The Ingalls Inquirer e-newsletter
Vol. 1-10
March, 1984-November, 1993
Published by Arlene Ingalls Schrader
ISSN 1933-7329
Vol. 6, No.2 - July, 1989
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Reunion Calendar
1988 --The INGALLS-DUNK-BECKMAN group, descendants of B1576 Samuel, James, Jasper(9), met June 24 & 25, 1988 at Wapato Park, Tacoma, WA., hosts: Roger and Pam Ingalls, Tacoma WA. Contact Pam and Roger to learn of the 1989 place and time.
1989 --The 62nd Annual Reunion of descendants of Frank M. and Idella Ingalls will be held Saturday August 5, 1989 at Silver Lake State Park near Mears, MI. Dinner at 1 p.m. Bring a dish to pass and a salad or dessert, your own table service and beverage. Contact Natalie VandenToorn, Wyoming, MI.
1989 --INGALLS-LANE Reunion is to be held Sunday, August 13th at Avon, NY. Bring a dish to pass, table service and cloth. Sweetened lemonade available. This is the descendants of Simeon and Jerusha (Andrews) Ingalls.
1988 - The Unadilla, NY area Ingalls met at River Rd., Unadilla, NY 13849 at the home of Donald and Irene Ingalls August 13th.
1988 -- Members of the Jacob Ingalls met October 8, 1988 at Norton Hill, NY for their 60th annual reunion. Contact Richard Dedie, Sec., Greenville, NY for current time and place.
2 July, 1989, Colton, S.D. INGALLS FAMILY REUNION - Descendants of Albert Eugene Ingalls B1576-10 and Elizabeth Jane Nichols of Iowa and South Dakota will meet at Colton, S.D. at the Taopi Township Hall on Sunday, July 2, 1989. Sunday registration will begin at 10:00 a.m. with a free will donation box to cover the expenses for the reunion. We will have a potluck picnic starting at noon. The kitchen area will be available. Bring your own plates, cups and silverware. Also, bring pictures and whatever you have for the display area. . . . .
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Please submit your 1990 reunion plans to The Ingalls Inquirer for the March 1990 issue as soon as possible. Any notes of your annual meetings would be appreciated and shared with the readers. (AIS)
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The following article was submitted by Mable Stomprud, Mud Butte, SD about her father, Lawrence Eugene Ingalls. Lawrence Eugene Ingalls is son of Albert Eugene Ingalls/Rosa May Delaney (B1576-10). Thank you, Mable, for your contributions to the Ingalls Inquirer.
Extracted from Meade County Times-Tribune, SD, 29 March, 1989.
State's oldest farmer, Lawrence Ingalls, 92; has weathered much during his changing life
By Marian Eatherton
Lawrence Ingalls at 92 years of age was recently singled out for honors as the state's oldest active farmer-rancher. He probably can also lay claim to another record, that of having spent the last 80 years of his life on one ranch in northeast Meade County, in the Opal country.
From immigrant train to the Zephyr, Model T to the latest high-speed heavy automobile, a small plane with him at the controls to trans-Atlantic jet travel, a 160-acre homestead to a range of more than 10,000 acres -- he has seen, ridden and lived it all.
Ingalls's father had homesteaded near Humboldt and it was there that Lawrence was born Oct. 13, 1896. In July, 1908 Lawrence's oldest sister, Elizabeth, traveling alone, arrived in western South Dakota and filed on a homestead in Royal Center Township. Two weeks later, Ingalls’ mother, Rosa, came to this country and filed on a half section of desert claim adjoining Elizabeth's. Lawrence's father Albert, was prohibited from filing here because of his having homesteaded in Minnehaha County.
THREE MONTHS AFTER Lizzie filed, in October, 1908, the entire family headed for Meade County. Because departure date fell on Lawrence's birthday he got to sleep in the immigrant car where the family's possession were loaded and ready to roll.
They left the train at Wasta, erected a tent for their belongings and were soon surrounded by flood waters. When the townspeople learned of the Ingalls family plight, they opened their homes to the family. Rosa and the children stayed with the banker's wife while Albert built a 16-foot square shelter over the tent as protection from further damage. Eventually they got to the Opal country, making the journey via team and wagon.
In addition to the usual household necessities, the Ingalls moved a foundation herd of Black Angus cattle. The first registered stock had been purchased in Illinois in 1895. Lawrence and his sons continue to produce registered Angus cattle and he has been recognized by the South Dakota Angus Association as having one of the oldest Angus herds in the state.
Back to the homestead: Again, the family was plagued by miserable weather. Living in a tent seemed to be an invitation for rain for it did just that for another six weeks after they arrived in Royal Center Township. In the meantime, Albert and others were busy trying to build a 16- by 16-foot house, using lumber they had hauled from Sturgis. The house later grew to include another 16 by 16-foot building which had been used as a school. Later still other smaller buildings which had been homesteaders shacks were added to the house.
TYPICAL OF SOUTH Dakota weather: Their first year meant enduring days of cold rain while they were getting settled. A year later a prairie fire in the fall burned up from the south and threatened to wipe them out. However, like the Red Sea, it separated and burned on both sides of the buildings, sparing them and the haystacks.
Though Lawrence's formal education ended in 1915 with his completion of the eighth grade, a common practice in those days, It soon becomes obvious when considering the life of this remarkable man, that his education has never ended.
He was 21 years old when he filed a relinquishment claim on a quarter section of land that adjoined his mother's land. A year later, he registered for the draft and received orders to report to a camp in California. Albert and Rosa took their oldest son to Sturgis to catch the train but the Armistice was signed on the scheduled departure date, negating the need for duty.
Albert's purchase of a Model "T" in 1917 was followed by Lawrence's acquiring a Model “T" touring car in 1922. Lawrence was a member of the election board, and it fell to him to deliver the
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ballots to Sturgis, which turned into a three-day trip.
He only got as far as Clough on Day One because of the wet gumbo. Day Two the gumbo had frozen so he drove as far as Bachands in Bear Butte Valley. Day Three the ballots were finally delivered to Meade County authorities with Lawrence driving a car more than double its usual weight because of the gumbo on it. He rode the mail stage home, leaving his car until more optimal driving conditions.
INGALIS AND MARIE Vig were married Aug. 27, 1927 and after a camping honeymoon in Yellowstone Park they made their home on his parents' old home place. They were parents of six children: Mabel Stomprud, Hugh, Elaine Rowelt, Dale and Virgina Brandt. Marie and son, Eugene, both died when Eugene was born in 1939. The Ingalls children all boarded in town and were graduated from Sturgis High School. To date, Lawrence has 60 direct descendents.
Times were tough but it evidently didn't dampen his zest for living. In 1936 the drought forced Lawrence to sell some of his registered stock and the buyers were Amish who lived in Pennsylvania. Lawrence accompanied the cattle to their new home and continued on from there to the Big Apple, New York City, which included his viewing the city from the top of the Empire State Building. The return trip was faster than the trip East, via Zephyr, which stopped in Mobridge.
Elaine says, "Our dad didn't make a big thing of the drought and Depression. He never was on WPA and we certainly never did go hungry."
Though rearing a family single-handedly while running a ranch would be job enough for some people, Ingalls still found time to serve on the Royal Center School Board for 25 years, to serve as Sunday school superintendent at the Opal Community Church where in 1928 he had worked with the building committee, to organize in 1942 the Happy Hustlers 4-H Club which he led until the 60s, and with the formation of the Grand Electric Cooperative, to be a member of the board of directors for 30 years. He also was a member of the township board and was township assessor for a number of years.
ALSO DURING THAT time frame, he learned to fly and was one of the first in the Opal area to own a plane. He particularly enjoyed attending Flying Farmers conventions.
Lawrence and Ann Mildrew were married in November, 1953. Also in the early 50s the new Ingalls house was the first to be electrically heated.
In 1967 Ingalls was part of a "People to People" tour of Europe that visited several countries, including Russia.
In 1969 he was named "An Eminent Farmer in South Dakota" and in 1984, inducted into the South Dakota Cowboy and Western Heritage Hall of Fame in Fort Pierre.
Lawrence and Ann still live on the ranch where he and his sons operate the oldest Angus cattle ranch in the state.
Lawrence's niece, Faye Fees seemed to sum up his life by writing “The Ingalls (Lawrence, his two sisters and brother) lived long, clean lives. Their food was taken from the land: Homegrown vegetables, home baked bread and pastries, milk and cream from their own cows, home-churned butter, chickens, eggs, pork, lard, and beef, mostly food which today, we're told, is unhealthy. These people were strong, hard workers who have weathered some rough times in their lives. Times have changed drastically during their lives but they continue to stay in the mainstream of life."
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Lawrence Ingalls, Opal, recently received yet another honor. He was singled out as being the oldest active farmer/rancher in South Dakota. A Meade County resident for eight decades, he and his family moved from Minnehaha County to West River via immigrant trail to homestead. He witnessed more changes in transportation, farming methods machinery and lifestyles in his lifetime than few others will be privy to see. (File photo) - omitted
Area ag producers recognized by state
Several area farmer/ranchers were nominated as the state's oldest active farmer/rancher. Among them were James L. Newland, Belle Fourche; Carl Orwick, Newell; Jaseph Richter, Enning; Jay Long, White Owl; Rose Kentsler, Karnen, Mud Butte and August Nonnast, Whitewood. Ages of the more than 61 names submitted ranged from 63 to 92 years.
Lawrence F. Ingalls, Opal, was selected for the honor, announced at the Agriculture Week luncheon hosted by the South Dakota Department of Agriculture in Pierre. More than 100 people attended the luncheon.
Muskegon Chronicle, Friday, April 22, 1988
Area poet wins U-M award (J. Peter Ingalls (B4115-11)
J. Peter Ingalls of Whitehall was one of 30 University of Michigan students to share in prizes totaling $28,400 in the 57th annual Avery Hopwood and Jule Hopwood Awards in Creative Writing Tuesday. Ingalls won $500 for a manuscript of 10 poems titled "Horse Pull."
A DECEMBER graduate in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, Ingalls, 27, said "Horse Pull" revolves around the guiding theme of finding an identity in a world of many choices.
Ingalls himself has changed course in finding his own identity. He started at Michigan as an ROTC scholarship winner majoring in engineering and metallurgy. Engineering was a "hot subject" when Ingalls entered college; his father, John, was an engineer; and he was good in math; so engineering seemed a natural course to take after graduating from Whitehall High School in 1978. Over time he became disillusioned with the military philosophy, and turned his focus toward writing instead of the sciences.
INGALLS WILL pursue a master of fine arts in creative writing at Western Michigan University next fall. He was awarded a teaching assistantship at WMU and full tuition for one year based on "Horse Pull" and several other poems.
The Hopwood, said Ingalls, is one of the big draws for writing students at the U of M. The award is funded by a bequest from U of M alumnus and Broadway playwright Avery Hopwood. It is divided into a major category open to seniors and graduate students and a minor category that is open to undergraduates and provides an option for seniors. Hopwood judges include established screen writers, poets, playwrights, novelists, journalists and essayists.
INGALLS' AWARD was granted in the minor poetry category. Judges in that division were poets Marge Piercy, author of “Stone, Paper, Knife," and J. Radcliffe Squires, U of M professor emeritus of English and author of "Gardens of the World."
Ingalls is the son of Jeanne and John Ingalls, Whitehall.
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The following article is extracted from a Christmas letter received from Mary Margaret Robinson, Ovid, NY. Mary Margaret Ingalls, daughter of Wisner Lester Kinne Ingalls (B2827), married Stanley Robinson 15 June 1938 -- Their story follows:
(photo: Andrew, Paul, Joy, Wallace, Shirley, Julie, Norman, Cathy, Martha, Eleanor, Mary Margaret, Stanley, Brian, Kevin) – photo omitted.
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Christmas, 1988
'Twas 50 years ago we said, "I will".
Since then our love has grown (if
possible) and matured ( we hope)
and produced three sons (none better).
And they in turn brought us three daughters-in-law
(still none better)
and three granddaughters and three grandsons
(our pride and. joy).
Since then we have ministered to over 4,000 Parishioners
in 9 different churches, serving under 5 Bishops and
13 District Superintendents. (Wow!)
But since then these things have remained constant--
our love for you and your love for us, shown in so
many wonderful ways;
God's love for us and God's love for you;
the glorious Christmas message and the world's
need to hear it, heed it, and live it.
Since then we have sent out 50 Christmas greetings—
And here comes number 51!
ScR-MMR
Well, that about says it all. 1988 has been a red letter year for us, as we have remembered and celebrated these fifty years. We are grateful that our lives came together in the Wesley Foundation in Ithaca during our college days, and certainly since then "our cup has run over with love." We are especially thankful for our three sons who came to enrich our lives. M.M. used to say, "They are what keep my blood pressure up and my hemoglobin down!" but of course we loved them and the busy life we all lived.
The family planned our celebration. We entertained the wedding party and our immediate family at a restaurant near Syracuse on Friday night, June 17 (the actual date was June 15). The next morning all were entertained at a bountiful brunch at Wallace and Shirley's. Since the weather was perfect, we ate at beautifully decorated tables on the lawn. At noon the family converged on the photographer's in B'ville for the family portrait which M.M. had "ordered" when we began making our plans.
It was a heartwarming experience to greet many friends at the reception in the Baldwinsville church from 2-4 P.M. We had to smile because as soon as we were greeted, many said, "Where are the boys?" It was the first time all the boys had been back since they had grown up and most had not met their families. Joy baked and decorated our cake and Julie and Martha presided at the tea table. When the reception was over, we were ushered out to our car, which the grandchildren had gaily decorated with gold crepe paper and balloons. A big sign made by Andrew said, "Just Married--Fifty Years". It was a fitting climax to our celebration.
We were humbled by the sentiments expressed in the many letters which were sent for our Memory Book and also by the gifts of money given in our honor to Casowasco. What the money will be used for is still in the planning stage. Our anniversary gift to ourselves was joining over 200 in our Bishop's tour of Wesley country in England in August. Part of us spent a second week touring Scotland and Wales. It was our first experience with a tour group, and we found it somewhat exhausting and a bit frustrating not to be able to stay longer in several places.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Ingalls (B2628-10) son of Alfonzo Parshall Ingalls/Adria Gardner, married Ethel Mae Austin 1 January 1929. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary at an open house at the home of their son and daughter-in-law, Don and Irene Ingalls, Unadilla, New York. Thank you, Irene, for sharing this article.
The Ingalls Celebrate
60th Wedding Anniversary
UNADILLA - A 60th wedding anniversary was celebrated by Ralph and Ethel Ingalls of Unadilla on January 1.
An open house for 75 guests was held at the home of their son and daughter-in-law, Don and Irene Ingalls. The couple's other children, Richard and Carolyn Ingalls and Sharon and Allen VanDermark, also assisted.
The Ingalls were married January 1, 1929.
The couple received many cards and calls from their family and friends.
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Those of us whose names end with an S-sound (the Ingallses, the Joneses, etc.) often become confused when writing the plural, the plural possessive, and the singular possessive forms of our names. The plural is formed by adding ES, as I have demonstrated above. The plural possessive is formed by adding an apostrophe to the plural (Ingallses'). The singular possessive may be formed in either of two ways: (1) add an apostrophe (Ingalls') or (2) add an apostrophe and an S (Ingalls's). I prefer the latter. I think we need to retain that extra S-sound. Without it we have no way of knowing how the spoken name may be spelled. Is it "Mr. Ingle's car," or is it "Mr. Ingalls' car"? We have no way of knowing, but if we say "Mr. Ingalls's" or "Mr. Ingles's" we at least know that the name ends with an S. This reduces the ambiguity in our oral communications.
Now let's assemble these various forms in the proper syntactical relationships:
My brother's name is Lee Ingalls (nominative singular). His wife's name is Marge. The Ingallses (nominative plural) have many friends. Recently, they all attended a party at the Ingallses' (possessive plural) new house. Mrs. Ingalls's (possessive singular) cooking was praised by all.
(Submitted by Roger W. Ingalls; Auburn, N.Y.)
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OLEAN TIMES HERALD THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1987 Page 14
Little House' Author Has Cuba Roots (NY]
Children Love Reading Of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Life
(EDITOR'S.NOTE: This is the first of two segments pertaining to Laura Ingalls Wilder. On Friday, the history of the Ingalls' family and how it has connections with Cuba will be detailed.)
By DEB JOHNSON Lifestyles Editor
You can never find the "Little House" series of books by Laura Ingalls Wilder on the shelves of local libraries or schools. The reason is simple. Children love reading the series so much, as soon as they are returned to the shelves, they are checked out by another youngster.
It wasn't until age 65 that Mrs. Wilder began writing literature for children. "In her own hand," she wrote her manuscripts on 5-cent manila paper, according to information presented Saturday during a slide-tape lecture by Dr. Ralph Dykstra. For the past 20 years, the associate professor at the State University College at Buffalo has conducted extensive research into the life and writings of Laura Ingalls Wilder. who has roots in Cuba.
It is believed that Mrs. Wilder's father, whom she continually refers to as "Pa" in her collection of books. was born on a farm in the Allegany County township of Cuba.
"I'm on a trail to unearth evidence which will prove that Laura Ingalls Wilder's grandmother was born in Boston, N.Y.," Dr. Dykstra stated while addressing about 30 members of the Southern Tier Reading Association.
"IT IS ALSO believed that 'Grandma' and 'Grandpa' came to the United States through New Hampshire. were married in the Congregational Church in Belmont, and decided to go west through Ohio."
Several years ago, several of Belmont's churches, including the Congregational Church, merged into one and are now known as the United Church of Belmont.
This part of the state, Dr. Dykstra said of the Olean area, was once considered a major passageway leading to the West, with many towns founded by people going West.
Literature and research indicates that was the case with the Ingalls family, some of whom made permanent residency in Cuba around 1835, when it was believed Laura's father, Charles Ingalls, was born.
It still has not been determined exactly which was the Ingalls' first homestead in Cuba around 1835, Dr. Dykstra said. However, "Pa" remained in Cuba until he was about 14.
It was then the family moved onto Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin. where he met a schoolteacher, later to be referred to as "Ma."
Studies indicate. however, that at least two of Pa's brothers made their home in Cuba. One person attending the lecture indicated there is a tombstone bearing the "Ingalls" name at the Abbott Cemetery in Cuba.
THE FIRST of the "Little House" series, "Little House in the Big Woods, published in 1932, started telling the story of the Ingalls family. With Laura as the hero, Mrs. Wilder's first book told of life in a log cabin at age 6.
Her second, "Farmer Boy," published in 1933, told the story of her husband, Almanzo, who was born and raised in Malone, N.Y.
The remainder of her stories. "Little House on the Prairie," which told of her covered wagon trip; "On the Banks of Plum Creek"; "By the Shores of Silver Lake"; "The Long Winter"; and "Those Happy Golden Years" continued to tell of the life of a young girl growing up in the West.
Her books, Dr. Dykstra said, "are a saga. They are the only children's saga we have in American children's literature, or one long, continuous story which was designed to be written that way."
Frequently, people ask it the "Little House" series "was based on Laura Ingalls Wilder's life, why aren't they attributed as historical novels, biography or autobiography"'
The answer can be found in the text. Mrs. Wilder "used the events of her life to tell a story," Dr. Dykstra stressed. "Everyone she mentions - they all existed and did what she said they did. All the events happened. They are an accurate account, a true story," he emphasized.
She "wrote about history and what it was like to be a child in that time and place," the SUNY professor stated. "She changed the names of people, when they were too difficult to read or pronounce.
"Many of the events occurred in chronological order." However, at times, when the stories warranted, events that may have happened in other segments were told at different times in her life.
The way the vocabulary increased in difficulty throughout the texts was one indication the author kept her readers in mind while writing her publications.
Several themes are contained throughout all of the author's works. "Closeness of family" was the first such parallel pointed out by Dr. Dykstra. Each family member's "regard for one another, made most evident after Mary was blinded."
The way in which the Ingalls family "always observed the Sunday Sabbath, enjoyed music as a form of enjoyment" and the importance of receiving a good education were also pertinent in their way of life.
THE LAST BOOK in the series, "The First Four Years," is the only exception. "Readers detect a very different book" when reading this sequel. Mrs. Wilder's transcript was discovered after her death and given to her daughter, who would not publish the account because she felt "my mother never intended for it to be published," Dr. Dykstra stated.
It wasn't until after the death of Mrs. Wilder's daughter that the manuscript, as it had been written in rough draft, was indeed published.
The last of the series, it told of the many misfortunes she and her husband encountered during the first four years of their married life.
Also published after her daughter's death was, "On The Way Home," a diary Mrs. Wilder kept when traveling to Iowa by covered wagon, and "West From Home." another diary or letters she'd written daily to her husband when traveling by train from Mansfield, Mo., to San Francisco. Calif.
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Life styles
HOLDING UP ONE in a series of "Little House" books, from which the television program "Little House on the Prairie" was designed, is Dr. Ralph Dykstra. Conducting extensive research into the Life and writings of Laura Ingalls Wilder, the associate professor at the State University College at Buffalo is trying to prove Laura's grandparents were married in Belmont's Congregational Church. The poster shown, along with several original and revised copies of books in her series, breaks down the Ingalls and Wilder family trees. It is believed Laura's father, Charles Ingalls, known as "Pa" in her works, was born on a farm in Cuba. (TH Photo by Deb Johnson) (photo omitted)
TV's ‘Little House' Portrayal Caused Too Many Kids' Questions
By DEB JOHNSON Lifestyles Editor
Michael Langdon didn't read the "Little House" books.
He may have started with the first in the sequel, but he didn't finish the rest, stated Dr. Ralph Dykstra, a Buffalo professor who has been studying the works for the past 20 years.
Many of the readers' misconceptions regarding the series of books by Laura Ingalls Wilder have come as a result of the television program "Little House On the Prairie," the professor continued.
"The first or pilot episode was accurate," said Dr. Dykstra. However, many deviations occurred following the initial segment. "When we present literature in media, we have an obligation to present it as it was," the professor said, objecting to the way in which the books were presented when televised.
ONE OF THE things children were concerned with was the fact the dog in Mrs. Wilder's books was a brindel bulldog, which was not the way the animal, which appeared similar to a mutt, was portrayed on the program.
Another deviation occurred with "Pa's" appearance in the program. "Michael Langdon was clean-shaven," Dr. Dykstra emphasized, indicating "Pa's beard was prominent throughout the series of Little House stories."
Citing another flaw, the professor said, "The woman who played Ma did not come through on TV as she did in the story." In the written version of Laura Ingalls Wilder's works, her mother was a meek and mild woman who was not content to continue moving from one place to another. "She was not a happy woman," the professor stressed, unlike how she appeared on TV.
Instead, she was unhappy being uprooted when her husband, "who had a love of the land," preferred to move his family West. It was more important for her to remain in one place and have her children receive a proper education. Episodes pertaining to Laura's sister, Mary's, blindness also contained numerous errors when represented on TV, Dr. Dykstra said.
His main objection was the fact that Mary became blind at the age of 14 due to scarlet fever. She did, in fact, attend a School for the Blind in Iowa, which became the oldest state school for the blind in the country. However, she did not meet a fellow blind student, get married and go off to start their own school for the blind, but later lived with her parents and became a Sunday school teacher.
Such downfalls detracted from the television's portrayal of the "Little House," according to Dr. Dykstra. "The books are so familiar to children, the program caused too many questions for them to be able to understand the differences."
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OBITUARIES
H. E., Ingalls,
Retired Federal Official, at 76
SWAMPSCOTT - Herbert Elliott Ingalls, 76, who retired six years ago as northeast regional director of Federal Credit Unions in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, died Friday at his home, 188 Aspen rd.
Born in Lynn, Mr. Ingalls graduated from Lynn Classical High School in 1910, attended Brown University and was a 1914 alumnus of Tufts College. '
The World War I Navy veteran was a member of Post 57 of American Legion here, Swampscott Club, Dalhousie Lodge of Masons in Newtonville and the Washington Royal Arch Chapter of Salem.
Associated with the Federal government for 25 years, he had previously been an electrical engineer with the General Electric Co.
A resident here for nearly four decades, he was a 13th generation descendant of Edmond Ingalls, an original settler of Lynn.
Mr. Ingalls leaves his wife, Abbie (Furbush); a son, William H. Longmeadow; two daughters, Mrs. Virginia Gray Wilton, Ct. and Mrs. Mary Elisabeth Anderson of Shalimar, Fla., and six grandchildren.
Services will beheld Monday at 1 p.m. in Richardson's funeral home, 48 Lafayette pk, Lynn.
Boston Globe 20 Apr 1968
B436-9F b 9 Apr 1892 s/o William A. Ingalls/ Anna Marie Beeson (shoe mfr., Lynn, MA)
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B2845 (wife)
Mrs. Marguerite Ade Ingalls of Johnson City
Mrs. Marguerite Ade Ingalls, 82, of Lou-Rene Circle, Johnson City, formerly of Rochester, N.Y., died at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Monday, May 18, 1987 at 5:30 a.m. after an extended illness. Survived by her husband, Enford A. Ingalls, Johnson City; one son and daughter-in-law, John and Mary Jane Ingalls, Endwell; four grandchildren, Stephen Ingalls, Andrew Ingalls, Amy Ingalls, and Katherine Ingalls; one sister, Mrs. Hilda Schuetbach, Hollywood, Fla.; several nieces and nephews. Former member of Brighton Presbyterian Church of Rochester.
Memorial services will be held Thursday evening 7:30 p.m. from the Allen Memorial Home, 511-513 E. Main St., Endicott with the Rev. Ernest A. Steffensen, Chaplain of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, officiating. Burial (will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y. Expressions of sympathy in memory of Mrs. Ingalls may made to the Hospice Unit of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, 169 Riverside Dr., Binghamton, N.Y. 13905.
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Margaret Ingalls
BOLIVAR, N.Y. - Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret E. Ingalls, 69, of 74 South St. who died Tuesday in Jones Memorial Hospital, Wellsville, after a lengthy illness will be held at 11 a.m. today at the Schaffner Funeral Home Inc. with Pastor David Herne of Faith Bible Church, Little Genesee, officiating.
Burial will be in Maple Lawn Cemetery.
Mrs. Ingalls was born-in Caneades on Aug. 5, 1918, a daughter of Theron and Hester Vreeland Lafferty. On Dec. 16, 1939, she married Ivan Ingalls who died in 1977.
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Barbara Stives -and Mrs. Everett Scott, both of Bolivar; a son, Williams Ingalls of Bolivar; two sisters, Mrs. Edna Mae Bucher of Cleveland, Ohio, and Mrs. Beatrice Pilon of Bolivar; a brother, Alfred Lafferty of Coryville, Pa.; and several nieces and nephews.
Bradford, PA-Era 14 April 1988
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MRS. EDITH A. INGALLS
ROULETTE, Pa. - Mrs. Edith A Ingalls, 87, formerly of Second Street, died Tuesday (Now. 15, 1988) in Charles Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport, after a lengthy illness.
Born Jan. 27, 1901, in Coudersport, she was a daughter of Isaac and Lizzie Squires Treat. On Jan. 27, 1920, in Coudersport, she married Dayton Ingalls, who died Oct. 10, 1973.
A lifelong resident of Potter County, Mrs. Ingalls was a member of the Christian Union Church of Wellsville, N.Y., and Hebron Grange 1251.
Surviving are a son, the Rev. Alwin Ingalls of Wellsville; a daughter, Mrs. Charles (Altheia) Dudley of Roulette; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a son, Alanson Ingalls; seven brothers and five sisters. Friends may call today from 7 to 9 p.m. and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Fickinger Funeral Hame, Coudersport, where a funeral service will be held Saturday, (Nov. 19, 1988) at 2 p.m. The .Rev. George Phillipson of Roulette will officiate, assisted by the Rev. Martin Montgomery, pastor of the Roulette Baptist Church. Burial will be in Woodland Cemetery, Coudersport.
Memorials may be made to the Christian Union Church, 115 W. Pearl SL, Wellsville, N.Y. 14895; or to. a charity of the donor's choice.
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MRS. MARILYN S. INGALLS
BOLIVAR - Mrs. Marilyn S. Ingalls, 56, of 74 First St. died Thursday (Jan. 5, 1989) in her home after an apparent heart attack.
Born Nov. 23, 1932, in West Clarksville she was a daughter of Robert L. and Leola Crooks Ferrington. On Nov. 30, 1974, in Little Genesee, she married John Ingalls, who survives.
Mrs Ingalls was a member of Kenyon Andrus Post 772 American Legion Auxiliary of Bolivar.
Surviving besides her husband are a brother, Lee Farrington of Hornell; two sisters, Beverley Richerson of Lackawanna and Evelyn Benson of Bolivar; and several nieces and nephews.
There will be no visitation. Memorial services will be be held Sunday (Jan. 8, 1989) at 2 p.m. in the Schaffner Funeral Home, Inc., Bolivar. The Rev. Timothy Hazlett. pastor of the Bolivar United Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will be in West Genesee Cemetery, Obi.
Memorials may be made to the Bolivar Ambulance Fund.
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THE ONEONTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
INGALL'S STONE YARD. (photo omitted)
Osie Alice McDowell, b 10 Dec 1901 Oolitic, Indiana, married (1) to Robert Ingalls 17 January 1926 Evansville, Ind., One son survives, Robert Ingalls, Jr., VA. She was remarried to John Wallace Clark 13 September 1983 at Franklin Indiana. He survives. She died 8 Nov 1988 at Indianapolis IN - as her son writes, "My mother died on Election Day, a perfect scenario - she got up, had breakfast, voted, wrote a few notes, laid down to take a nap and never awakened."
Robert Ingalls, Sr., was son of Charles Cleveland Ingalls/Mary Wolford. Charles C. apprenticed as a stone cutter in Oneonta NY under his father and in 1887 began his business and later moved to Binghamton NY, later to Bedford, Ind. 1909. Some of the Ingalls stones were used in the Scottish Rite Cathedral and interior of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C
Note picture from Oneonta NY historical souvenir book. Thanks, Irene Ingalls for this clipping.
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Martha Ellen Ingall, daughter of Harlow Dewey Ingall/Agnes Gallup Born 4 July 1921 Plymouth, MI, d 14 December 1988 Sylvania, OH. Bur. Monroe, MI. Married John Calvin Ellenwood 12 January 1946. Two sons, John and Calvin.
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Lillian G. Ingalls
Rosary will be recited for Lillian G. Ingalls at 8 p.m. Thursday at Thornhill's Chapel of the Valley. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, followed by interment in St. Joseph Cemetery, Trentwood. Mrs. Ingalls died Tuesday at Deaconess Medical Center. She was 77.
Born in Wisconsin, she had lived in Spokane since 1943. Mrs. Ingalls, a homemaker, was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and the Catholic Foresters.
Survivors include one daughter, Dorita Wallis of lone, Wash.; one brother, and four grandchildren. She was the widow of Elmer Ingalls, who died in 1961.
The family suggests memorials be made to St. Mary's Catholic Immaculate Heart Retreat House, 5304 Adams Road, Veradale 99037.
From the Wednesday, December 21, 1988 Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Washington
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1934
Gertrude Ingells Expires Today
Operation Fails to Save Life of Well Known Business Woman
Miss Gertrude Ingells, manager of the Colonial Tea room for 19 years and former employee of HAM L Sanford in the Brundage DrX store. died today at Mercy hospital following an operation last Thursday. Death came about two months after the deaths of her father and mother. Mr. and Mrs. James A. Ingells.
Miss Ingells had been in ill health far about a year but had been in serious condition for only three weeks. Her father and mother died within a week. Mrs. Ingells without the knowledge her husband had passed away.
Mrs. Ingells had lived here since 1898 when she moved to Muskegon from her birthplace in Macosta. She had been a prominent business woman here for a number of years managing the Rialto cafe far several weeks after leaving the Colonial. She was forced to give up this enterprise, however. by ill health.
She leaves one sister, Maude at the family home at 1318 Lake Shore drive; five brothers. Garcia. of Milwaukee, Clifford. of Manistee. Douglas of Dayton, Ohio. and Claude and Benjamin both of Muskegon.
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QUERIES
Received from Martha Hookins West, Coeur d'Alene ID:
I am trying to find information on Eunice INGALLS who married Solomon Drullard. They had a daughter, Eunice born 27 May 1841, in Albany, NY.
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From Corene K. (Irwin R.) Ingalls, Elgin TX:
In her letter of May 1989 says they have just left the DeSmet area and was given my address to write to see if we could get some information on the Ingalls genealogy. I am taking the opportunity to share this letter with the readers in the hope there will be other family members seeking more information on this line also.
Irvin Ray Ingalls b 30 January 1934 Hancock WI, s/o Irvin Hall Ingalls/ Gladys Myrtle Chatfield, s/o Edmund James Ingalls/Leafie Ann Bishop, s/o Seldon B. Ingalls/Sarah Jane Hopper. Seldon B. Ingalls is listed in Burleigh's book as B2469-8 and Edmund James #2472-9.
Ed. note: The book mentioned is The Ingalls Family in America compiled by Charles Burleigh, MD., pub. 1903. Reprints are available - see notice in this issue.
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Received from Dick Ingalls, Seattle. WA:
Seeking the father of Asahel C. INGALLS b 12/9/1813 Vermont, father of Edward C. INGALLS b 12/19/1843 Vermont lived in Blue Earth and Elmore MN d 1906, father of Earl S. INGALLS b 4/25/1888 (my father).
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Received from Pauline Ingalls, Peru, CA 93040:
I need the following information on B#5163 John Calvin INGALLS, birth date and place, death date and place, parents names and vitals. John Calvin Ingalls had a son, B5164 Stephen Raymond Ingalls b 22 June 1800 Acworth, NH d 8 June 1881 Morristown VT. Did he have any brothers or sisters?
Simeon Ingalls b 2 November 1792 Walpole NH m Rhoda Smith 22 Nov 1814 Surry NY d 12 Apr 1865 Hyde Park VT. Simeon and Stephen R. Ingalls resided in Eden & Johnson VT area from 1820 until death. Were Simeon and Stephen R. Ingalls brothers? Any information will be greatly appreciated.
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Received from Janice McEntire Ingalls, Ogden, UT:
I am especially interested in finding specific information about the parents and place of birth of our ancestor, Joshua Bigelow Ingalls who married Julia Ann Robinson in Summitt County, OH in 1845. They moved to Wisconsin and we find them listed as Joshua B. INGLES and Julianna at Otsego, Columbia Co, WI in the 1850 US Census. That record shows two children, Lafayette and Loretta, both b in WI. Joshua was b in 1824 in VT or NY.
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QUERIES, cont’d.
The 1900 US Census shows him still alive and living in Trempealeau, Trempealeau Co, Ill and married to Mary B. The state of WI had a census in 1905 which indicates that they were still living at Trempealeau.
Word of mouth and a family bible indicate Trempealeau as the family home. I believe there were other children: Joshua Eugene (my ancestor), Eri Richard and Alfred.
I have wondered if Joshua Bigelow Ingalls could be the son of Jeresiah Ingalls (B1966) (son of Jeresiah (B1961) and Mary Bigelow from VT) or Smith (B1954) Ingalls and Hannah.
I have hundreds of Ingalls names from census records and other sources, but cannot get proof of parentage for this ancestor.
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Received from Nanv Lanni, Bloomingburg, NY:
Interested in information on Betsey Ingalls B240-5 -- daughter of Ruth Moulton/Samuel Ingalls .. Need information on Betsey's brothers; Samuel b 1745 Rehoboth and Stephen b 1755 Rehoboth.
BITS AND PIECES
(Photo of book cove4r: Ingalls hand Book of Crochet Knitted. Pirce 30 Cents Copyrighted 1883. J. F. Ingalls, Publisher, Lynn, Mass. (photo omitted)
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Laura and Almanzo Wilder's Friendship With Local Citizens
By Eveyn Thurman
Over the years I have found that a large part of the joy of research is the wonderful people you meet. A number of years ago when I started research for THE INGALLS WILDER HOMESITES I met Mrs. Neta Seal who was a personal friend of Laura and Almanzo Wilder.
Mrs. Seal and her husband, Silas, grew up near Mansfield, Missouri. After their marriage they lived some years in Detroit, Michigan, but they returned to Mansfield in 1928. Shortly after their return to Mansfield, they met Laura and Almanzo Wilder at Mr. Seal's automobile business. A strong friendship developed between the Seals and Wilders because of Mr. Seal's care of the Wilder's Chrysler.
Mrs. Seal has many treasured items that Laura gave her during their many years of friendship.
I know Laura enjoyed Mrs. Seal's enthusiasm for living, and her very relaxed manner of conversation. I can imagine that Mrs. Seal seemed almost like a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Wilder; however, she said she always addressed them as Mr. and Mrs. Wilder.
Mr. and Mrs. Seal drove for the Wilders as they grew older. The long trip to California and Oregon in 1938, was a memorable experience. Mrs. Seal let me borrow some pictures (omitted) to use with this article. Picture (1) shows Mrs. Seal with Mr. and Mrs. Wilder in a rose garden in Portland, Oregon. Picture (2) shows Mrs. Wilder and Mrs. Seal in the Idaho mountains. After the California and Oregon tour, the four traveled on to Keystone, South Dakota for the Wilders to visit Mrs. Wilder's sister Carrie, and her family. The trip also included a stop at DeSmet to visit Grace, Mrs. Wilder's youngest sister. Mrs. Seal said she did not know Grace very well, but she did remember Carrie's visit with her sister and husband at Mansfield in 1940 or 1941.
Mr. Seal drove the Wilders to Detroit, Michigan when the Wilder Branch library was dedicated on May 12, 1949. Mrs. Seal was unable to go because of illness.
The Seals were the first to arrive at the farm shortly after Mr. Wilder's death in 1949. The years that followed were very lonesome for Laura. Mrs. Seal faithfully called Laura each morning and evening, after Mr. Wilder's death.
Mrs. Seal has happy memories of their birthday dinners, picnics, and everyday conversations with her dear friends of days gone by.
(Editor's Note)
We are grateful to Evelyn Thurman for contributing to this issue of our newsletter. Ms. Thurman is author of THE INGALLS WILDER HOMESITES, which is for sale at our museum. She is also one of the Western Kentucky University faculty authors.
From the May, 1989 Notes from Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society, Inc. Pepin, Wisconsin 54759.
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INGALLS FAMILY HISTORY AND
EARLY MEMOIRS OF KEITH IRVING INGALLS
1906--1930
Ed. note: I received this interesting manuscript from a serious Ingalls researcher. I am sharing portions of it with the readers, as space permits. Keith Irving Ingalls was born 7 July 1906 Dunseith ND, son of Herschel L Ingalls and Edna Pritchard.
He is descended from B718. Last address I have: 3870 Barrymore Dr., Concord, CA 94578. This may be protected by copyright. Please give proper credits to the author when copying. Thank you, Keith Irving Ingalls, for sharing your recollections and research.
Early Family History
The earliest Ingalls in America was Edmund, who came from Skirbeck, Lincolnshire, England with his wife Ann (we don't know her maiden name) to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1628 or 1629, with several children, of whom my ancestor, Henry, was the third son.
Edmund, with others, founded the town of Lynn, Massachusetts, near Boston. He was born in 1598 and died at Lynn in 1648. His son Henry, with other families, founded the town of Andover, MA, buying the land from the Indians. He was born in 1627 and died in 1719.
Several generations lived at Andover. Finally David Ingalls (1726-1805) moved to Londonderry, New Hampshire. His eighth child, Nathaniel, was born in 1765. The above information is taken from Charles Burleigh's book, Ingalls Genealogy, published in 1903. We don't know whether Nathaniel was born at Andover or Londonderry, but he moved to Corinth, Vermont, where his oldest child, another David, was born June 2, 1794. Then Nathaniel moved to Wales, Erie County, New York about 1815, with his family, as the westward country was opening up.
David grew up in Erie County, married, and raised a large family. Much later, in 1856, he moved to Cherry Grove, in Fillmore County, Minnesota, which is in the southeastern part of the state. He died there at the ripe old age of 93.
His youngest son, David James, also came to Cherry Grove at the age of nineteen. About 1881 his wife died, mostly of overwork, he said, and he moved westward with his six children to Athol, in Spink County, South Dakota. He never remarried but he prospered there as a farmer.
His third son Herschel, my father, was born December 9. 1869 at Cherry Grove. He took all the schooling that was available in Cherry Grove and in Athol, which amounted to eight years of primary grades and two years of high school. In those days school started late after the fall harvesting and plowing were finished, and stopped when the farmers were able to work the fields, normally April or early May. Herschel became a county school teacher upon graduation. I believe that all that was necessary in those days to become a teacher was a test given by the county school superintendent. He taught for several years.
During the harvest seasons he was a steam engineer on a threshing crew in the neighborhood. His home base was his father's farm but he could obtain board and room near his school and spend the week-ends with his family, weather permitting. He often told me that one season the family dog would leave his father's farm, without any prompting, each Friday afternoon and meet Dad halfway home on his 14-mile jaunt from the school to the farm. In that year he lived with a German family and he picked up a fair knowledge of the German language in the process.
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On January 15, 1902 my father married Edna Gwendolyn Pritchard at nearby Redfield, South Dakota. She was also a country school teacher, 18 years of age, but already teaching 2 or 3 years in one-room one-teacher schools, same as Dad, who was 32. In those days most men did not marry early. It was believed that a man should be financially secure before marriage. Also perhaps farmers encouraged their sons to stay and help on the farm as long as possible.
The Homesteaders
My mother's oldest brother William had spent a year or two in the Yukon Gold Fields and was now homesteading in the Turtle Mountains which straddled the Canadian boundary in north central North Dakota.
He had written my parents in glowing terms of the wonderful land and opportunities there.
North Dakota, formerly a part of the Dakota Territory, had been admitted as a State in 1889. By 1902 the flat prairie portions of the state were already mostly settled by homesteaders, but there was still free land available in the Turtle Mts. and the Bad Lands. The Turtle Mountains, extreme elevation 2541 feet, were made up of timbered low hills and had been named by the Indians, who compared them to a mound of turtles. In Indian Reservation was located there. Some of the Indians had fought with Sitting Bull against Custer but most of them were Chippewa’s. Just south of the mountains was the prairie town of Dunseith, at the north end of a Great Northern spur line at York, N.D., a distance of 40 miles.
The U.S. Homestead Law was a device by which a person could file on a tract of public domain, usually 160 acres, and if he made certain improvements and farmed the land for five years, the land was his, free of charge.
Soon after marriage, my folks moved to the Turtle Mountains and filed on a 160-acre tract lying along the Canadian boundary. They built the first frame house in the mountains, all others being of logs or sod. My Dad continued to teach for a few years there and worked part time for a hardware and implement firm in Dunseith as a clerk and machinist. During the five year "proving-up" period much of the land was cleared of poplar, willow and hazel and made ready for farming. This was much more difficult than on treeless prairie land as there were no bulldozers or Caterpillar tractors in those days. Supplies were brought in from Dunseith or Bottineau, North Dakota or from the Canadian towns of Boissevain or Deloraine. Some items were cheaper in Canada. The closest neighbors were Mr. and Mrs. Stokes. He was an ex-soldier from the Indian Wars and would discuss Custer's shortcomings at the least provocation. His wife was a saint, conducting Sunday School each Sunday in her own home. They owned a team of oxen, which was rather rare in that area.
My Uncle Bill, mother's brother, was also a neighbor. He married a Norwegian girl and raised a large family. Norwegians predominated in that area, coming direct from Norway.
Even before title to the land was obtained, my parents were living part time in Dunseith. Soon Dad leased the farm to a tenant on a crop-share basis, and he was working full time at the hardware store and living permanently in town. About this time, on July 7, 1906, I was born. Two years later my sister Joy was born and 4 1/2 years later my sister Bernice arrived.
Immediately south of our farm was another 160-acre tract open for homesteading. My grandfather, David J. Ingalls, living in South Dakota, had never exercised his homestead right. As he was retired and had time on his hands, he came up and homesteaded this tract. Then he deeded it over to Dad, who to keep it in trust for me while I grew up. Several years later Dad purchased a third quarter-section of 160 acres adjoining his homestead on the west. So now he owned 480 acres. This included 2 or 3 small lakes. There were less than 100 acres cleared for crops, the balance being in trees, brush or meadow.
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The House
The Dunseith house that we lived in was a five room frame building with two bedrooms and an enclosed back porch. Dad rented it for $100 a year from one of the hardware store proprietors. In the living room was a large coal-burning space heater called a base burner. You could see the red hot coals on three sides through small izing-glass windows. Anthracite coal was poured into a large hopper from the top, from which it flowed automatically on to the burning fire as needed. It never went out during the winter. The ashes were shaken down and removed daily.
There was no plumbing or electricity in the house. In the kitchen was an iron cooking stove and a kitchen cabinet plus a table or two and a few chairs. Kitchen built-ins had not been invented yet. The kitchen cabinet was a piece of furniture about four feet wide with shelves and drawers above, and bins for flour, etc on the bottom. In the middle was a counter for mixing dough and preparing seals.
The well was outside near the back door. We pumped the water as needed and carried it into the kitchen. From there it was dipped into a cooking utensil, wash pan, or whatever. Used water was heaved outside. Laundry was done by hand with a scrub-board after boiling on the stove in a copper boiler. Three or four kerosene lamps and a lantern provided light. The toilet was located at the back of the lot, beyond the garden area. There were slop jars in the bedrooms during cold weather, emptied daily. There was also a small building in the backyard which served as a coal bin, tool house, and play area. Poplar wood was used for kitchen fuel, delivered from the mountains in long poles. It was cut into stove lengths by a local sawyer who had a gasoline-engine driven circular saw drawn by horses. The wood pile was outside, sometimes completely covered in winter by drifting snow.
On the roof was a lightning rod which theoretically prevented damage to the house during the frequent storms in the summer time. Northern Lights were sometimes seen in winter. Rain water was caught from the roof and kept in a large galvanized tank, as the local well water was very hard. This soft rain water was highly prized for shampoos and laundry. We children were given baths each Saturday nighy in a laundry tub from water heated on the kitchen stove. These are my early recollections regarding where we lived.
The Town
Dunseith had a population of about 400 and was at an elevation of 1715 feet. It was 12 miles south of Canada and about 15 miles from our farm. In addition to the hardware store there were such things as a lumber yard, livery stable, dry goods store, a couple of grocery stores or general stores, a barber shop, drug store, soda fountain, a flour mill, a restaurant, several tall grain elevators, an ice house, and a blacksmith shop, among other things. We had a doctor, but no dentist or hospital.
In the winter, ice was cut from the nearest lake with a huge ice saw and hauled by bob-sled to the town where it was packed in straw. In a normal winter the lake ice would be 30 to 36 inches thick. It was cut into 36-inch squares and two or three chunks made a load. It was sold in the summer time to the butcher shop, soda fountain and restaurant.
Indians were common in the town, though no full-bloods lived there. They were free to come in from the Reservation to shop or do odd jobs. We boys gave them a wide berth and shop keepers didn't like then as they were notorious shop-lifters. About the only Indians we respected were Chief Rising Sun and his wife, aged 100 and 102 respectively, who were welcome all over town, and the merchants gave them their tobacco requirements. There were some half breed families in town -- half white and half Indian. It was very bad to let an Indian have liquor. This was not difficult as North Dakota was a dry state. But there were bootleggers, said Mother. I don't remember of anything stronger than choke-cherry wine in our house. We had a volunteer fire department and a jail. House fires were frequent, especially during the winter time.
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We had a non-denominational Protestant Church and a Catholic church. My family were Protestants. I believe that the minister of our church was an Episcopalian clergyman, born in England. Occasionally an Episcopal bishop, Dr. Beede, visited the town. Mostly he worked among the Indians on the Reservation, and he wrote a book about them. It was about their art and culture and also included information given him relating to the Custer massacre. It seems that before his death, some Indians thought that he was destined to become the Great White Father (President) and that he would deal justly with them.
The town had a curfew. It was a large bell which rang every night at nine o'clock in summer and eight in winter. It was sounded by the town marshal. All children were to be home or with their parents by then, and it was strictly enforced, but I believe it went out of style when I was seven or eight years old. Also the bell was rang whenever there was a fire. Then there was our school bell, and it seemed that the Catholic Church bell was ringing often. So we had lots of bell noise.
We had a very lovely city park along the creek, with a band stand. Dunseith was known as the place to be on Decoration Day. People came from miles around. There was a band concert, followed by a parade thru town led by Civil War veterans and local officials, then to the cemetery about a half mile away. It was divided into two parts -- Protestant on the right and Catholic on the left. Here the parade broke up, and the graves were duly decorated. Now it is called Memorial Day.
-To Be Continued
Notes from the Editor: Received a note from Linda Wright on status of the Ingalls supplement -- it is gaining in size, as well as requiring editing, indexing, etc., but will be published! Estimated cost, at this time, $30-40 range. Linda is proofreading, checking on discrepancies of dates and information as the sheets are compiled. We know there will be errors, but hope to eliminate as many as possible.
Linda has a few copies of The Ingalls Genealogy in America by Charles Burleigh, published in 1903. This is something you will want in your personal library. The Ingalls genealogy supplement carries the Burleigh number system, with a generation number added for those who are not in the original book.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.
EVER WONDER WHY? You may be wondering why life exists. The answer can be found at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - in the Archive of Useless Research. Lars Carlson's 1930 self-published book Why Life Exists and Allied Subjects asserts that trees are the most important beings on Earth and other organisms were created to serve them. The archive's core is 200 unsolicited articles received by Scientific American from 1900 to 1940. Editor Albert Ingalls decided something had to be done with what he publicly called "unorthodox hypotheses." He privately called his letters "the nut collection." He offered them to the first interested - institution, and MIT bit. Other professors donated their mail. Included is "proof' that the world is flat, that the Earth is 600 miles from the sun, and that Einstein, Newton and Darwin were wrong.
Choose your soloist carefully
You may have heard of the singer with a voice so clear it can shatter glass.
But how about one that turns on sirens?
Case in point: Melissa Ingells, an Eastern High School graduate and Central Michigan University senior.
Missy was asked to sing at a wedding in Lansing one Saturday afternoon and was in the middle of her solo when it appeared that one of the keys on the organ was stuck.
"I heard this strange sound and was completely mortified, but I continued on," she recalled. "Then I noticed little smirks on some of the faces of the people in the audience."
And then Missy remembered: It was 1 p.m. and It was the first Saturday of the month. The time set aside to check the Civil Defense sirens. '
A few weeks ago Missy had just begun a solo before an audience in St Johns when she heard a high pitch sound.
Civil Defense? Nope, wrong day. A fire siren. Want to try for three, Missy?
Lansing State Journal, Tuesday, May 16, 1989
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