Charles Henry Ingersoll

Charles Henry Ingersoll (October 29, 1865 – September 21, 1948), co-founded the Ingersoll Watch Company in 1892.[1]

Charles Henry Ingersoll in 1917

Biography

Ingersoll was born on October 29, 1865, in Delta, Michigan, to Orville Boudinot Ingersoll and Mary Elizabeth Beers.[1] His brother was Robert Hawley Ingersoll (1859-1928).[2] He married Eleanor Ramsey Bond (1869-1928).[1]

He co-founded the Ingersoll Watch Company in 1892. The company went bankrupt in 1921.[3]

He switched to manufacturing fountain pens. In 1926 he converted his home in Montclair, New Jersey, into a hotel.[4]

He died on September 21, 1948, in West Orange, New Jersey.[1] He was buried in Mount Hebron Cemetery in Upper Montclair, New Jersey.

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