The Ingalls Inquirer e-newsletter
Vol. 1-10
March, 1984-November, 1993
Published by Arlene Ingalls Schrader
ISSN 1933-7329


Vol. 3, No. 1 - March, 1986

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Some genealogy words and phrases that we come across may be a puzzle, what does it mean? ALLIED LINES - related by (joined) common ancestry. COLLATERAL LINES - belonging to same ancestral stock but not in a direct line of descent. (Webster's Seventh Edition)

WARNINGS OUT NOTICES - were removal orders issued to persons who had come into the town without permission of the authority and were usually to prevent them from becoming town charges. (Early Records of Rehoboth, MA, Richard L. Bowen, 1945)

WE GET LETTERS. - What a pleasure it is to receive some genealogy mail everyday. If you have not gotten into writing and contacting known or unknown relatives, DO NOT HESITATE. A brief letter stating your request with a stamped self-addressed envelope enclosed will start you on your way.

I wish to share portions of letters received recently:

. . . . It was one of the most enjoyed publications of the past year that I have received. We are looking forward to 1986 and all the good information it might bring."-- Mrs. Melvin N. Ingalls

"I was going through some genealogy papers and discovered that I had not paid my renewal subscription for 1986. Thus it is enclosed.

I have had great success from my query in your newsletter. Much new information has come to me through the help of your readers. Thanks so much for your efforts to organize all of this. I look forward to the next newsletter."-- Kevin MacPherson

Diane Ingalls Hughes: ...Now I've got your bug: I actually called strangers in the phone book today just because their name was INGALLS...really, it was great. No one hung up on my - everyone was receptive - but some probably won't do too much about it. (doing charts, etc.) Some of the persons contacted are George, Binghamton NY, father is LEWIS SESSION (Burleigh #4685) ... very interested). Mrs. Ralph (Lucy) (B1506). He was a superintendent of schools. his father Henry S. was a town supervisor at the age of 80. Mrs. George Kellogg,  Whitney Pt., NY, was married to EARL bro of Ralph, had two children Bryant K. in Indianapolis, and Virginia in Elmira, NY (married an Ingalls).

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WE GET LETTERS - continued

John and Mary Ann Dalton Ingalls. John's father is Enford (B2845).

Wallace Ingalls - shared a story about his father - Maurice George (B1751) seems he fell off a bridge and was in a coma for a couple of weeks - but the doctor said if he was going to die anyway he might as well operate - so he put in a steel plate - and obviously he recovered.

I thought it was quite interesting that the four were completely different lines ...I got a lot of thank you's for the interest and the information - all I did was say I was interested in my family tree and asked if they knew about the book (Burleigh's) and told them of the newsletter and the updating project. Be prepared to talk - I spent 3 hours on the phone just talking to five people who were strangers ... also has written letters, etc." Diane also went cemetery hopping ..some reunion notes mentioned money to pay for perpetual care for the Sidney Center plot "of our grand-parents" (Ferdinand and Lucy) and (James Parshall) is in Trout Creek. It took climbing in 4 cemeteries to find them all ... also in talking with relatives, cleared up relationships, as well as learning about the family. She also sent some outlines on how names are passed along the generations. PLUS, she enclosed her family group sheets for the Burleigh supplement! Ralph Walby (B2627)

Thanks Diane for sharing your research with our readers!

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I received a letter in 1979 from Ronald F. Ingalls in response to a query. (I do not believe this address is current) but wish to share some of his letters:

"My father, James Weston Ingalls, came to Hood River, OR in 1875 at the age of 8 with his father and mother, Alfred and Emma Ingalls, along with a brother and two sisters from Mansfield, Tioga Co., PA where he was born.

Twenty families from Mansfield made the trip to Oregon and were known as the Mansfield Colonists and sometimes called the Parkhurst Colonists after the group leader.

I do not know, but strongly suspect they were descendants of the Mennonite people who began coming to America in 1683 and settled in Penn. This would be the Dutch group rather than the Swiss.

My father passed away when I was quite young and left no written history. The little I have has been passed along by friends of old timers and preserved by the Hood River Historical Society. (Oregon."

--Mr. Ingalls asked to be advised if I uncover anything about the Pennsylvania group. Can anyone help? Send it to me, Arlene Schrader, . . . and I will try to forward the information. Thank you!

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LINDA WRIGHT'S DIARY OF HER 5,000-MILE JOURNEY - SUMMER OF 1985
continued from November 1985 issue.

Back at Saratoga, I loaded my car up for my late afternoon jaunt down to Elizaville, Columbia Co., N.Y. Said goodbye to Sandi and took off for cousin Ella Kellerhouse's. She lives in and owns the house that has been in the family since 1847 when my g-g-gf, Anthony Ingles, bought it after having lived in it for several years.

Made contact with Sue Droege, another cousin, so we could plan our itinerary for the next day.

Wed Aug. 7 After taking Sue's dog to the vet, we were off to her folks. This was the first time I had met them. Floyd and Norma Ingles were a delight to meet. Just like all the other "cousins" I've met, they have finally been bitten by the genealogy bug. Since Floyd retired he and Norma have made a few trips across the Hudson River into Greene Co., N.Y. and have scoured cemeteries looking for Ingalls stones. They have found quite a few and have recorded several pages with names and dates, then tried to compare them with entries in Burleigh's book. A good percentage of what they recorded was able to be located in the book.

After that visit, we proceeded to the Adriance Memorial Library in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. to donate one of the reprints of Burleigh's book. What an ordeal that was just to make sure the book would be properly recognized.

I also visited the homes of two of Ella's children--Jim and Lloyd Kellerhouse to bring their family group sheets up to date.

Thurs. Aug. 8 I met Sue at "her" store to get copies of Ingalls info she had copied for me. It was goodbye time again as I collected my loot and headed for a supper rendezvous with my cousin Merrilyn Ingalls Carr Bergier in Lunenburg, MA. That was another short but good visit and I was off again for my overnight accommodations in Needham, MA. at cousin Con's. After our hellos and my catching her up on where I'd been and who I'd seen, it was time for bed as I had scheduled a visit with another Ingalls cousin on Friday.

Fri. Aug. 9 Cousin Constance Knight and I were on our way after breakfast to West Newbury, MA. for a visit with Rosamond Ingalls Gowen. She is B2376 in Burleigh's book.

We visited for a good hour and were invited to accompany her to lunch at the senior citizen center. She drove! Guess who the "baby" of the day was?

After returning to Rosamond's house, we talked some more and looked at pictures. One of the highlights was seeing one of the original draftings (printing) of her father's book commemorating the 300th anniversary of Lynn, MA. The other highlight was a large scroll her cousin had done charting their family.

Out came my family group sheets and for the next two hours, at least, I copied for all I was worth bringing that line from B2375 up-to-date.

Goodbyes were said and Con and I headed back to Needham by way of the scenic coast north of Boston. Those small New England towns sure pull at my heart strings.

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Sat. Aug. 10 Saying goodbye to Con, I set out for my dad's place in Wilmington, way of: 1) Dover Street in Cranston, R.I, where I lived for three years before moving to FL in 1950. I visited the Soderbergs who still live there, their daughter, Gloria, who now lives next door and phoned another playmate who still lives on the street; 2) and, West Brentwood, Long Island, N.Y. to visit a first cousin of my dad's that I found to still be living (84y). Although I couldn't get any specific information from this cousin, Hawley Beekman LeMaire (a/k/a Herbert B. LeMaire), it was a thrill to have found him and be able to talk a little with him.

 

Just getting to and from his place of residence on Long Island was an experience by itself. After goodbyes, I was off to wind up my day getting to my dad's, Fred Chandler Ingalls.

 

Sun. Aug. 11 I had previously arranged to visit more previously found cousins in Montclair, N.J. With my dad in tow, off we went. Sally E. Ingalls and her daughter, Sally Dawn Ingalls were delighted to meet my dad. We had a super visit and they had a scrumptious lunch planned for us. Eating is one of our favorite pasttimes.

 

Back on the road again, we were going to attempt to find and attend an organ concert being given on the grounds of an arts camp for children near Elmer, N.J. Between our own map and the one on the tickets, we finally made it and pulled in and parked. After a starting delay of 45 min. to an hour, no chairs, and 4'x4' speakers that were rather LOUD, we departed before the concert actually got under way.

 

Mon. Aug. 12 My dad and I decided to visit a local park for some walking and wound up instead playing two rounds of Frisbee golf. It was a challenge and a first for us. No winner as we alternated throws.

 

Back home we began to attempt to thin out 60+years of accumulation of my dad's to take to a garage sale I planned to have at my brother's. In the thick of packing my car I caught a 24 hr. nauseating bug that slowed up my help to a good degree. However, I did manage to load my car to the hilt with boxes of miscellaneous items.

I departed Tues. Aug. 13 for my brother's, Alan M. Ingalls, in Seaford, DE. Tues. afternoon through Friday night was spent sorting and pricing and visiting with my brother, his wife, Ann, and their two children, Kristin and David.

Sat. Aug. 17 Up and out by 6 a.m. setting up the tables and piling on the goodies. 'We lined both sides of the driveway with tables and by 6:30 we had our first paying customer. The sale was a huge success. After returning the tables we'd borrowed from a neighboring fire department, I packed my car with most of the leftover items to bring to FL. for my sale in Sept.

 

Sun. Aug. 18 I was on the road heading south towards home. We were lucky the weather had held for us on Sat. as the garage sale was outdoors. I began to run into rain as I neared Washington, D.C. I was on my way to Lorton, VA. and the auto-train station.

 

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Even though I didn't have to check in until 2 p.m., I had one more Ingalls connection to make on this 5000 mile odyssey. Around 9 a.m. I was to meet Robert(Bob) Ingalls, Jr. and his wife, Mary Jeanne, at the train station.

Just like clockwork our connections were made, greetings exchanged and I piled me and my tote of notes into their car for a short jaunt over to Mt. Vernon. For the next three hours or more we talked Ingalls I tried filling Bob in on what Arlene and I were doing in regards to the supplement and he gave me his ideas on getting us all into a computer and also his thoughts on setting up an Ingalls Foundation of sorts that would house any and all information obtainable on any and all Ingalls.

Back at the train station, I checked my car in and the three of us climbed on board for a little more time together in one of the observation cars. Finally, it was time to depart, we said our goodbyes with hopes of getting together next summer.

Since 8 a.m. this morning it had been raining and by the time the train departed the station about 4:45 p.m. it was still coming down. Between Lorton and Richmond the train stopped twice as the track ahead were underwater and were being checked to make sure there was no washout. At least I could relax on the train and I wasn't having to drive through all that rain, compliments of hurricane Danny.

My mind was whirling and spinning as I thought back on the last few weeks and all the Ingalls I had met and visited. How would I ever keep them all straight? I think of you often.

For those of you unaware, I have a double line of Ingalls at my paternal grandparents level. My grandparents were seventh cousins once removed. My grandmother was B3115 Marguerite Ingalls. My grandfather's line is from B220. Using M for Marguerite and L for Lyle, I would like to show you which line I am more closely related to you and how we are related.

 

Aunt Nat (Natalie Canada)

 

Maternal aunt

Arlene Ingalls Schrader

M

9th cousin

Nancy Ingles Sonke

L

3rd cousin

Frank/Frances Ingalls

M

9th cousin

Lillian Ingalls Riggs

L

6th cousin

Geraldine Baylor

M

9th cousin

Gertrude Ingalls Smith

M

8th cousin once removed

Rachel Ingalls Titus

M

8th cousin once removed

Esther Ingalls Richards

M

6th cousin 3 times removed

Jeannette Richards Wilbur

M

7th cousin twice removed

Sandra Ouimette Connell

L

5th cousin once removed

Johanna Ingalls

M

8th cousin once removed

Laura Ingalls

M

9th cousin once removed

Ella Kellerhouse

L

2nd cousin once removed

Susan Ingles Droege

L

5th cousin once removed

Floyd/Norma Ingles

L

5th cousin
 

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Merrilyn Ingalls Carr Bergier 1st cousin
Constance KnightM1st cousin twice removed
Rosamond Ingalls GowenL8th cousin once removed
Hawley B. LeMaireL1st cousin once removed
Fred Chandler Ingalls father
Alan Mark Ingalls half brother
Sally E. IngallsLfirst cousin once removed
Sally Dawn IngallsL2nd cousin
Robert Ingalls, Jr. no connection yet

Laura Ingalls Wilder

M7th cousin twice removed, whose home in Mansfield, MO. I visited in June 1985
 

Linda Wright is spending a great deal of time and effort in contacting INGALLS COUSINS everywhere to become enthusiastic about sharing their family histories and updating genealogies. For many of us, it has been a struggle to make the connection to the early published genealogies, i.e. Burleigh, Stearns, etc. Through the Ingalls Inquirer, I hope to assist Linda in this endeavor. Many people have offered their assistance and we appreciate your concerns. I am sure we will be contacting you for more input as we begin to form a "skeleton" for the supplement, to Burleigh's book.

WE NEED YOUR FAMILY GROUP SHEETS AND ANCESTOR CHART: Send them to either Linda Wright or myself.

(A sample is enclosed for your use on the following page--you may xerox these for additional copies) PLEASE follow the format as much as possible if you use plain paper.

We wish to identify each name or family that connects to the names in the Burleigh book, Please note the Burleigh number (B2800) after your ancestor's name, if known. If you are uncertain about your lineage, use "possible" or "?" with the number.

. . . .

For those who may have a variant spelling of INGALLS, we are planning to use all information sent to us .. your efforts will not be lost. This is a big undertaking and we have plans to share this information with you. Read it in The Inquirer: - AIS

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Blank Ancestor Chart – omitted

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"Where's Elisha?"

 

The following article was contributed by Virginia Ingell. Virginia wrote the article for the Muskegon County Gen. Society published March, 1985 in Family Tree Talk, and it was subsequently reprinted by Genealogy Digest, Summer, 1985, with permission.

Virginia descends -- James b 1729, Zadock b 1760 MA, James b 1783 MA, James A. b 1816 MA, William M b 1854, Harry Alston b 1881.

Zadock b 5 May 1760 Taunton, MA d Chester, MA, bur. in Ingell family cemetery. He fought in Revolutionary War and applied for pension. This is about the time the name was spelled INGELL (also INGLE). He is listed in Burleigh's book, page 256, and page 271 gives his war record.

Many thanks for Virginia's assistance in sharing this article.

Where's Elisha
by Virginia Ingell

Some of my ancestors lived in Prince Edward County, Ontario, and so when the Quinte Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society was formed, I joined. Soon I submitted a query in their paper, 'The Searchlight,' hoping to hear from a descendant of one of my great-grandfather's sisters. When the query was published, I was suprised to see another query across from it about a Sarah Ingle. I hastened to write to the party in Timmom, Ontario, and subsequently heard from a distant cousin who had to be convinced she was a cousin. My name is "Ingell" and her ancestor was "Ingle" (she had a copy of a death certificate to prove it) and she thought we were not the same family. It was only after I sent her copies of older documents signed by her Sarah's father, James A. Ingell, that she was convinced.

Then she had many questions and requests. One of them pertained to her ancestor's husband, Elisha Wellington Striker, who was supposedly buried in Grand Rapids. A son had come to Michigan, and it was thought that the father had come to live with his son after the death of his wife in 1891. And so I checked the cemeteries in Grand Rapids, and then the County Clerk's office for a death certificate. No record was to be found. I then forgot about Elisha.

In mid-September last year I arranged a family reunion of sorts with some cousins who wanted to know where our great-grandfather was buried. And so one Sunday my brothers and I and the cousins and spouses met in Cedar Springs. First we partook of the monthly potroast dinner at the local Masonic Temple, and then proceeded to Punches Cemetery, northeast of Cedar Springs. Punches is a small country cemetery no longer in use. It was started about Civil War times, and as a child I recall it was a tangle of brush and weeds. It has been only the past few years that Nelson Township personnel have kept it clean and mowed. Many of the markers have toppled over and are broken.

Well, the Sunday of our "reunion" we walked about the cemetery, reading names and dates long forgotten. We wondered about the lone grave carefully enclosed with an elaborate iron fence, the name on the marker now obscured. Of course, we concentrated on our own family plot where our great-grandparents are, together with their eldest son, Zadock, a Civil War Veteran who died in 1868, and another son, Samuel, who was killed in a logging accident at the age of 19 in 1874. The great-grandfather who died in 1863 was first interred on the farm just north of Sand Lake and later removed to Punches after it was established.

We covered every inch of that peaceful place and were gathered around for our goodbyes when I happened to notice the grave next to great- grandfather James. There was E. W.  Striker, d. June 24, 1882, age 57 yrs., 2 mos., 7 dys.

Now who will ever tell us what he was doing in Michigan when his wife and family were in Canada!

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OBITUARIES

Death notice was sent to us by Jeannette Wilbur: MATTIE INGALLS TEEFT, B2842, b 13 July 1890 d 18 November 1985, Arkport, NY. Siblings Enford Ingalls, B2845, Johnson City, NY; Elizabeth Ingalls Timmerman. B2846 Emma E.; and Esther Ingalls Richards, B2844, of NY.

Following obituaries were sent by Virginia Ingell:

INGALLS, MR. WILLIAM L. Roosevelt Park (Mich) DX date 1-14-86

Mr. William L. Ingalls, Sr. age 67, died unexpectedly Wednesday evening at Hackley Hospital. He was born on October 8, 1918 in Walton Junction, and had been employed by the Anderson Pattern Company for 46 years retiring in 1981. Survivors include his son, Mr. William (wife Pat) Ingalls Jr. of Norton Shores; one daughter, Janny Sorenson, stationed in the Air Force; one step-son, Mr. David Ingalls of Galveston, Texas; one stepdaughter, Susan Boucher of Lincoln, Michigan; one brother, Mr. Donald Mitchell of Dalton; three grandsons, William II, Lloyd and Joseph Ingalls, all of Norton Shores. There will be no visitation or Funeral Service. Memorial Contributions - Michigan Diabetes Association. -Pachesny-Jend

INGELL, MR. DONALD G. North Muskegon (Mich)

Mr. Ingell, who was born in Grand Rapids on August 12, 1913, died Wednesday, June 19, 1985, at the age of 71. Until his retirement in 1979, he had been employed at Teledyne  Continental Motors for 37 years. He attended First Congregational Church and was a life member of the American Society for Metals. He was also very active to the Masonic Fraternity.

SURVIVORS 1 sister, Virginia Ingell of North Muskegon; 1 brother, Paul F. (Betty) Ingell of Jackson, MI; 1 sister-in-law, Mrs. Harry A. Ingell of Port Huron, MI; 2 nieces, Mrs. Daniel 0. Torrey of Port Huron, MI & Miss Kathryn Ingell of Ft. Wayne, IN; 2 nephews, John F. Ingell of Erie, PA & David W. Ingell of Newport News, VA; 1 grand nephew, Stephen Scott Torrey of Port Huron, MI.

SERVICE Saturday 11 a.m. at the First Congregational Church with the Rev. Jay J. Karow officiating. Interment: Evergreen Cemetery under the auspices of Noachite Lodge No. 507 F & AM.

Cemetery Inscription (old): INGLE, Peter d 17 Nov 1860 ae 83 yr 8 mo, Snyder Hill Cemetery, Tompkins Co., NY.

REUNIONS

Articles submitted by Dean Simar: (9 November 1985).

The INGALLS reunion held annually on the West coast was hosted by JACK INGALLS of Eugene, Oregon. It was held the weekend of June 28 through June 30; the weather was great and everyone had a very wonderful time.

The cousins reunion, which had been in the planning stage for several years, was a great success. The idea of this reunion was to get all the cousins, grandchildren of MABLE ABBIE (INGALLS) ORR and RALPH K. ORR, together for a reunion.

As most of them were born in and many of them raised in Todd Co., Minnesota, that seemed to be the appropriate place to have it.

Now, many years later, they are scattered from one side of the country to the other, and for all of us to gather in the community where our grandmother and grand father were married and raised their family was an experience we will remember and cherish for a long time to come.

PLACE NAME, Ingalls Lake, state of Washington.

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THE JUDGE ELEAZER INGALLS --A PIONEER by Sally Sawyer Michaelsen. (A biography of Eleazer Stillman Ingalls by his great granddaughter.) Excerpt. (Eleazer B2210)

In 1844 he married his childhood sweetheart Martha Marie Pearson. Distant cousins, they had been born in the same bed, in the same room in New Hampshire, just six years apart. Martha was the daughter of his parents dear friends, the Lamoi Pearsons. Her brother had made the arduous journey herding the cattle from New Hampshire. The families had become even closer through their move to the frontier of Illinois.

...While busy with the forge and the law, the same year he married, he finally began to use the press which he and Charles Livingston had built in New Hampshire. In the Journal of the Illinois Historical Society Phillip Jordan writes of one earliest newspapers in the Midwest which he attributes to Eleazer S. Ingalls. It went by the curious and delightful name of The Prairie Hen, Jericho Jingle, Land of Nod Loophole and Antioch Pill. His fey sense of humor sparkles throughout the first edition. Discussing the price in the Prospectus he writes:

"The price of our little craft, should we conclude to keep “it before the wind", will be one dollar and fifty cents, regular bona fide chink, or two dollars-worth, large measure, of any kind of fish, flesh, fowl, fruit or vegetables, that can be eat, drank, or converted into sleep or other comforts. We don't need any wheat or onions - the first-we have plenty of, and the later we have never put into mince pies."

As though being a black-smith, lawyer and editor were not enough, it appears he ran a general store in connection with the printing plant, and was one of his own best customers for advertisements.

"All sorts of fixtures and fixins, and a little of every thing else can be found on our premises. We have only nineteen different branches of domestic industry displayed in our sanctum. We'll not enumerate them, but invite all to come in and see the live lion dance with the hippopotamus - the rarest sight this side of the Indies."

While he was certainly spending more time at home, the following advertisement in the first edition shows he had not completely given up his love of the outdoors.

"BOY WANTED: Have any of your friends a small sized boy-say one knee high to a Dutch bumble-bee - whom they would like to have initiated into the scientific principles of "Bossing the devil's tail"? If so, just give us a call - the field of immortal fame is open ... we just want him soon, to break into our place, so that we can go hunt buffalo next season."

In explaining just why anyone would want to undertake the troublesome task of editing a newspaper, he explained to his readers:

"Did you ever know a Yankee to do anything voluntarily that he didn't want to do? That's our case to a shade..We was "tuk with the fever"...

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THE JUDGE ELEAZER INGALLS - A PIONEER - continued

There are few copies of the "Prairie Hen" and it is not certain how long Eleazer published the paper, but the next four years seem to have been idylic for he and Martha. He was practicing law, working for the smithy, and they became the parents of two daughters, Abby and Amy.

This brings us to 1849, and the great gold-rush had begun. His older brothers James had joined the family in Antioch and would inherit the family farm. Having spent days and weeks roaming the wilderness with his Winnebego friends, he already felt Antioch was becoming over crowded, and offered little to complete the dreams he had for Martha and himself. In truth...."he tuk the fever".

NOTES In 1844 when Judge Ingalls first published the "Prairie Hen, Antioch and Jericho had only been settled for six years and were very small frontier villages in Illinois.

The daughter Abby mentioned above is the great great grand-mother of Dalene Trende (SD).

Sally wrote in her letter that she is hopeful that one of the family will have some further evidence that Edmund and Francis did arrive with Col. Endicott as both Burleigh and Walter Ingalls state. She planned to spend time at the Library of Congress and see if she could locate any verification,. possibly through Col. Endicott's reports, since Walter Ingalls notes the Col. gave them permission to leave Salem. Perhaps Sally has found some new verification of the above.

If any readers have researched the arrival of Edmund and Francis Ingalls in 1629, we encourage you to share your findings. By sharing your findings, it will give others a chance to read all records reviewed and draw some conclusions as to the correct date of arrival in America. AIS

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QUERIES

Submitted by Mildred Ingalls: Would like to hear from any descendants of Alphonso or his son CHARLES INGALLS of Darlington, Missouri. Mildred's lineage is: Edmund B1, John B5, Edmund B23, Joseph Sr. B81, Joseph Jr. B218, James B562, Darius B1388, Alphonso, Charles, Edwin, Lloyd.

She writes that it was through the Ingalls Inquirer that she made the connection that she had been looking for for years:

Submitted by Geneva Ingalls: Does anyone have information on MOSES INGALLS in Vermont b abt. 1760 or 1756 or a little later - had son named Hazen who married Julia Hunter. Hazen's death certificate states birthplace VT and father's name was Moses, no mother's name listed. (See biography this issue)

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THE INGALLS FAMILY - Information:  Petoskey & Bay View in Y Olden Days (Michigan) submitted by Geneva Keeble, MI. (see query)

The second white family to come here was Hazen Ingalls and his wife and children, who came for the purpose of making a home and to apply his trade to local industry. They came from Jefferson Co, NY (owned property in Jefferson Co., NY 1837-1857) to Leelanaw Co (MI) in 1859 and from then until 1866 they lived about four miles from Northport. In the spring of 1866 the family moved to Bear Creek and Mr. Ingalls purchased the water power and grist and saw-mill, which had been built by Harvey Porter, brother of Andrew Porter, a a government project in 1862. This mill was an old fashioned stone mill and was located where the Mitchell dam now stands. He also engaged in farming.

Their home, built by an Indian was located on the corner of Ingalls Avenue, and Charlevoix Avenue, and nearby the first store building to be erected on the south side of Little Traverse Bay, was built for a trading post for the Indians. Later he built a dock at the foot of Ingalls Avenue and shipped wood purchased from the Indians to various places.

There were thirteen children in the family, some of their names were Hibbard, Richard, Liberty, Hazen Jr., Byron, John, Lydia, Jackson, and Libby. The boys hunted and trapped. Jackson Ingalls, the oldest son remained here the rest of his life.

BITS AND PIECES

History of Chenango and Madison Counties New York, D. Mason & Co., 1880. Submitted by Irene Ingalls, NY

Ingalls, Fitch H., p.o. Hamilton, farmer, 68 acres, has been collector of Lebanon & trustee of Hamilton, b Brookfield, Madison Co., 1822, s (?) 1864; wife Harriet L. Sherrill, b Lebanon 1838, m. 1858, children 3: father, John W. Ingalls, mother, Rachel Waterman Ingalls, see D. W. Ingalls, Horace R. Sherrill, b Mass 1799, d 1865, Rebecca Shapley Sherrill, b 1803; children 7. (couldn't find more info on these last 3 names, only to find out that the Shapley's were Shakers.)

Ingalls, Amasa G., p.o. Hamilton, proprietor grist, saw and cider mills, 20 acres, b Brookfield, 1839; wife Abigail L. Holmes b Brookfield, 1837, m 1859; children 3, Lewis F., Charles L., Ina. C.

MANUFACTURERS: The Dunbar Mills at Hubbardsville, (grist, saw and Cider) were built in 1850, by Charles Blanchard and James H. Dunbar, on the site of a mill which was amongst the earliest in this section of the country. After various changes in proprietorship they came into the possession of the present proprietor, A. G. Ingalls, in August 1871. The grist mill contains three runs of stones, and the saw-mill a muley and circular saw and a planer, propelled by water from the east branch of the Chenango, with a fall of eight feet.

PETERBORO: Trustees for 1880 at the Academy: W. C. Ives, Pres.; Edward Bliss, Secretary and Treasurer; Joseph Bliss, Hon. Caleb Calkins, Hon. Gerrit S. Miller, James G. Messenger, Alden Record, John Dorrance, Conrad Ingalls, Jeremiah Bump, Greene Smith. The principal for 1880-1 is Wm. Ingalls, A.B., a graduate of Cornell University.

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BITS AND PIECES - continued -

The Park Hotel in Hamilton was owned at one time by John Ingalls.
The M.E. Church of Brookfield (Clarkyille) had as its pastor Rosman Ingalls 1838 to March 15 1839.

VERMONT 1790 FEDERAL CENSUS - (submitted by Susan Ingalls, WA)

Israel Ingalls, Orange Co., Corinth town

2 w male

1 w m 4 w f

 

16 & up

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Ebenr Ingalls, Windham Co., Rockingham town

2 w m

1 w m4 w f

 

16 & up

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Darius Ingels, Windsor Co., Weathersfield

1 w m

1 w m 5 w f

town

16 & up

 -16

BITS AND PIECES -(submitted by Susan Ingalls, WA)

INDEX TO MARRIAGE RECORDS OF ASHTABULA COUNTY, OHIO

1857? Ingalls, Gillett to Randall, Susan
1867  Ingalls, Charles to Cleveland, Melvina Vol. F p. 294
1879  Ingalls, Albert to Blood, Alice M. Vol. H p. 56
1861  Ingalls, K.A. to John J. Johnson Vol. E p. 444
1863  Ingles, Miriam A. to Rice, M. Vol. E p. 546
1877  Ingall, Alvira to Jeffers, Charles E. Vol. G p. 493
1877  Ingall, Helen to Stevens, Orlando C. Vol. H p. 10
1880  Ingalls, Kate S. to Felch, L.G. Vol. H p. 121

from LDS microfilm # 890261

BIRTH INDEX TO SPOKANE COUNTY, WASHINGTON, 1890-1907

#13725 Ingalls, Edmond L. male 12-8-1906 stillborn
#1559 Ingles 6-27-1907 male
#12374 Ingals father Mike
#9791 Ingle 4-21-1904 female. Mother Cora Willis age 34 with 6 children, born Iowa. Father _____Ingle age 38, laborer, b. Iowa

REGISTER OF DEATHS, SPOKANE COUNTY, WASHINGTON 1891-1907

#1679 Ingels 3-1-1896 age 1 (hour? month?), male, mulatto. Father Mike born England. Mother A. Heyer born California.
#4261 Ingols, L.M. 11-14-1900 age 63, male, born North Carolina. Father H. Ingols born North Carolina. Mother E. Henkle born North Carolina

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BITS AND PIECES - (submited by Susan Ingalls, WA)

CRAWFORD COUNTY, INDIANA MARRIAGES, 1818-1955

					LEDGER 	#
Ingel, Lonzel - Katie Ridenour 		1920 L111
Ingel, Anna - Houston Goldman 		1899 G195 
Ingel, Charles - Phronia Brown 		1915 K170 
Ingel, Claud - Clara Stone 		1921 L144 
Ingel, Cora J. - Noah A. Austin 	1911 J147 
Ingel, Dottie - Lee Brown 		1906 1164 
Ingel, Edward - Effie Stallings 	1917 K336 
Ingel, Elijah P. - Mary J. Fancher 	1902 G443 
Ingel, Elijah P.- Lillie M. Eddleman 	1929 M361 
Ingel, Elzora - Orval Knight 		1918 K407 
Ingel, Emery - Nora Lee 		1927 M170 
Ingel, Emma - Daniel Vanlaningham 	1920 L39 
Ingel, Etta - Guy Longest 		1916 K270 
Ingel, Geneva Mae - Albert Fisher 	1948 P366 
Ingel, George W. - Carrie E. Grant 	1899 G175 
Ingel, George W. - Lottie B. Lee 	1917 K379 
Ingel, George Webster - Della Mathers 	1927 M228 
Ingel, Glen - Treasa (sic) Hughes 	1929 M353 
Ingel, Homer - Trecy Worman 		1920 L74 
Ingel, Isaac S. - Annie Underhille 	1877 D251 
Ingel, James M. - Martha J. Underhille 	1867 C349 
Ingel, James W. - Ida Enlow 		1886 E473 
Ingel, John - Alfa Qualters 		1938 O100 
Ingel, John C. - Ila Fern Ridener 	1940 O319 
Ingel, John F. - Geneva Humphrey 	1915 K108 
Ingel, John H. - Cora Goodson 		1906 I16 
Ingel, John H. - Edna Wood 		1914 J476 
Ingel, Josephine May - Paul Chester 
		Brown 			1946 P166 
Ingel, Katy - George Miller 		1929 M335 
Ingel, Leora Bethel - Benjamin H. Brady 1920 L34 
Ingel, Leotta Onetta - Noah Scott 
		Atkins 			1942 B491 
Ingel, Lizzie - Lester Walls 		1908 I451 
Ingel, Louisa - James H. Flanigan 	1864 C130 
Ingel, Mary E. - George W. Eastridge 	1887 E521 
Ingel, Mary E. - Owen J. Gilmore 	1902 G445 
Ingel, Richard - Bertha Mitchell 	1928 M260 
Ingel, Ruby Pauline - William Charles 
		O'Daniel 		1940 0320 
Ingel, Rufus T. - Emma E. Cummins 	1921 L195 
Ingel, Sarah C. - Alvy I. Austin 	1889 G171 
Ingel, Sherman - Rhoda Newkirk 		1906 I181 
Ingel, Sylvester - Annie S. Choat 	1920 L59 
Ingel, Violet Leora - William Edward 
		Dillard 		1941 O354 
Ingel, Walter L. - Hannah E. Newton 	1877 D224 
Ingel, William H. - Sarah F. Morgan 	1921 L155 
Ingel, Willie - Esther Kendall 		1905 I79 


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BITS AND PIECES

Extracts from Vital Records from California cemeteries, Sutro, DAR, v.3. -(submitted by Anne Robinson, CA

DE COTO CEMETERY (Alameda Co.)

INGALLS - DYER

Benjamin Franklin Ingalls, s of Wm. Ingalls, 12 July 1812 19 Dec 1879, b in Sullivan. ME
Sophronia Thomas, w of B. F. Ingalls,
28 Aug 1821 - 31 Jan 1870 b in Eden, Me
W. F Ingalls on face of stone for above.

Blanche H. Ingalls 1873-1894
Emily H. Ingalls
1848-1927
John M. Ingalls
1846-1919
Myra Ingalls
1882-1901

William Wallace Ingalls  21 Feb 1871-3 Jan 1872 son of John M. & Emma H. Ingalls

  J. M. Ingalls on face of stone containing above
5 records.

Marion Wallace, wife of E. H. Dyer 13 Jan
1835-13 Feb 1863
Ebenezer Herrick, son of Joshua Dyer
17 Apr 1882-15 July 1910 b Sullivan, ME

E. H. Dyer on face of stone containing above 2 records.

Olive S. Ingalls w of E. H. Dyer,
3 Jan 1842-6 Feb 1919
Ellen F. Dyer d 17 Jan 1923, ae 69 y, b 1854 (on small stone)

Ephraim, son of Joshua Dyer, 2 Mar 1828 - 31 Oct 1883, b Sullivan, ME

The following are on small stones:
E. I. Dyer 1839-1920
E. Dyer
1828-1883
Hubert Dyer
1867-1915

OLD CEMETERYS OF SAN JOAQUIN0, CALIFORNIA, Vol. 2 - AIS

Ingalls, George E. bur 6-27-1909 ae 33
Ingall, J. M., bur 10-24-1894 ae 82
Inglis, Ansen, bur 6-28-;1904 ae 42
  Catherine bur 1-3-1858 ae 4
  Catherine bur 12-26-1906 ae 64
  Christina 5-28-1858 ae 1
  David (Pioneer Plot) 8-16-1891 ae 74
  John (Pioneer Plot) 11-20-1880 ae 65
  John A. 6-17-1918 ae 55

 

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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS, MATERIALS THAT CONTAIN NOTES ON INGALLS GENEALOGIES -- This is the beginning of a list of source materials that are available for research purposes at public libraries. I have extracted this list from: Index to Amer. Genealogy by Joel Munsell & Sons 1900, 5th ed. I found most of these volumes at the State of Michigan Library. If you have compiled any such lists, won't you share them with us?

(The letters and numbers following the subject name are volume and page numbers)

Abbott's Andover MA 33
Am. Anc. ii63, iii28, xii42
Bangor Hist. Ma g. iv 149-56
Bassett Hist of Richmond NH 417
Chase's Hist. of Chester, NH
549
Emery Gen.
(1890) 19
Hammatt Papers of Ipswich, MA 170
Lewis' Hist. of Ly
nn, MA 111
Livermore's Hist. of Wilton, NH
421
Merrill's Hist. of Acworth, NH
231
New Eng. Hist. of Gen. Reg. I, 72
New Hampshire H. S. Coll. vii, 375
Norton's Hist. of Fitzwilliam, NH 614
Power's Sangoman Co., ILL settlers 401
Ridlon's Harrison, ME settlers
82
Ridlon's Saco Valley, ME families 734-61
Runnel's Hist. Sanbornton, NH
ii 389-92
Savage's Gen. Dict. ii 519
Smith's Hist. of Peterborough, NH 126
Stearn' s Hist. of Rindge, NH 566-70
Thompson's Hist. Swampscott, MA
24-7
Washington, NH Hist. 488
Wyman's Charleston, MA i 540
Wells
Hist. of Newbury. VT 580-2
Stearns Hist. of Plymouth, NH 364
Allegheny and Its People by Ferguson
(1896) 268, 845
Hist. of Hartford, VT p 181, 413

Your contributions to this list will be helpful to others; we can assemble a list of state-by-state records that mention the Ingalls families. The older county histories provide valuable clues as to where the families were at a certain time period, providing additional family member names and a possible location to look for primary records. I am looking forward to hearing from you with suggestions and additions to the above list: AIS

FILIMORE CO., MINNESOTA 1878 ATLAS (Partial) - submitted by Carole Zebaugh, MN.

Forestville - Sec   31,32 B. K. Ingalls

                        31 P. Ingalls and B. K. Ingalls

                        31 P. Ingalls

York             Sec 6 R. H. & H. K. Ingalls

                        4 D. J. Ingalls

                        4 David Ingalls

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 - abstracted from One Hundred and One Famous Poems, Rev. Ed. JOHN JAMES INGALLS with a Prose Supplement, R. J. Cook, 301So. Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill.


OPPORTUNITY
JOHN JAMES INGALLS

(Born December 29, 1833; Died July 16, 1900)

Master of human destinies am I.
Fame, love, and fortune on my footsteps wait,
Cities and fields I walk; I penetrate
Deserts and seas remote, and, passing by
Hovel, and mart, and palace, soon or late
I knock unbidden, once at every gate!
If sleeping, wake-if feasting, rise before
I turn away. It is the hour of fate,
And they who follow me reach every state
Mortals desire, and. conquer every foe
Save death; but those who doubt or hesitate,
Condemned to failure, penury and woe,
Seek me in vain and uselessly implore
I answer not, and I return more.

(Photo omitted: John James Ingalls at National Statuary Hall United States Capitol Washington, D.C. Credit: Architect of the Capitol)


John James Ingalls
1833-1900

John James Ingalls was born in Middleton, Massachusetts, on December 29, 1833. He graduated from Williams College in 1855. Foreshadowing his later reputation as a wit, his graduation thesis, entitled "Mummy Life," was a satire of college life. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1857. Moving to Kansas Territory, Ingalls settled in Atchison in 1860. He joined the anti-slavery forces and worked to make Kansas a free state. He was a member of the Wyandotte constitutional convention in 1859 and is reputed to have coined the state motto, Ad Astra per Aspera. When Kansas was admitted to the Union in 1861, he became secretary of the first state Senate and state Senator in 1862. During the Civil War he served as judge advocate in the Kansas militia. As an editor of the Atchison newspaper, Freedom's Champion, for three years, he won a national reputation for a series of magazine articles. Elected to the U.S. Senate in 1873, Ingalls served for 18 years. He supported labor and agriculture against monopolies. He also favored the Interstate Commerce Act and the Civil Service Law, In 1877 Ingalls was elected President pro tempore of the Senate. Praised for his keen sarcasm and quick wit, John James Ingalls died in Las Vegas, New Mexico, on August 16, 1900.

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DUNSTABLE, NEW HAMPSHIRE VITAL RECORDS - 1913

BIRTHS-- INGALLS and variant spellings

(Submitted by Ruth Bunker Christiansen)

Abigail French, d. Eleazer F. and Amy, 8 Oct 1818
Charles S: s Eleazer F. and Amy
20 Dec 1826
Daniel s John and Abigail
6 Oct 1788

Eleaser Frinch (sic) s John and Abigail 30 Nov 1782
Eleazer Stillman s Eleazer F. and Amy 10 June 1820
Hannah Maria d Harrison and Hannah P. 21 Aug 1838
James s Eleazer and Amy
26 Dec 1812

Joel s John and Abigail 26 Sept 1784
John s John and Huldy 8 June
1774
Joseph s John and Huldy 1 Apr
1778
Mary d John and Huldy 15 July 1776

Mary Caroline d Eleazer F. and Amy 14 Sept 1810
Mary French d Eleazer F. and Amy 22 Apr 1825
Nancy Spaulding d Eleazer F. and Amy
16 Feb 1809
Nathan Pearson s Eleazer F. and Amy 24 Oct 1822
Sally d Eleazer F. and Amy 19 Nov 1816
Tho (ma)s Pearson s Eleazer F. and Amy 28 Dec
1814


INGALS
Betty d Israel and Betty 10 Mar 1780
   Polley d Israel and Betty 24 Jan
1782


INGOLS
Harrison Pearson s Eleazer F. and Anna 13 Aug 1806
   James s John and Abigail 6 July
1791
   Sarah d John and Abigail 13 Nov 1793

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DUNSTABLE, NH, MARRIAGES

INGALLS:
Eliza of Tyngsborough and Micha E. Robbins, 26 Nov 1840
Nathaniel and Elizabeth Didson, intention, 12 Dec
1782

INGALS:
Israel and Bettey French, both of Dunstable, NH
26 Aug 1779
John, Jr. and Mrs. Abigail French, the younger, 7 Mar 1782
Joseph and Lucy Read,
24 Jan 1771 (intention also recorded)

INGLALS, Olive and Thomas Pollard of Nottingham West, NH, 15 May 1783

INGOLLS, Ruth and Jeams (sic) Pike of Groton, 3 Mar 1773
  Sarah and Wyman Fife of Dunstable NH
28 Apr 1822

DUNSTABLE DEATHS

INGALLS, James s John and Abigail 21 Dec 1787
  Mary d
9 May 1828 (age 52 years) "Miss C.R."

INGOLS, Hannah 16 Mar 1833 John 10 Nov 1824 ae 78 y

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