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

Vol. 5, No. 1 - March, 1988

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I received a note from Linda Wright . . . re INGALLS Genealogy supplement book that we wish to share with you:

Dear Cousins:

You can't imagine the fun Arlene and I are having trying to decide when and where your ancestors were born or died. Information that we have received from more than one of you on the same ancestor invariably has either a different birth date or place. If we took the time to try to track down all of these discrepancies, we'd never get this sequel out. In some cases, we're just making a stab at what might be the most acceptable date or place under the circumstances

(signed) Linda Wright

Ed. notes We ARE making progress on this project! If anyone has a new line or additional family group sheets they wish to submit, please do so immediately!. Submit to Linda Wright or to me . . . - AIS

Reprints are still available of The Genealogy and History of the Ingalls Family in America, compiled and published in 1903 by Charles Burleigh, M.D. . . .

QUERIES

Tom TORGERSON writes: "I would like more information re Maria wife of John INGALLS m 1849 VT. Maria b 26 Aug 1824 VT? - need to know her parents names. Of a family of nine, Maria was supposed to have been the youngest and last to have died, 1906 Redwood Falls, MN. John and Maria had at least three sons, and a daughter, Ione. One son named Del or Delbert was chief auditor at the University of Oregon in the latter part of the 1800’s."

Claude A. Virgin, Edinburgh, Scotland writes: "Looking for information about the INGALLS family of New England. Do you know the ancestry of a Molly INGALLS who married ca 1730 Ephraim Farnham II of Concord, NH. According to Nathaniel Bouton's book, History of Concord NH, she lived in Rattlesnake Plain, near Boscawin."

Ed. note: I checked at the State library and found the above book Boscawin twn, Merrimack County (formerly Contoocock) NH, additional information listed ch: Ephraim b 21 Sep 1733, Benjamin b 21 Mar 1739.

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QUERIES

Mrs. Harriet Bone descendant of Jasper Harrison Ingalls b 1819 NY m Roxie Ann Fuller, has an album of pictures of Ingalls' - mostly S. Dakota photographers - which we cannot identify - nor could mother - they came from her grandfather, Jasper Ingalls' home. Can anyone help her identify these photos? -contact Harriet Zone, please.

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Mrs. Dalene Trende writes: Is anyone else descended from Edmund (1), --Samuel (2), Joseph (3) John (4), John (5), Eleazer French Ingalls (6). Eleazer French Tngalls' mother was Abigail French b 6 Nov 1757, Dunstable, MA. Her father was Eleazer French and Eleazer French's father was John French (5) b ca. 1691 or 1707. I would like to know when he was born, where and who was his wife. Eleazer French (father of Abigail) mother was Abigail Fletcher and one brother Jonathan b 1760. Does anyone know more about this line? Also would like to know more about John (4) and Joseph (3). Please contact Dalene Trende.

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William D. Quick writes: "I have, for a Jefferson County Historical Commission project, been collecting genealogical and historical data on the early settlers of Jefferson County, TX. One of the most interesting subjects is James INGALLS. Need information on JAMES INGALLS to supplement the following known facts:

INGALLS/WILLIAMS/ROWLEY

1) He signed a document on Oct 8 1840 in Jefferson Co, TX

2) He was married to SARAH ANN WILLIAMS on 31 Jul 1845 This marriage later ended in a divorce filed in Jefferson County.

3) He was a thirty-two-year-old school teacher, born in Massachusetts, residing in the household of William Perry, according to the 1850 census of Jefferson County, TX

4) He was married to Mrs. ESTHER A ROWLEY on 16 Oct 1853, In Jefferson County.

5) He was listed as a surveyor on the 1860, 1870, and 1880 censuses of Jefferson County.

6) He signed his will on 26 Jan 1891. The probate was filed in Jefferson County on 30 Apr 1892.

When did JAMES INGALLS first arrive in Jefferson County, and who were his parents? When did he die, and where is he buried?

If anyone has answers to the above query, please forward a copy to The Ingalls Inquirer, as well as Mr. Quick. I am interested in adding this line to our files.

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The following article was taken from Black Powder Report - Nov-Dec 1985, p 12. PO Box 789, Big Timber, MT 59011, submitted by Pauline Assarsson, Nebr. Thank you, Pauline, for this condensed version of MARY DRAPER INGLES story of her capture and escape from a party of Shawnees in 1755.

MARY DRAPER INGLES

1732-1815

by Elaine Casteel

Taken from 'Trans-allegheny Pioneers' by John P. Hale, grandson of Mary Draper lngles. First edition published 1886.

In 1748 the first settlement west of the great Allegheny 'divide' was formed on the waters of the New River or Wood's River as it was then interchangeably called. The name given to this settlement was “Drapers Meadows*.” At the date of this settlement the entire population of Virginia, which then extended from the Atlantic to the Mississippi and embraced the present states of Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin, was but 82,000. All but a few hundred were east of the Blue Ridge. Those who settled Draper's Meadow were Thomas Ingles and his three sons, Mrs. Draper and her son and daughter, Adam Harmon, Henry Lenard and James Burke.

In 1750, William Ingles and Mary Draper were married, this being the first white wedding west of the Alleghenies. Little did Mary Draper Ingles know then of the unforgettable journey that fate had in store for her.

On July 8, 1755, just five years after she married, Mary was captured by a party of Shawnees from beyond the Ohio. Also taken captive were Mrs. John Draper and Henry Lenard and Mary's two small sons. The fact that Mary was due to deliver another child into this wilderness or the fact that Mrs. Draper had a shattered arm, was of no consequence to the Indians. The thought of her unborn child bore heavily on Mary's mind, she was sure that it would be brained along the side of a tree just as she had seen them do to Mrs. Draper's small child during the raid.

They were given horses to ride and were permitted to tend to their own needs. Three days later Mary gave birth to an infant daughter. The following morning they again mounted their horses and headed west. Mrs. Ingles was given more consideration than any of the others, particularly due to the fact she tried to make herself useful and seemed to be content under all her trials. Her athletic ability no doubt made the trip much easier. She was instructed to attend to Mrs. Drapers arm. She made a poultice by steeping the leaves of the wild comphry plant and dressed the wound with a salve made from comphry plant and deer fat.

The Indians stopped at the salt spring just beyond the Kanawha River. Here they would spend several days boiling brine to make salt to take with them on their trip home. Home to them was the mouth of the Scioto River in Ohio.

At the salt springs, Mary's children, except for the infant, were given to other Indians and while in captivity would never see one another again.

French traders came to the Indian village and seeing Mary was a good seamstress put her to work making shirts. Many weeks later the Frenchmen and a party of Indians were to go to the "Big Bone Lick" to make salt. Mary and some other prisoners, among them a Dutch woman, were taken along. This "Big Bone Lick" is about 150 miles below Scioto in Boone County, Kentucky and about 40 miles below Cincinnati, Ohio. Some of the largest mastodon bones ever found were strewn all about in this area. It was here that she plotted her escape along with the old Dutch woman. The hardest part of her plan was to leave behind the small daughter.

They started late in the afternoon and headed for the Ohio River to get to a known starting place. With little to guide them, they followed the Ohio through its long course to the mouth of the Kanawha, which she felt she could recognize and on up the Kanawha and New River to her far-off home.

With nothing more than a tomahawk and a blanket for each, they made their way living off berries and nuts. Several days out they encountered an old horse outside an Indian village. They captured him only to lose him a few days later trying to cross Big Sandy River.

They added many miles to their journey by following the tributary rivers up toward the head waters to find a shallow place for crossing. Sometimes taking days of weary travel just to get back to the main stream they were following. As the hardship increased so did the Dutch woman's desperation. Several times she attempted to kill Mary, but Mary, being younger and more active, managed to keep out of her reach.

The weather was cold and they suffered greatly from exposure. Their moccasins and clothing were in shreds. They protected their feet by wrapping them with strips torn from what was left of their dresses and tied them on with string made from the soft flexible bark of young leatherwood shrub. Food was becoming more scarce. At one point they feasted on a partially decomposed deer head they found floating in a stream.

They passed the mouth of the Kanawha in sight of what would later be the bloody battle ground of Point Pleasant and on up the west side of the Kanawha. Past Scary Creek and Coal River and onto the Elk River where 16 years later the renowned pioneer and Indian fighter Simon Kenton and his two companions, Yeager and Strader, would build a cabin (These men hunted and trapped until 1773 when they were attacked by Indians. Yeager was killed and Kenton and Strader, though wounded, made their escape.)

On their journey, past what is now Charleston the capital of West Virginia. They also passed the place where 30 years later Daniel Boone would build a cabin and live for 10 years.

Just above the mouth of Campbell's Creek was the Salt Spring where the Indians had stopped to rest and make salt some months before. Having passed the mouths of Rush, Len's, Field's and Slaughter

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Creeks, they came to Cabin Creek and Kelly Creek. Three miles above Kelly's Creek they passed the mouth of Point Creek, the route her captors had traveled.

Onward they struggled past the falls of the Great Kanawha. Two miles above the falls they passed the mouth of Gauley River and left what is known as the Kanawha Valley and entered the grand canyon of New River. How did they get through that awful chasm of cliffs and precipitous mountains towering 1500 feet above? They walked. climbed, crept and crawled through brush, thorns, briars and huge rocks. This could well be the greatest challenge this undefeated pair had yet to conquer.

From dizzying heights they could look down upon the rushing, roaring torrents of New River. Having passed the worst portion of the New River gorge they passed the mouth of the Greenbriar River. Next came the mouth of the Blue Stone River which was a landmark and remembered point to Mary. She experienced a strong sense of relief. She knew how long it had taken her to reach here on her way down and she began to trace the weary days ahead. If only she could hold on a little longer.

Suffering from starvation and exhaustion, the old Dutch woman threatened to make Mary her next meal. A struggle ensued, but both were so feeble neither did the other much harm. Mary, being much younger, managed to escape the old woman and hid until dark. She discovered a canoe nearby and crossed the river and took shelter in a small hunting camp. Next morning she found two turnips for breakfast.

Resuming her now solitary journey, she soon discovered her companion on the opposite shore. The woman professed great remorse and made promises for the future and begged Mary to come back for her. But with Mary a wise discretion prevailed. After all that had occurred she reasoned that it would be safer to keep the river between them. She concluded she must be within 30 miles of her home. She passed through the New River Narrows and the butt of Wolf Mountain and the mouth of Wolf Creek, under the shadows of the towering Angels Rest Mountain. She crawled around or over the huge cliffs just below the mouth of Stony Creek She had by some means, gotten beyond the grand wall of cliffs jutting into the river for two miles and two miles above this another seemingly impassable cliff had been scaled.

Night was approaching and snow had fallen It was the end of November. Before her was yet another gigantic cliff, hundreds of feet high with the base in the water and the crown overhanging. There seemed no way around it except to wade. This she tried but found it too deep to wade. With night closing in, wet and cold. she threw herself down on the bare ground, more. dead than alive, and waited for morning. Her limbs were so stiff and swollen and sore from exposure she could scarcely stand much less wade and climb. but she had no choice. Slowly, hour after hour, she made her way higher and higher. Tempted at times to let go and end it all, the thoughts of home within 12 miles from her gave her strength. As long as she lived she referred to this day as the most terrible of her whole life.

At the end of the day she reached the bottom again. After going a short distance she discovered a cornfield where Adam Hannon and his two sons were gathering corn. Calling out she collapsed. They took her to their cabin and fed her beef soup and cleaned her wounds.

It had been four months since they had last seen her. It had been 40 days and almost 800 miles through howling wilderness since her escape. Several days later a search was made for the old Dutch woman who had stumbled upon a hunters camp and. finding food, took shelter for three days. Having found a horse, she made her way toward Drapers Meadow and met Mr. Harmon who was searching for her.

The reunion between Mary and the old woman was very emotional. Remembering only the common dangers, they fell upon each other's shoulders and wept.

*Near present day Blacksburg, VA.

**Today this cliff is known as Anvil Cliff. It is 280 feet in height, the first 100 feet overhanging and the water in the pool has never been fathomed and also includes a whirlpool.

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Article appeared in The Antiques Journal, January 1978

(photos omitted)

FENCES ONCE protected and adorned rural farms, country estates, town and city homes, and public buildings. Fences enclosed church lawns, country graveyards, and even some burial plots with locked gates. Regrettably, the fence is rapidly becoming a thing of the past. Old houses and new stand out nakedly in vast expanses of lawn. "Don't fence me in" has become the popular reality.

In pod-auger days, brush piles, stump fences, and fieldstone walls; post and rail, stake-and-rider, and board fences; hedge-rows, cast iron barriers, log palisades, and many other forms of land and building protection were a necessity. Later, they were often built for ornamentation.

Most of the fences were built from locally-obtained materials. All had an individuality belonging to their period. Yet those still in existence are worthy of restoration, preserving a craft of yesterday.

Brush provided the material for the first pioneer fences on record. The early settlers built the barn in a thicket of small or medium-sized trees near the log cabin. Then the

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fences, the product of local foundries, surrounded homes and cemeteries. They had sharp points, intricate designs, and elaborate gates. A few still remain, but many have rusted out because of lack of paint.

Hedges, both evergreen and deciduous, were common from the days of the early settlement. However, these were less popular because they involved constant trimming or pruning.

Those owning fences of yesterday should take care to restore and preserve them. Fences bring a feeling of intimacy with the early settlers and their descendants. They acquaint us with an often forgotten craftsmanship. They are a quiet, pleasant part of our heritage, signatures of early generations on the land.

Spare the stump fences. Leave the stone walls undisturbed. Preserve the wooden pickets. Paint the cast iron fences. Recognize the boundary markers of long ago.

"Remove not the ancient landmarks which the fathers have set."

Dr J. Almus Russell author of Fences of Yesterday is a native of Mason, NH and knew several members of the Ingalls family.

The family home, now burned is pictured twice in The Mason Bicentennial – 1768-1968.

Dr. Russell continues to say he has searched the above book and the earlier Mason History, J. B. Hill, with no results except to find that Micah and Moses Russell built the place in 1919 when Moses married Betsey Dunster. Samuel INGALLS bought it in 1842 and raised it to two stories. Leland Barnes bought it in 1899. Leland was the son of Martha INGALLS Barnes.

Descendants live in Mason at the present time (1979) Ingalls' descendants by the names of Miller and Dunn still live in Mason.

FIELDSTONE STONE walls flank Samuel Ingalls (Russell) house, Pole Hill, Mason, N.H. (photo omitted). The house was erected by the author’s great-great-great uncles in 1819, and stone walls are contemporary with that period. House on right was built about 200 years ago by Hubbard Russell, father of these uncles. Photo. Mason (N.H.) Historical Society.

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The following photos were submitted by Roger Ingalls. Thank you, Roger, for your contribution to The Ingalls Inquirer.

Gustavus W. INGALLS, b 24 May 1824, Bristol, NH, son of Gilman (B2667-8) and Sally Roberts. Gustavus married Mary C., daughter of David and Susan (Harriman) Sleeper of Bristol. He lived at Concord NH and enlisted Aug 1861 as band leader 3d NH Regiment Infantry; reenlisted Jan. 1863 as band leader of the 2d Brigade 10th Army Corps, and mustered out 4 July 1865. Some of his lineage continues in Burleigh book, p 2ll.

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Camp scene of the 3rd New Hampshire Regiment Band, Port Royal, South Carolina, c. 1862. The musicians seated at the table are from left to right: Gustavus W. Ingalls, bandmaster; Samuel F. Brown, treasurer; and D. Arthur Brown, deputy bandmaster. Gustav Ingalls was 36 years old when he formed the 3rd New Hampshire band. Prior to 1861, he had achieved a high reputation as a conductor of brass bands and teacher of wind instruments. Both before and after the war, Ingalls was associated with several New England firms (including one of his own) that manufactured reed organs and other musical instruments. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Source: A Pictorial History of Civil War Era Musical instruments & Military Bands, Robert Garofalo & Mark Elrod; Pictorial Histories Publishing Co., Charleston, W. VA (1985) 4103 Virginia Ave, SE, Charleston, W. VA 25304

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PORT ROYAL BAND

Regimental Band of the 3rd New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, Port Royal, South Carolina, early 1862. This organization is probably the best documented Federal Army band, as its music books have survived and are in the Library of Congress and other archives. On July 31, 1861, Governor Berry of New Hampshire directed Gustavus W. Ingalls to "enlist twenty-four men as musicians" to be mustered into the service of the United States. Ingalls organized a band at Concord, and it was assigned to the 3rd New Hampshire Infantry. Although it was a field band of the volunteer army, it spent most of its one-year enlistment (August 1861 to August 1862) as a post band at Port Royal, Hilton Head, South Carolina. According to the historian of the 3rd New Hampshire Regiment: "the band was in demand for funerals and serenades. Its music drew tears and cheers. It was an inspiration to all who stepped to its music, whether at dress parade or on the march." After regimental bands were mustered out in 1862, Ingalls and several former members of the 3rd New Hampshire band returned to Port Royal where they formed the nucleus of the 2nd Brigade Band of the 10th Corps. The instrumentation of the 3rd New Hampshire band as seen here in early 1862 is 16 OTS saxhorns, 1 piccolo, 2 clarinets and 4 percussion. The negro boy leaning on the bass drum is not a musician; he was a personal servant to bandmaster Ingalls. Ingalls is seated sixth from the left in the front row. Directly in front of him, seated on the drum, is Nathan M. Gove, the band's young drummer boy. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Right: Drummer boy Nathan Marcel Gove in 1861. Grove was born in Derry, New Hampshire on December 3, 1849. At the age of 11 he enlisted as a musician in the 3rd New  Hampshire Voluntary Infantry Band.

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Ingalls Family tree 1905-1887 – copy of tree omitted.
Submitted by Lou Ellen Ingalls (Edgar).

B1576-10 Edmond Llewellyn Ingalls(10), son of Peter Riley Ingalls(9)

Laura Ingalls Wilder was a double first cousin to (Edmond) Llewellyn Ingalls (B1576-10). Their fathers, Charles and Peter, were brothers and mothers, Carolina and Eliza, were sisters. (LEI)

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INGALLS BOOKS & DOCUMENTS OF INTEREST

Submitted by Anne Robinson from "The National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, 1970 catalog.

INGALLS FAMILY

MS 70-1507

Business records, 1867-1935 ca 6 ft.

In Cortland County Historical Society collections (Cortland, NY)

Miscellaneous correspondence, daybooks, ledgers, dental registers, and other papers of HIRAM GREENE INGALLS (1820-1899)

CASSIUS EUGENE INGALLS (1846-1922) and LLOYD S. INGALLS, three generations of dentists of Cortland NY. Includes diaries (1867-68, 1872-74 of HIRAM G. INGALLS and material on the San Rafael Mining and Milling Company. Gifts of Dr. Louis Chernow and Mrs. Jasena Foley.

INGALLS THEODORE

MS 67-1177

Papers, 1767-1870 7 v.

In Detroit Public Library, Burton Historical Collection.

Resident of Bridgton, Me. Diaries (1832-52), election records (1828-53) by part and precinct for towns and counties of Maine, newspaper clippings, and a stub book chiefly containing legal and financial papers (1767-1870) relating to the INGALLS and KILBORN families and to the history of Bridgton, ME.

1979 catalog - NUCMC -

Miscellaneous genealogy materials. 2 boxes.

MS 78-1393

In Pilgrim Society collections (Plymouth, Mass.)

Genealogical material relating to the Allen, Barrows, Bennett, Bradford, Burton, Chauncey, Clark, Coombs, Farris, Fuller, Goodwin, Hammatt, Harlow, INGALLS, Jenney, Johns, Kempton, Knight, Leonard, Loring, Merrick, More, Morton, Payne, Perkham, Perkins, Prence, Robbins, Savery, Smith, Snow, Stout, Thayer, Virgin, Wendel, White, and Wood families: and miscellaneous notes on Vital statistics, ca. 1723-1887.

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Stockman-Gallison Ancestral Lines, 114 Lines of Early New England Settlers and the Descendants, as of 1984 of John Gallison and Martha Moore of Harrington and Steuben, Maine and New Orleans, Louisiana, compiled by Katherine Dickson; copyrighted 1984 by Katherine Brown. Page 133 - Edmund, Robert, Hannah b 20 Sept 1647 d Jun 1694 m 2 May 1673 Henry Stacey of Salem, s/o Henry Stacey and his wife Mary Parnell.

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The History of Concord, NH, by Nathaniel Bouton, published 1856.

Lists John Ingalls p 54, Pennycook land grant; Joshua p 461, petition 1721, Molly Ingalls p 655, Samuel Ingalls p 710.

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Follow the River by James Alexander Thom, a novel based on the True Ordeal of Mary INGLES. First edition: September 1981, first mass market edition November 1983. Ed. note; available in paperback at most book stores.

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0BITUARIES

TIMES RECORD, Brunswick, ME 27 Apr 1987

BRUNSWICK--Virginia E. Clift, 66, of 31 Ward Circle, died Saturday, April 25, at an Auburn hospice center.

Born Oct. 30, 1920, on Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, she was the daughter of Lester and Eva Ingalls Tate. She attended Grand Manan Island schools and lived there most of her life, moving here in September of last year.

She was a member of the Emmanuel Pentecostal Church on Grand Manan Island.

Surviving her are her husband, Murray T. Clift of Grand Marian Island; two sons, Craig G. Clift and Murray V. Clift, both of St. Louis, Mo.; three daughters, Sylvia D. Daddio of Topsham, Judith N. Warren of East Harpswell and Mary Lou Graybill of Brunswick; two brothers, Myhron Tate and Kenton Tate, both of Grand Manan Island; and nine grandchildren.

A funeral will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the United Baptist Church, Grand Manan Island. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery there. Arrangements are by Brackett Funeral Home, 29 Federal St., Brunswick.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 52 Federal St., Brunswick 04011.

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ME Weekend – Bangor, ME, 2 May 1987

IRENE H. INGALLS

ELLSWORTH - Irene H. Ingalls, 83, died May 1, 1987, at a Blue Hill hospital. She was born in Orland, Dec. 23, 1903, the daughter of Irving G. and Etta A. (Grindle) Grindle. She is survived by four sons, Harold Ingalls of Ellsworth, Clyde Ingalls of Indianapolis, Ind., Wayne Ingalls of Levant and Chester Ingalls of Waterville; two daughters, Hildred Pelletier and Jessie Jellison, both of Stamford, Conn.; 23 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband, Eugene Ingalls, and one daughter, Catherine Campbell. Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Monday at the Surry Methodist Church with the Rev. Raymond Murchie officiating. Interment will be in Woodbine Cemetery, Ellsworth. Friends and relatives are invited to call at the Jordan Funeral Home, Franklin St., Ellsworth, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Sunday. Friends who desire may make donations to Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Assoc., 360 No. Michigan Ave., Suite 601, Chicago, Ill., 60600.

TIMES RECORD, Brunswick, ME 6 Apr 1987

Margaret I. Vose

MARSHFIELD - Margaret I. Vose, 81, a former Bath resident, died Saturday, April 4, at a Machias hospital.

Born in East Machias, Nov. 18, 1905, she was the daughter of John and Alice Hanscom Ingalls.

She was a member of the Machias Valley Baptist Church.

Surviving her are her husband, Frederick E. Vose of Marshfield; four sons, Frederick E. Vose Jr. of Wiscasset, Roger C. Vose of Forestville, Conn., James U. Vose of Westford, Mass., and Dennis L. Vose of Bath; a daughter, Patricia A. Finan of North Olmstead, Ohio; 16 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

A funeral will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Machias Valley Baptist Church with the Rev. George Henderson, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Jacksonville Cemetery.

Visiting hours will be today from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Gardner Funeral Home, 6 Cooper St.; Machias.

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Alice May Ingalls (B220-10)

b 01 Apr 1905 NYC, NY

d 14 Jun 1907 Gulfport, FL.

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Engellau - An early form of Ingalls -d 05 Jan 1988

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - GUNNAR ENGELLAU, 90, the industrialist who built Volvo into a top world automaker, died Tuesday. Engellau came to Volvo as a civil engineer in 1956 and served as managing director until 1971. He stayed on as president of the board for another seven years and retired in 1978. When he began at Volvo, it produced 31,000 cars a year. By the time he retired, he had introduced Volvos to the U.S. and European markets and production soared to 201,000.

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OBITUARIES

VANDENTOORN - Mrs. Iris Euphemia (Melvin) VandenToorn, aged 60, of Caledonia MI went to be with her Lord Monday November 16, 1987. Surviving are her husband, Albert and her children:

Ronald and Barbara VandenToorn; Albert VandenToorn, all of Caledonia; Timothy VandenToorn of Palmer, Alaska;  Laura Leah Love, Randy and Karen VandenToorn, all of Caledonia.

Seven grandchildren, Ronald Jr. and Jackie VandenToorn, Christopher and Nicholas Love, Dusty and Tara VandenToorn, Baby Iris VandenToorn.

The funeral service will be held 11:00 Thursday morning at the Free Reformed Church of North America, 950 Ball NE, Rev. Cornelis Pronk officiating. Interment Ferry Cemetery, Ferry, MI. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 7 to 9 and Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 at the Stroo Funeral Home, Cutlerville Chapel, 1094-68th St. SE

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Floyd lngalls (New York)

FRANKLIN - Floyd J. Ingalls, 82, of Franklin died Wednesday, Dec. 30, 1987, in the A. O. Fox Hospital Nursing Home.

He was born Sept. 19, 1905, in the town of Middlefield, the son of Alphonso and Adria (Gardiner) Ingalls. He married Esther Austin, who survives, on April 10, 1937, in Owego.

A 50-year resident of the Franklin area, he was employed by ECD Bendix, Sidney, for more than 30 years, retiring in 1970, and had previously been an equipment operator Delaware County. He was a member of the Franklin Congregational Baptist Church and the International Association of Machinists.

 Surviving, besides his wife, are two daughters, Mrs. Robert (Jane) Lewis of Franklin and Miss Kathleen Ingalls of Hancock; three grandchildren; a brother, Ralph Ingalls of Unadilla; two sisters, Mrs. Robert (Carrie) Shupe of Afton and Mrs. Perry (Clara) O'Hara of Mount Upton; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 2, 1988, in the Franklin Congregational Baptist Church, with the Rev. Robert Sargent, pastor, officiating. Burial will be later in Evergreen Cemetery, Unadilla.

Friends may call at the Kenneth L. Bennett Funeral Home, Franklin, from 7-9 p.m. Friday, when the family will be in attendance.

Contributions may be made to the Franklin Emergency Squad.

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Obituary (North Dakota)

Michelle A. Kramlich

Michelle A. Kramlich, 19, of Dickinson. died of a congenital heart condition on Wednesday, July 1, 1987.

The funeral will beheld at 2 p.m today at Queen of Peace Catholic Church with Rev. Casimir Paluck officiating. Burial will be in St. Patrick's Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Dave Fleck, Jeff Vaagen, Jerry Nuss, Mike Ballweber, Shawn Penrod and Paul Fry. Music will be provided by Mary Agostini, organist, Jim Geiermann, Michelle Ballweber and Carissa Losey.

Kramlich was born Feb. 28, 1968 in Dickinson to Robert and Della Kramlich. She graduated with honors from Trinity High School in 1986, and attended Dickinson State University for two quarters. She planned to pursue a career in interior design at North Dakota State University this fall. She was active in Student Council, class offices, pep club and art club. She received numerous art awards.

She is survived by her parents; three sisters, Darcy of Minneapolis. Shanna and Karen, both of Dickinson; one brother, Kerry of Denier, grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Hanson. Miles City, Mont.; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. (Price-Gaffaney Funeral Home)

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BITS & PIECES

Maine Natives in Anoka County, MN area: 1800s by Warren H. Hasty. Submitted by John Alley Robbins, Jr., ME.

MERRILL, Abel E. born 25 Sep 1835, Miram, ME; married 20 Jun 1858, Hattie A. INGALLS

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Troy, NY marriages and deaths printed in the papers, indexed by the NSDAR, of Vermont residents:

INGALLS, George F., Troy NY m Martha A MURRAY Clarendon Springs VT 7 Jan 1872 – Daily White Jan 15 3:5.

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From The Second Boat, V8 3 July 1987, a query for Maiden surnames of these Lost Ladies are sought by Cliff .Sawyer:

INGALLS, Ann, W/o Edmund of Skirbeck, Eng. and Lynn, MA.

Ed. notes Ann TRIPP (Hist. Sketch of Andover, MA by S. L. Bailey) Ann Telbe is mentioned in Bishop's Transcripts of Skirbeck, Lincolnshire, England. "1618 -Wedindge - Edmon Inoilge and Annis Telbe was married the 7th of June." (Research by Rosalyn Davenport Gibbs)

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Official Register of the Officers - Cadets of the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY June 1843:

INGALLS, Rufus; State: ME; Date admitted: 1 July 1839; Age-19 y, 11 mo.

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INDEX- Oregon Donation Land Claims, Second Edition 1987, Genealogical Forum of Oregon, Inc., Portland, Oregon; submitted by Leonard H. Elwell:

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Re one of our Presidents - whose birthday was February 12th, Abraham Lincoln, a quote:

"If I tried to read, much less answer all the criticisms made of me, and all the attacks leveled against me, this office would have to be closed for all other business.

"I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, I mean to keep on doing this down to the very end."

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FROM the scrapbooks of Jessie Lewis, Cuba NY area - submitted by Elaine Swift and Linda Wright,

This article probably written around 1930. Abbotts is the community.

"Jessie Lewis said that the Abbotts farmer who made his mark in the world was Benjamin INGALLS. “He weighed only 95 pounds, but he had seven children and drove the biggest teams around." she said. His wife was from Colorado.

One day in May, 1890, Ben declared that he was going around the world and departed in a hay wagon covered with oil cloth and drawn by horses. He carried a supply of crackers and dried herring.

Then almost three years later, a cry went up in Abbotts: "Look at the show coming down the road," and there was Ben Ingalls, driving a three horse team now and accompanied by a young Tennessee couple he had befriended.

Trailing behind the wagon were two Mexican burros, "Ben said he had traveled about 12 miles a day," she recalled, "and that he had visited every state in the country, and told all comers he was from Abbotts, N.Y."

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Wisconsin Volunteers War of Rebellion 1861-1865, published by WI state 1914; Alpha list of the Soldiers and Sailors of the late War, residing in the state of Wisconsin June 20, 1895, submitted by Ruth Christiansen, WI:

INGALLS

Alfred, Pvt K. 5th Inf Reorgan
Benjamin, 1st Sgt, A, 16th Inf
Edwin, Vet Surg, 2nd Calvalry
Ezra L., Pvt, E 41st Inf
Frank H., Pvt, K. 37th Inf.
Freeland D., Musician, B. 52nd Inf.
George A., F. 20 Inf.
Joshua B., Pvt, E, 6th Inf.
Lester H., Pvt, E, 37th Inf.
Ludden B., Pvt. D, 3rd Cal Reorgn.
Newton, Pvt, B. 34 Inf.
Wesley, Pvt B, 32nd Inf.
William R., Sgt, B, 7th Inf.
John, Pvt, E. 12th Inf.
John G. , Pvt, E, 12th, Wis, Menomini
James, Pvt, E, 1st, Minn, Rock Elm
Hiram, Pvt, E, 1st, Minn, Grantsburg
W. R., Sgt, B, 7th, Wis, Clear Lake
Jas., Pvt  F, 3rd, Wis Cav, Eau Clair

From the Canadian. Directory for 1857-59 containing Names of Professional and Business Men, and the principal inhabitants in the Cities, Towns and Villages throughout the Provinces, submitted by Alice Finley, MN.

Belmore, C . W. ,county of Huron: INGLE, George, school teacher; INGLE, James, mason.

Granby, C. E., county of Shefford: INGALL, Rev. E. S., Wesleyan

Thamesville,C . W., county of Kent: INGALLS, Otis, J. P., commissioner in queen's Bench.

Clergy of Canada: INGALLS, E. S., Wesleyan, Granby, C. W.
INGLES, C. Leyster, A.B., Church of England, Drummondville, C.W.

Also, several reference names of INGLIS (not included here) -- AIS

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Come one - come all - INGALLS – DUNN – BECKMAN – Bring those kids and your photo albums. . . . Lineage: Edmund, Henry, Samuel, Samuel, Timothy, Jonathon, Samuel, James, Jasper Ingalls. Great West Coast INGALLS Family Reunion … Hosts: Roger & Pam Ingalls, Tacoma, MN

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The reunion of the Frank and Idella Ingalls family will be held . . . Mears, Michigan. Lineage: Edmund, Henry, Samuel, Samuel, Timothy, Jonathon, Samuel, Aaron, Phyletus Delano, Frank Marcellus (B1576-10)

The following picture (omitted) was taken at the 40th reunion, 1987, of eight persons who were at the first reunion in 1928. Iris VandenToorn passed away November 16, 1987 - note obituary in this issue.

Back row: Walter Schmieding, Iris (Melvin) VandenToorn, Russell Ingalls, Frank Ingalls, Dwight Brach, Flores (Branch) Bond. Front row: Clark Branch, Natalie (Schmieding) VandenToorn.

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Submit your family reunion information for the July issue. We are always glad to learn of your activities, and share them with the readers.

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submitted by Linda Ingalls Wright. This will be in two parts The map illustrates the travels by Linda searching for Ingalls Cousins.....(omitted)

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1987 My Three Trips (Linda Ingalls Wright)

Dear Cousins,

What a year for traveling. I managed to squeeze in three separate trips between May 28 and August 13, 1987.

So as not to bore you with too many details, I'm just going to outline the trips . . .

[e-editor: Following are excerpts from this 5-page letter.]

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TRIP I 28 May – 03 June

. . .  I stopped in Pascagoula, MS to try to get some info on the Ingalls Shipyard. We stopped at the library and the one librarian we asked for info was very helpful. Although not much biographical material was to be had, the shipyard info was very impressive.

The Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. was founded at the present site in 1938. It was started by Robert Ingersoll Ingalls. He died 12 Jul 1952 in Birmingham, AL at the age of 69. With just this information, I am assuming that this Robert I. Ingalls is the same as B3091.

TRIP II 12 Jun - 21 Jun

. . . Dropped in on Dorothy Leora (Ingalls) Camp (B3114-11) . . .

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. . . . I spent from 9 am until 4:30 pm in the Boston Public Library. There are a lot of Ingalls to be found in that neck of the woods. Copied some vital records hoping that some of you might find some missing info on your relatives when it can make it into the II.

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TRIP III – 20 Jul-18 Aug

22-33 Jul . . . Arlene and I dove into a monumental base of regrouping our files of people (“cousins,” excuse me) we correspond with, wanting to make sure which of us was going to or already had carded (that’s our lingo) family croup sheets sent in by those fantastic Ingalls cousins (that’s you). I presented Arlene with a computer printout of what I had done so far on the sequel (formerly called the supplement). The printout only had 60 pages of Ingalls surnames which I hope will be at least doubled by the time we go to press. It looks good (I have to brag a little) and really makes this project come alive. . . .

Arlene and I were taken to lunch one day along with her brother, Charles James (Chuck) Ingalls, by their mother, Mable E. (Craun) Ingalls.

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