
buried at Covenant Ch. [(1900 Wi, Rock Creek,
p191A, #89); (1910 Wi, Rock Cr #176, p2B, #32); (1920 Wi, Rock Cr #182, p8B,
#124/132)] 7. Narry (or it may be written Mary, age 24, in the marriage
records) married Dock Luffman (age 27) on 4/13/1896 at her father’s
house in Wilkes Co. They have not been
found in the 1900 Wilkes Co census. By
1930, Dock had died and Narry was living with her son’s family in Elkin. They were renting their home on E. Main St
for $9 per month. She and her son both
worked at the woolen mill known as Chatham Manufacturing Co. She was a “specker”, and he was a
“carder”. Their neighbors were wealthy
members of the Chatham family, and in fact, they were probably renting their
home from them. In the 1939 obituary
of her sister Cassie, “Mrs. Nara Ingool Lufmer” is listed as a surviving
sister. No record of her death has
been found in Wilkes Co. [(1910 Wi, Edwards #164,
p18A, #334/338); (1920 Wi, Edwards #169, p10A, #186/192); (1930 Surry, Elkin
#86, p12B, #242/259)] 8. James married Mandy
J. Grimes on 10/25/1894 at his father’s house in Wilkes Co. In the 1910s, the family moved west from
Wilkes Co to Kingsport, TN. In 1920 he
was living on Sullivan St with his wife and three younger children, with his
oldest son nearby in the county jail.
James was working as a wood pealer at a pulp mill. At some point they moved to Greensboro in
Guilford Co, NC. In the 1939
obituary of his sister Cassie, he is listed as a surviving brother, living in
Greensboro. He was living there on 20th
Street with a granddaughter when he died of heart disease (Bk 79, p509). He was buried in Forest Lawn Cem in
Guilford Co. [(1900 Wi, Walnut Grove,
p246A, #5); (1910 Wi, N Wi #174, p9A, #151/152); (1920 Sullivan, TN, Kingsport
#167, p21B, #434/482)] For the past six years there has been a reunion held at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church
in Hays for the descendants of Nathaniel Ingool. People are encouraged to bring pictures,
stories, or other information from their side of the family. And everyone in attendance is guaranteed a
good meal. (Who doesn’t like reunion
food?) The event is always held on a
Saturday in September. Relatives from
as far away as California have attended.
Anyone interested in attending next year’s reunion can contact me for
more information. I would also like to
hear from anyone related to the Ingool family. |