Article by the Lansing State Journal, "This is the second in a series of stories on 100-year-old farms in the Lansing area." Additional images from Ken Wilson, great-great-great grandson of Erastus Ingersoll.
Pictured in the photo (left to right): L.D. Wilson, “Topsie” Ellen Grace Wilson, unknown person, Charles H. Wilson. The building in the far left of the image was part of Erastus S. Ingersoll’s furniture company.
A portion of a map of Watertown Township from 1896. This snippet shows the southern most portion of Watertown Township including the northern most part of the village of Delta Mills and a nearby community known as Ingersoll (also referred to as…
Clipping from Galbraith's railway mail service maps, Michigan. Pictured are stations in or near Delta Township, including: Delta (Delta Mills), Millett, and Ingersoll. One of eight large-scale pictorial maps of midwestern states showing routes and…
Ingersoll was located northwest of Delta Mills along the railroad in the southern part of Watertown Township in Clinton County. A railroad station was also constructed and the neighborhood contained several homes. In October 13, 1873 a second Post…