Crawfordsville Journal Review 25-Sep-1963 6:8- Leo Ingersoll Of Waynetown Dies At Age 86-
WAYNETOWN- Leo Ingersoll, 86, died at 6:40 p.m. Tuesday at the Small Rest Home here. He
had been seriously ill since June. He was born Aug. 26, 1877, at the Ingersoll homestead
in Fountain County. Parents were Alonzo and Elmina LIvengood Ingersoll. He was married in
1898 to Ida Bowman at Covington. He was a member of Ingersoll Chapel Christian Church and
was a farmer in Fountain County. For more than 25 years, he operated a service station in
Waynetown, retiring six years ago because of ill health. Survivors include a
daughter-in-law, Ruth H. Ingersoll, Crawfordsville; two granddaughters, Mrs. Esther I.
Duke, Crawfordsville, and Mrs. Carolyn I. Wright of St. Louis, Mo.; five
great-grandchildren, and a brother, Edwin Ingersoll of Crawfordsville. He was preceded in
death by his wife in 1928 and by a son, Ray, in 1961. Private services will be held at 10
a.m. Friday at
the Servies Funeral Home, Rev. John A. Tremaine officiating. Burial in Waynetown Masonic
Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Thursday.