Rebecca (Deniston) Ingersoll
April 5, 1828 to Dec. 25, 1903
Niles Daily Star, Saturday, December 25, 1903, page 3, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library
ON CHRISTMAS DAY
Mrs. Rebecca Ingersoll Passed Away at South Bend
Rebecca Denistron Ingersoll, one of the pioneer residents of Niles, passed away on Christmas day at her home in South Bend, after a short illness with pneumonia..
Mrs. Ingersoll was born April 5, 1828, and came here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Deniston in 1830. Where the city of Niles now is, there was at that time nothing but a dense forest and the reminiscences which Mrs. Ingersoll was wont to relate of her early life here were intensely interesting. The log cabin erected by her father was preserved for the family for many years and was but recently torn down.
Rebecca Deniston was wedded to Harmon Ingersoll and they removed from her to South Bend in 1865, where Mr. Ingersoll died in 1892. Three sons were born to them, Harmon, who passed away in 1884, Capt. Royal Ingersoll of the U.S. Navy, and Alfred of South Bend. Three sisters and one brother are also left, Mrs. Clara Brown and E. Deniston of this city and Mesdames Eason and Webber of LaPorte, Ind.
The circumstances surrounding the death of Mrs. Ingersoll are unusually sad. Only about three weeks ago Mrs. Brown went to South Bend to spend the winter with her sister and about a week after her arrival was stricken with pneumonia. Her life was despaired of for several days and just when she commenced to improve Mrs. Ingersoll became ill with the same malady and passed away with in a little more than a week.
The funeral will occur Monday morning at 11 o'clock in South Bend, after which the remains will be brought here for burial at Silver Brook cemetery.