 In 1837, Henry Barnes, owner of the "Detroit Free Press", noticed Ingersoll and invited him to work in Detroit.Ingersoll moved there with his wife Harriett, but the next year he left the "Free Press" to become foreman on the "Detroit Daily Advertiser", and in 1839 he went into the publishing business himself by publishing the "Macomb Statesman" in Mt.Clemens, Michigan.