An Account of Oakland County / edited by Lillian Drake Avery.

PERSONAL SKETCHES

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supporter of the Pontiac Chamber of Commerce, is affiliated with
blue lodge, commandery and council bodies of the Masonic fraternity
at Pontiac, and Moslem Temple, N. M. S., at Detroit, and is a member
of the Knights of Pythias. His political allegiance is given to the
Republican party and he and his wife are members of the Central
Methodist Episcopal Church. June 26, 1895, Mr. Inch was united in
marriage to Miss Clara O. Riley, daughter of the late James and Susan
0. Riley, who were early settlers of Pontiac. Mr. and Mrs. Inch have
two children: Helen S., a graduate of the Pontiac high school and
of Wellesley College, is the wife of William S. Root, who is associated
with her father in business, and they have one child, Clara Virginia.
In the World war period Mr. Root was in service in connection with
the manufacturing of airplanes for the government. Marion R.,
younger of the two daughters, was graduated in the Pontiac high
school, and is the wife of Lloyd W. Burns, their one child being a
son, Robert Charles. Mr. Burs, who is now associated in business
with Mr. Inch, as previously noted, was in the United States Navy
during eighteen months of the World war period. Previous to entering the navy he attended the University of Michigan law school.
Emil Ingweiller has developed in the land and state of his adoption
a prosperous business as a contractor in cement work, installation of
septic tanks and in general sewerage work. He stages his operations
in the Ferndale district of Oakland county, and in the beautiful little
city of Ferndale he maintains his business headquarters at 575 Lewiston street. Mr. Ingweiller was born in Alsace-Lorain, France,
September 14, 1886, was there reared and educated and there gained
his early business experience, which included association with farm
enterprise and also with sewerage work. His parents passed their
entire lives in Alsace-Lorraine, and there he himself remained until
1913, about one year prior to the inception of the great World war
that was destined to stage much of its conflict on the soil of his native
province. March 9, 1913, was marked by the marriage of Mr. Ingweiller to Miss Madelin Lutz, who likewise was born and reared in France,
and just three days after their marriage the young couple embarked
for the voyage to the United States. Mr. Ingweiller worked in connection with cement and sewerage construction in many of the eastern states, and in 1919 he came with his family to Michigan and established his residence at Ferndale, where he has since maintained
his home and where he has been independently engaged in the contracting business since 1921. He and his wife have won the most
loyal of friends in this community, and here he has found ample scope
for successful business enterprise. Mr. and Mrs. Ingweiller have
five children-Katherine, Leo, Edward, Francis, and Rosemary.
Julius Irish, who is employed as a skilled machinist in the great
Ford automobile plant in Detroit, and who resides in the village of
Clawson, Oakland county, was born on a farm near Caro, Tuscola
county, Michigan, June 16, 1861, and is a son of William and Henrietta (Phelps) Irish, who were born in the state of New York and who
became pioneer settlers in Tuscola county, Michigan, where the father