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

REATHA DAY INGALLS of 36 Grove Avenue, d Friday, August 8, 1989 at the Cayuga County Nursing Home, Sennett, NY. She was born in Sennett 29 June 1900 to WILLIAM and MARY ROGERS DAY of England. She married LEMAN B. INGALLS, who died 5 July 1976.

Surviving children are: LEMAN D. INGALLS, Baldwinsville; AGNES J. CHAPIN, Richmond, Wa; Barbara M. LAXTON, Auburn; and ROGER W. INGALLS, Auburn.

She was a member of the Fleming Federated Church and the Primrose Club. Family committal services and burial will take place at Soule Cemetery. Submitted by Roger W. Ingalls. (photo omitted)

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Charles Joseph Ingalls, Fleming, NY
Born at Menton, Iowa 04/03/1864
Died at Fleming, NY 01/05/1939
Son of. JOSEPH D. INGALLS b 1834-1894 and MARY FAY
Married ACHSAH L. BROWN 1888; 2nd wife, ALICE MAY BACON 1901

CHARLES J. INGALLS OF FLEMING DIES

Was One of County's Best Known Farmers - Town Assessor, Active in Co-ops -Funeral Sunday

Charles J. Ingalls. 74, prominent resident of Cayuga County and well known farmer, died this afternoon at his home on South Street Road, Town of Fleming, after an illness of several months.

Mr. Ingalls was born in Franklin County, Iowa, but had made his home in Fleming for the past 31 years. He had been active in the farming business for 54 years. Mr. Ingalls was assessor of the Town of Fleming for several years and was very active in the original organization of the Dairymen's League and G.L.F.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Alice Bacon Ingalls; two daughters, Mrs. Anna B. Gibbs of Watertown. Mrs. William Ward of Moravia; five sons, Luther J. Ingalls of Fleming; Ray C. Ingalls of Detroit. Charles H. Ingalls, Leman B. Ingalls of Fleming and Glenn S. Ingalls of Schenectady; one sister, Mrs. Seymour Owens of Antwerp. N. Y., 18 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the home. with Rev. John Wubbenhorst of Fleming Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Fleming Rural Cemetery. (Died 5 Jan 1939). Submitted by Roger Ingalls. . . . .

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Cousins Meet for First Time - 1986

RUSSELL, JAMES AND FRANK INGALLS 3rd Cousins (photo omitted)

Shelby, Michigan -- 59th year of Ingalls Reunion of FRANK M. INGALLS branch (10) Phyletus (09) Aaron (8) B1580

James Arthur Ingalls sent the following story about his quest for family history.

"My name is James Arthur Ingalls, I come from southwestern NY state in the area of Bolivar, Cuba and Olean. I was born 23 Sept 1922 in Abbotts, in the township of Ischua, a small community north of Cuba Lake, where the lake now stands covers what was once the INGALLS farm of AARON INGALLS b 1802 d 1886. My father was VIRGIL PHYLETUS INGALLS and my grandfather was BENJAMIN PHYLETUS INGALLS. BENJAMIN was born

in Hixton, Wisconsin, the son of PHYLETUS and LYDIA ANN SVITH, who were both from Cuba, NY. LYDIA was PHYLETUS 2nd wife, his first wife was LUCY ANN BOOTH who was born in Elmira, NY and lived in the Cuba area. LUCY had five children four boys and one girl, they were FRED, ADIN, SAMUEL, FRANK and OLIVE. LYDIA had six children; AARON, BENJAMIN, ELIZABETH, EMMA JANE, AMELIA and CHARLES. AMELIA and ELIZABETH both died as small children.

"As a small boy I remember going to the INGALLS reunion with my parents and hearing about the INGALLS relatives in Michigan and Ohio. I also remember stories about the "Big Five" going to Michigan to see their relatives. I know now that the "Big Five" were Grandfather Benjamin, his sister EMMA JANE and her husband FRANK FISK, also BENJAMIN's half brother SAMUEL and his wife ANNA.

"Our grandsons  . . . were asking questions about their background that we could not answer, so my wife PAULINE HILL INGALLS (Polly) started to check into our family history. We attended an INGALLS get together called by LINDA INGALLS WRIGHT.

3RD COUSINS MEET - 1986 - continued -

“We were told about the "Ingalls Inquirer" published by ARLENE INGALLS SCHRADER of DeWitt, Michigan. We wrote to Arlene and found that we were coming down from the same family of EDMUND who came to this country in 1629 from Lincolnshire, England and was the first white settler in the city of Lynn, MA, they also settled the city of Swampscott, and Andover, MA. Edmund has five boys and his brother Francis who came here at the same time has four girls.

"From ARLENE and LINDA we learned about the INGALLS reunion in Shelby, MI. POLLY and I on July 28, 1986 started for Shelby to meet PHYLETUS' other family in the MI area. LINDA notified us that she was going to be in Shelby getting information for her book. She had put us in touch with FRANK and FRANCES INGALLS (third cousins) and we were invited to stay with them upon arrival in Shelby. We arrived about 1 p.m. on July 31st and spent the next several hours over dinner talking and looking at pictures getting our families in the right perspective. FRANK and FRANCES took us for a ride around the area and to meet his brother RUSSELL and wife FLORENCE. When FRANK, RUSSELL and I were together the look-alike was uncanny, anyone would know that we were related. The next day Linda drove in and to our surprise she had cousin ARLENE with her, you can bet we all had a good time talking about our families. That night we stayed at FRANK and FRANCES cottage on Upper Silver Lake, it is known as the "INGAL00" as it looks like an Igloo from the North country, an unusual cottage on a beautiful lake. That afternoon and evening the INGALLS clan started to gather..talk and food was aplenty. A trip to the sand dunes and a boat ride wound up the day.

"The next day, August 2, was the reunion and INGALLS families both young and old came together for more food and a good time was had by all. POLLY and I know that our work and time spent had not been in vain, the INGALLS FAMILY was alive and well. We have discovered in our search of the family that we are related to three presidents GRANT, GARFIELD and ROOSEVELT. We are also the 5th cousins of LAURA INGALLS WILDER who wrote the Little House on the Prairie. CHARLES or PA as he was called is also from Cuba, NY.

"We want to extend our thanks to all our cousins and especially FRANK and FRANCES for their hospitality.

"If anyone knows anything about FRED and/or ADIN'S family, who were also coming down from PHYLETUS and LUCY ANN, we would like very much to hear from you. These families are a void in our research."

Sincerely, JAMES A. INGALLS

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REUNION NOTICE: The 1987 INGALLS reunion will be held the first Saturday in August at Silver Lake State Park, Shelby. There were 60 in attendance in 1986, out of a possible 400, of the FRANK M. INGALLS line of Michigan. Thanks, NATALIE VANDEN TOORN, for this information!

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QUERY SECTION – continued –

Seeking information about ELIZABETH BARRETT B5, B23, B76 #200 of Salem who was married to JOHN INGALLS b 1625 d 1721. BENJAMIN, son of EDMUND and EUNICE LUDDIN dau of BENJAMIN LUDDIN and EUNICE HOLBROOK, married MERCY JENCKS dau of EBENEZER JENCKS and MARY BUTTERWORTH. FREELOVE dau of BENJAMING married JAMES JENNINGS. Betty Patrick has information on these lines and will share.

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Seeking information -- need parents, siblings of PHILLIP INGLES b. 22 Jan 8129 Ont. who came from Georgian Bay, Canada; parents came from England. Married SARAH CAYES; children: EDMUND, AMY, PHILLIP, ANGELINE, SARAH, CATHERINE, JOHN, ADELINE, WELLINGTON, AMANDA, CALVIN, JAMES, SHERMAN, ELI. AMANDA married the first white person on Drummond Island, MI.

The 1870 MI census for Sand Beach, Huron Co MI confirms that my INGALLS branch did indeed come from Ontario between 1852 and 1845. The family directly underneath is the WILLIAM MANN family, oldest dau, MERCY, future w of EDMUND INGALLS.

In the 1880 census the INGALLS has been changed to INGLES for both PHILIP (B or R) and EDMUND, now married to MERCY MAN, children EBER and LOWE present, also PHILIP'S fa: b VT; Mo b PA.

There is also a GEORGE INGLES, ae 56; b Canada; fa b NY; Mo b unk; w ANNIE, b England; s GEORGE; dau EVA. We know of no George in our family. Contact: Alice D. Finley.

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WANTED: contact with descendants of EDMUND INGLES, his wife MERCI MANN and their family. (Alice D. Finley) A book was published called The Tree of Life by Gladys Spieth., published by Carlton Press, Inc., New York: NY 1978. This is the story of EDMUND INGLES b 14 Apr 1849 at Sand Beach (now Harbor Beach, MI). On p 14 a sister ADELINE is mentioned. She was Alice Finley's gr-gr-grandmother. Her line is well documented for 5 generations.

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CIVIL WAR PENSION RECORD: Pension record for a CHARLES INGALLS private in Co. A, 1st Regiment of Michigan Volunteer Infantry, was a resident of Hunter, Green Co, NY. He enlisted at Detroit, MI. His wife's name was ABI BRANDON and his children's names were CARRIE, WILLIAM, FANNIE and DORA. He d 10 June 1918. I would be glad to send these papers to a descendant. Record consists of 16 pages). Contact: Mrs. Melvin N. Ingalls.

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QUERY SECTION

Seeking information on parents of ALMON INGALLS b 1805 d 1856, lived in St. Almand or Dunham, Quebec before his marriage to BETSEY SARGENT 1829 in Dunham. They had a large family and moved around the Dunham area until they finally settled in Allug Centre, VT.

We have no idea who ALMON'S parents were. But we have found that he had two brothers, JESS and JOHN. JESS was a witness at JOHN'S wedding in 1816 to BETSEY SCHOFIELD in St. Almand. Family stories say that ALMON was born in Plattsburg, NY (60 miles south). Jess is mentioned on page 248, #5181 in Burleigh's book. Contact: Freda Mason.

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Seeking information on parents of JAMES INGALLS b 9 Jan 1802 d 13 Jar. 1862, m MALINDA SNOW b 1808 d 17 Feb 1871.

Children:
1) LYDIA b 1832 m MILO GOODRICH
2) HORACE b 1834 d 17 Oct 1862 m. ANN FORSYTH
3) BENJAMIN b March 1836 m BETSY SNOW
4 JAMES JR. b Dec 1838 m. 1) MARCIA FLINT, 2nd) JANE AUSTIN
5 WILLIAM b 1840 m. CORA JOHNSON

6) ALFRED B b 19 May 1841 d 22 Aug 1895 m. TRYPHENA E. LAMBERTON
7) HENRY b 1844 d 22 May 1886 m. AUGUSTA HEINBAUCH
8) IRA b April 1847 d 1909 m. CARTHA J. STEVENSON
9) MARY b 1948 m. CLARENCE MILLER

JAMES INGALLS SR. from Jefferson Co., NY (at east end of Lake Ontario) residence on 24 Sept 1835 when purchased original government land in Burton twp, Genesee Co., MI. Born in Genesee Co, NY died in Genesee Co, MI.
MALINDA (SNOW) INGALLS (sister of MINER P. SNOW) b___  d Genesee Co, MI. Married in Genesee Co, NY. Need additional information. Contact: Walter LaMotte.

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Does anyone have any information about ABIGAIL FRENCH, daughter of ELEAZER FRENCH, the Revolutionary War soldier who lost an arm during the Battle of Bunker Hill. All I have is:

ABIGAIL FRENCH b 6 Nov 1757 Dunstable, Ma m JOHN INGALLS 7 Mar 1782.

Her son was ELEAZER FRENCH INGALLS (B912). I would like to become a member of the DAR and need more information about her or where I can get more information.

I would also like to know more about her husband JOHN INGALLS (B379) b 1746 Ipswich, MA m 1) HULDAH  _?_ 2) ABIGAIL FRENCH b 6 Nov 1757 Dunstable, MA d _?_, Tyngsboro, MA. Contact: Dalene Trende

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CORRECTIONS

March 1986 Ingalls Inquirer, p. 114, para 2 – CHARLES F. LIVINGSTON was a boyhood friend of ELEAZER S. INGALLS. Notation on p 142 of July 1986 Ingalls Inquirer seems to indicate this as his son. He did have the son mentioned in Burleigh whom I presume was named after his boyhood friend who helped him build the press. 

March 1986 Ingalls Inquirer, p 115, para 4 - ABBY was the great (not Gr-Gr) grandmother of DALENE TRENDE, SD. Submitted by Dalene Trende.

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TOMBSTONE READINGS

Reading by Mrs. FLORENCE WAGNER, Arcade NY genealogist for her DAR chapter in NY.

Hunter's Creek Cemetery, near Wales, Erie CO, NY about two miles from home of LANSFORD and LAURA INGALLS on Vermont Hill, town of Holland.

INGALS, NATHANIEL d 21 Jan 1875 ae 73
LYDIA d 1 March 1872 ae 60
JAMES 1 March 1862 ae 65 yr 10 mo
LORENZO d 5 July 1959 ae 52
NATHANIEL d 1938 ae 73 5 mo 13 da
ELIZABETH his wife 31 Dec 1816 80 y 2 mo 21 da

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These Connecticut Headstone Inscriptions before 1900 were compiled by CHARLES R. HALF, State Necrologist, and are reprinted by courtesy of the CT State Library in CT Nutmegger, Vol 17 No 4, March 1985:

OLD ABBINGTON CEMETERY, POMFRET (CT)

INGALLS

Charles d 21 Nov 1772 ae 4 y

Dorcas d 25 Oct 1764 ae 2 y

Esther, w of Zebadiah d 30 Sept 1778 ae 43 y

John, Lt., d 2 Apr 1783 ae 86 y

John d 23 Jan 1??? ae 1 y

Joseph d 26 Oct 1790 ae 67 y

Mary w of Benjamin d 20 Apr 1784 ae 66 y

Mary w of James d 9 Mar 1773 ae 79 y

Olive d 13 Feb 1776 ae 3 y

Olive d 26 Apr 1769 ae 2 y

Olive, w of Simeon and dau of Lt. JOSHUA and ESTHER GROSVENOR d 1 Apr 1782 ae 21 y

Sarah w of Thomas d 6 Oct 1777 ae 2A y

Sarah w of John d 25 May 1764 ae 69 y

Sarah w of Solomon d 1 Aug 1762 ae 50 y

James d 6 Mar 1767 ae 71 y

Zebadiah, s of Capt Zebadiah and Esther d 17 Sept 1778 21 y

Zebadiah, Capt, d 11 June 1800 ae 70 yr (Rev. War)

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Linda Wright has death certificates for the following Ingalls . . . :

1). John Ingalls B4307 - d. 03 May 1897 Dresden, Washington Co., N.Y. father: John; mother: Roxey Wetherbee

2). Andrew Ingalls - b . Canada d. 30 Oct 1912 Brighton, Monroe Co., N.Y. father: George b. Canada; mother: Louise Langford b. Canada

3). Eiza Ingalls b. N.Y. d. 06 Aug 1898 Sharon, Schoharie Co., N.Y. father: ____ Baxter

4). James J. Engles - d. 01 Mar 1882 Tekensha, Calhoun Co., Mi., 58y 4m 20 d;  father: John Engle; mother: Julia

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For those interested in royal genealogy, Publisher's Central Bureau, One Champion Ave., Avenel, NJ 07001-9987. Dept. 417 - ask for catalog with Royal Chart, "Kings and Queens of Great Britain", 3' x 4' in beautiful color, on which is represented Royal lines from the Scots, Welsh, Anglo-Saxons, Normans, and Danes, from the 7th century to the children of Queen Eizabeth II.  . . . .

All persons descended from MARGARET DELANO who married SAMUEL INGALLS B1576 (grandfather of "PA") descend from two two Mayflower ancestors and from most of the Royal families of Europe. This includes Cerdic, 1st historic king of England, who is descended by legend, from Adam, through a different line than the one shown in the last Inquirer.

Ruth Bunker Christiansen has written and published a soft cover 36-page booklet entitled: "American and Royal Ancestors of Laura Ingalls Wilder." . . . . All lines shown go to Margaret Delano and Laura Ingalls Wilder, in easy-to-follow charts. Thirty-two American lines are represented and twelve Royal charts including one from Adam.

Ruth was former genealogy assistant to Edward C. Moran who published Vol. I and IT of Bunker Genealogy. Contact: Ruth Bunker Christiansen.

BITS AND PIECES

N. P. Ingalls  M     45    NH

Eliza             F      43   VT

Wm.             M      10   CA

Eattie           M       8    CA

The Ingalls' are living with the Adair family. N. P. a teamster. No value shown for real estate or personal property.

There are no other Ingalls families found in the county.