The Ingalls Inquirer
e-newsletter
Vol. 1-10
March, 1984-November,
1993
Published by Arlene Ingalls Schrader
ISSN 1933-7329
Vol. 7, No. 2 - July, 1990
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Family history newsletter started in 1984 for the purpose of sharing information on the surnames INGALLS, INGALL, INGELL, INGLES, INGLIES, INGLE, ENGEL, and variant spellings.
(Past Reunion Notices - for information only)
REUNIONS
INGALLS-DUNN-BECKMAN reunion will be held in Junction City, Oregon in 1990. The 1988 reunion was held the weekend of June 24 & 25th. For more details contact Roger/Pam Ingalls, Tacoma, WA or Jack/Mary Ingalls Junction City, OR.
FRANK M. INGALLS family will meet the first Saturday in August at Silver Lake State Park near Mears, MI. Contact Frank/Frances Ingalls, Shelby MI for more details.
INGALLS-LANE reunion meets the second Sunday in August -- met in 1989 at Avon, NY. This is the descendants of SIMEON and JERUSAH (ANDREWS) INGALLS. Contact area family members for details.
Unadilla. New York - Ingalls family members met in 1988 at the Donald Ingallses home, Unadilla, NY. Contact Diane Hughes, Binghamton, NY for details.
JACOB INGALLS family meet at Norton Hill, New York. Contact Richard Dedie, Greenville, NY for details.
CURRENT REUNION DATES
Spring Valley Minnesota - July 14-15, 1990 - 100th Anniversary of ALMANZO & LAURA INGALLS WILDER'S stay in Spring Valley. Sponsored by Spring Valley Community Historical Society, 221 West Courtland, Spring Valley, MN 55975. Mrs. G. E. Dathe is secretary for the society. The INGALLS REUNION is sponsored by the Society. We urge everyone who can to attend. Bring your scrapbooks, pictures, family charts and share them with others! The large church lawn is available for visiting and display areas. The community building has been reserved in case of rain.
Spring Valley, MN, is the first city north of the Iowa border on #63; and 30 miles south of Rochester with good roads in all directions.
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CURRENT REUNION DATES
JAMES and ELIZABETH INGALLS descendants July 7 and 8 1990 - West River. South Dakota
The 1990 INGALLS family reunion will be held this summer in West River, SD on July 7 and 8 at the Opal Community Hall. (same locations as 1988) Many of the ALBERT INGALLS descendants live in this area and 1988 attendance was very good.
The Saturday night supper in 1988 at Opal Hall and at Cedar Lake in 1987 was quite successful so it was decided to continue it this year. Hot dogs, Sloppy Joes, and drinks will be furnished so bring a salad, dessert or (whatever). Plates, cups and utensils will be furnished for the Saturday night supper and serving will begin at about 6:00 MDT.
Sunday the 8th will be the main reunion with registration beginning at about 9:00 AM and the Potluck dinner about 12:30 PM. Bring your own dishes and utensils. There will be a free will donation box to cover expenses of the reunion. Church services for those who wish to attend are held at Opal Community Church at 10:00 AM and at Prairie Home Church at 11:00 AM.
There is camping available at the Hall (no modern facilities) and at homes of the Ingalls "clan." Lodging is available in Faith, SD (advise to call ahead). Please bring names, dates, and places of births; and dates of deaths and marriages for the last 2 years for those who are keeping records. (Mable Stomprud and Arlis Basel). There is data being compiled for an Ingalls Genealogy book to be published of all the INGALLS in America. It will be a supplement to an INGALLS Genealogy published in 1903 by Charles Burleigh. Much data has already been sent for this book of the JAMES L. and ELIZABETH INGALLS descendants and we don't want anyone left out.
Bring the family and stay all day. Games will be planned, pictures taken and lots of visiting. Bring your old family pictures and other items of interest, such as news clippings and obituaries. Bring your talents to share, musical or otherwise.
Hope you can all come! The Reunion Committee
CLAIR WEISS - HOWARD INGALLS - ALBERT WEISS - HUGH INGALLS - EDITH VIG - MARLIN INGALLS - ARLIS BASEL - MABLE STOMPRUD - DON WEISS
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QUERIES
(From JESSE R. INGALLS JR, Germain, Manitoba, Canada: I cannot make a direct connection with my family - JESSE R. INGALLS SR, JOHN LANGDON INGALLS SR, JOHN LANGDON INGALLS JR. from the New England area. I suggest that the connection may be on page 162 of Charles Burleigh's book.
#2897 (page 162) JOHN L., (8) b June 1826 d 13 Sept 1889; m OLIVE R. KIMBALL. Ch: #2898 HANNAH m. JOHN HEATH, res. Hereford, P.Q., #2899 SATCHEL, #3000 LUCY A. m HAZEN MEECHAM, res. Newport Centre VT. Ch: 1) MARY 2) MATTIE 3) MYRTLE, #3001 LANGDON living near Stanstead. P.Q.
Can anyone assist Jesse with this connection? Jesse, please submit family group sheets on your family to me for inclusion in the supplement to Burleigh's book. If you have further questions, feel free to contact me. AIS - editor.
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QUERIES
From Mrs. Jane (Ingalls) Holland, Cheboygan MI: Need more information on Ingalls lineage; JAMES J. INGALLS b 1839 d 1916, son of FELTOS INGALLS b 1818 Scotland, ANNIE GOODELL, Canada, lived in Mio, MI married MARY M. LASH b 1851 NY d 1914. Children JAMES DOAT, FRED D., KITTIE.
JAMES DOAT INGALLS b 1869 Saginaw MI married OLIVE ABIGAL WILDER b 1877. Lived in Mio, West Branch and Grayling MI. Children JAMES THOMAS.
Jane writes that she is just beginning to write her family history and needs to learn more about the Ingalls line. I'm sure she would appreciate hearing from anyone that will share information on mutual lines.
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From Mrs. John Mellen Ingalls (Norma T.), Jacksonville Bch, FL: She writes: "The names GRANVILLE and MELLEN, used as given names are found in Burleigh's book. My husband's grandfather was named GRANVILLE MELLEN INGALLS. There was a historian/professor at Harvard in the 1820's or 30's named GRANVILLE MELLEN. I will just mention that as it is an unusual name and for it to appear in part or whole as a Christian name in the INGALLS family may tie him in with the family, and then again, it may have just caught a Mother INGALLS fancy and she named her son that! In any event, GRANVILLE MELLEN INGALLS was born in Bangor ME in 1833 and one GRANVILLE listed in Burleigh's book was b 1881, another GRANVILLE in 1848 and the MELLEN listed was b 1850. All three of these were born after Gr-fa INGALLS and were possibly relatives and possibly named for him.
Seeking parents or other relatives of GRANVILLE MELLEN INGALLS B 1833 in Bangor ME. He moved south to Alabama and Tennessee as a young man. He was in the lumber business."
Thank you, Norma, for sending your family group sheets. I hope the readers of The Ingalls Inquirer will be able to share information on your line with you.
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From Kevin MacPherson, Milwaukee, WI: Seeking any information on CLARENCE RAY HYDE born about 1865, Rockford MI d 19 Feb 1905 Chicago. Parents were CHARLES G. HYDE b 3 April 1821 Lima NY and ELIZA ANN RAY b 22 Feb 1820 NY. Grandparents were CHARLES HYDE SR. b 1786 VT and MARY (POLLY) INGALLS b 25 Jan 1795 VT.
Also JOHN RAY born? Vermont or New Hampshire and ABIGAIL LANGDELL born? Vermont or NY.
I do not need information on the INGALLS line as I have that. If anyone is working on the HYDE or RAY lines, please contact me. Thank you.
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QUERIES
From Katherine I. Meyer, Hollywood, FL: Wanted: the ancestors of ALMOND INGALLS and his two brothers, JESSE and JOHN. I would also like to know if they had another brother named HAZEN.
Almond was born 2 July 1805. He married BETSEY SARGENT on 21 Sept. 1856. He died on the 23 March 1829 and is buried in Alburgh Center, Grand Isle, Vermont.
Almond and Betsey had 11 children:
1) MOSES, born in Quebec 12 Mar 1830. His wife's name was NANCY.
2) FREEMAN, born in Canada 22 Nov 1831.
3) GEORGE NELSON, born 20 Sept 1833 in Dunham, Quebec. He died 30 Aug 1855 in Malone, Franklin Co, NY.
4) CORDELIA, born 12 Mar 1837 in Canada. She married ELIM HUMPHREY on 2 Jan 1861 in Standridge, Quebec. She died in 1903.
5) MARIA, born 20 May 1839 in Canada. She married EDWARD MARTIN.
6) ANSON MANLEY, born 31 July 1841 in Canada. He married JANE TEEL.
7) ORRIN INGALLS, born 4 June 1843, in Canada. He married HELEN HORTON in Waltham, MA on 29 Sept 1869. He died 1 Feb 1893 in Cambridge, Lamoille, VT. He was my great-grandfather.
9) ORSON was his twin. He married OLIVE ELLISON. He died on 29 Sept 1924 in Georgia, Franklin Co, NY.
9) MERRITT (MIRIT) was born 24 March 1846 in Sutton, Quebec. He died in 1854 and is buried in Alburgh Center, Grand Isle, VT.
(11) ELIVRA THERESA was born 2 April 1853 in Alburgh Center, VT. and married WILLIAM SHUFELT.
I suspect that ALMOND, JESSE, JOHN, and HAZEN were the sons of a MOSES INGALLS, but I don't have proof of this.
JESSE married ELIZABETH WHITFORD before 1836 in Farnum, Quebec, Canada. He had one known child, MERRITT, born 15 June 1836; married MARY IRVING on 12 Mar 1863.
Can anyone provide more information on MOSES INGALLS? We have several persons looking for a connection to MOSES.
Thank you, Helen, for sharing this additional information on this line!
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From GWEN LAMBERTON, Watertown, WI: Seeking more information on ALONZO and DIDEMA (HILL) LAMBERTON and their children, or anything about ALONZO and his parents? ALFRED INGALLS, son of JAMES INGALLS and MALINDA SNOW married TRYPHENA E. LAMBERTON 13 April 1862 Genesee Co, MI. Our HENRY AMBROSE LAMBERTON was born 24 November 1818 and died 1898. His parents were born in NY. Possible brother to ALONZO? Gwen states in a recent letter (1990) that she is going to start writing a book on the descendants of HENRY AMBROSE LAMBERTON.
Old notes reveal: TRYPHENA LAMBERTON b 22 -- 180-, HENRY A. LAMBERTON b 24 Nov 1818 Genesee Co NY, PHEBE LAMBERTON b 2 Dec 1820, ROZAMOND LAMBERTON b 23 Aug 1822, ALONZO LAMBERTON b 9 Dec 1824. All born in NY but where?
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BITS AND PIECES
Excerpt from 100 Years ago - Black Hills Press Sturgis SD - April 25, 1890 ...From a letter written by N. J. MCIVER to JAMES AUBREY, it is learned the following former Sturgisites have located in and around Spokane: DICK FRANCE, FELIX INGRAM, DAN MCIVER, CHARLEY INGALLS, and the MILLER boys.
CORRECT SPELLING? We find many different spellings for the surname that we now use as INGALLS. Some still carry INGALL without the S. Does anyone know why or when the gratuitous S was added? Early English parish records are transcribed with the S, in some instances. A History of Salem MA has shown WM., THOMAS and ABIGAIL INGALLS under JEGGLES, which was also used (ref. Dorothy A. Lorenti, Philadelphia PA, 1990).
Most variations of the surname can be tied in to INGALLS ancestry and our English forefathers. One exception may be - ENGLE - which appears to be Germanic background. We are always interested in learning more about our roots!
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In the book HENRY V., by Desmond Seward, copyright 1987, pub. by Viking Penguin, Inc., p 103 says "A man named HARRY INGLES clambered over the rubble and led the duke's men-at-arms as they hacked their way in towards the town centre." This is referring to the English assault on the French city of Caen on 4 Sept 1417, led by King Henry V of England. This is the only reference to Harry in the book.
In GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN, by Stephen W. Sears, copyright 1988, pub. by Ticknor Fields, p. 237 says "RUFUS INGALLS replaced the sluggish STEWART VAN VLIET as quartermaster." Once, again, this is the only reference. This passage is in reference to McClellan's shakeup of his staff in July 1862.
(Ref. Marta Specht, Hillsboro OR) Thank you, Marta, for sharing these notes.
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From Roger Ingalls. 36 Grove Ave.. Auburn NY 13021:
The Great Winter Race of 1990 is now a part of the history of Auburn NY and I am pleased to report to the greater INGALLS family that I continue to progress not only in the recovery of my physical health, but also in learning to skate at the age of 48. Here's the report:
Each year the race consists of approximately 50 teams of five entrants each. It's a relay race, beginning with a skating effort of five miles. Next is a three-mile runner, then a five-mile runner, then a skier and then a snowshoer. I joined the melee for the first time two years ago, skating the course in 23 minutes, 52 seconds which was good for 20th place. Last year, my time got whittled down to 23:05, putting me at 17th. This year, I surprised even myself by turning in the time of 19:36 and moving up to #5. So what? Well, I'm not offering this information as a simple matter of vanity, although I hope some of you out there might share in my own joy in my progress; but I offer it also as an inducement to make some sort of attempt to re-establish your own health and vitality. As long as you have no cardio-vascular problems or other serious ailments, you can do it, and you'll feel much better for it. You don't have to take up speed-skating. Just get out and get active. Try biking, or tennis, or volleyball, or whatever appeals to you. Try walking, and you might end up jogging! Go ahead, give it a shot!
Thank you, Roger, for this article! Best wishes in your skating races and know you will be in the Winner's circle in the future.
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BITS AND PIECES
Excerpt from the Fargo Forum, 13 March 1988: Yellowstone National Park - 2.2 million acres seems not enough .... The article states that in 1872 everybody thought Yellowstone was plenty big enough because nobody went there.
Now Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., is American's front porch, its back yard, its playground. The park's ecosystem is also the largest intact wilderness left in the lower 98 states, and therein lies a major threat .... It speaks of a projected 50-year management plan and environmental impact statements due 31 December 1988.
On March 1, 1882, in a debate on the floor of the U.S. Senate, JOHN JAMES INGALLS, a Kansas Republican, allowed as how "the best thing that the government could do with the Yellowstone National Park is to survey it and sell it."
The reply came from Missouri Democrat, George Graham Vest: "I am not ashamed to say that I shall vote to perpetuate this park to the American people ..Its existence answers a great purpose in our national life. There should be to a nation that will have 100 million or 150 million people a park like this as a great breathing place for the national lungs."
Thanks, Dalene Trende, SD, for this bit of history!
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AUTHORS and BOOKS
An autobiography, The Last of the Bengal Lancers, by FRANCIS INGALL, published 1988 by Presidio Press CA, which recounts his exploits in India and Europe with the 6th D.C.O. Lancers and as the founder and first Commandant of the Pakistan Military Academy after World War II. This is a first-hand account of his service in India and Pakistan and also in northern Italy in World War II.
The author now lives in California. A member of the Performing Unions, he has played in many films, plus nearly 100 TV and radio commercials. As a member of Actors Equity he has played leading roles in a number of stage plays in the US and Ireland. Currently he is on the lecture circuit in the US, speaking of "The last days of the Rai" and "Pakistan, then and now."
He mentions in his book that a branch of his family, EDMUND and FRANCIS INGALL are believed to have founded the town of Lynn, Massachusetts. At about this time the American branch added an "s' to their patronymic.
Thanks to George S. Ingalls, 8328 Tally Ho Rd., Lutherville, MD 21093 for sharing this interesting story! As one who diligently watched the TV series, "Jewel in the Crown" this added another dimension to my meager understanding of the culture of India.
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A novel, Mrs. Caliban, by RACHEL INGALLS, Dell/Laurel. Review in Family Circle by Kathy Sagan, 1988.
"Nothing in Dorothy Caliban's life has been the same since her son died and she later suffered a miscarriage. Her luck, however, turns one night when a 6'7" frogman (he calls himself Larry) with green skin wanders into her kitchen seeking refuge from a local research institute. From the moment of their first touch, Dorothy finds from the frogman all the sex and affection that's been missing from her marriage. When reality eventually intervenes, we are devastated. After all, a good man is hard to find. Especially a sexy green one."
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PLACE NAMES
We have listed place names, street names, etc., in past issues. May we have your assistance in finding out who the places were named after and a bit of the history of the person. Send in your local place names, etc. to the editor -- Thank youl
Need help with the following places:
Ingalls, Bradley County, ARK 71647 - Population 40
Ingalls, Gray County, KS 67853 - Population 274
Ingalls, Payne County, OK 74074 - Population 45
Ingalls, Avery County, NC 28657 - Population 275
Ingalls, Menominee Co, MI 49848 - Population 160
Ingalls Park, Lenox County, IL 60431 - Population 2730
Thanks to Malton G. Smith, 2268A Yeager Rd., Lafayette, IN 47906 for sending copies of maps of the above locations and the following article.
INGALLS, MADISON COUNTY, INDIANA 46048 Population 909
Named after MELVILLE EZRA INGALLS
MELVILLE EZRA INGALLS RAILROAD PRESIDENT 1842-1914
(map and photo omitted)
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INGALLS, Melville Ezra, railroad president, was born in Harrison county, Sept 6, 1842, son of Ezra T and Louisa (Maybury) Ingalls and a descendant of Edmund Ingalls, the founder of the family in America, who came over from Lincolnshire, England, in 1628 and settled in Salem, Mass. He received his education at the common schools, at North Bridgeton (Maine) Academy and at Bowdoin College. Leaving the latter before finishing his course he studied law at the Harvard Law School, where he was graduated in 1863. In the following year he began the practice of his profession in Boston and conducted a large and successful business until 1870. During that time he was prominent in policies, serving on the city council of Boston, of which he was president, and also serving a term in the Massachusetts senate. In 1870 he commenced his railroad career as president of the Cincinnati, Indianapolis and LaFayette Railroad Co., with headquarters at Cincinnati, O. He was appointed receiver of the company in 1871, and continued in that capacity until 1873, when the road was reorganized and he was elected president. He resigned on Jan. 1, 1905, to become chairman of the board, which office he held until he retired from active business in November, 1912. Under his management what was known as the old "Big Four," viz., Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago railway, successor to the Indianapolis, Cincinnati and LaFayette railway, was consolidated with the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and Indianapolis railway, which also owned the Indianapolis and St. Louis railway. That company in turn acquired the Cincinnati, Wabash and Michigan railway, the Cairo, Vincennes and Columbus, and the Peoria and Eastern railroad, all of which are now included in the system known as the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis railway, commonly termed the "Big Four." Between 1889 and 1891 this system grew from 400 to 2,200 miles. Mr. Ingalls succeeded the late Collis P. Huntington as president and director of the Chesapeake and Ohio railway in 1888 and served in that capacity until 1899. His record with the Chesapeake and Ohio equals if it does not exceed his splendid achievement with the Big Four. The former, when he first took hold of it, was in poor physical condition, with gross earnings of between three and four million dollars a year. When he retired, the gross earnings were more than one million dollars per month, the physical condition of the property compared favorably with that of any other road in the country, and he had the enviable reputation of having placed the C and 0 upon a dividend-paying basis before he resigned. Under his management branch lines were built and traffic developed; the property was supplied with first-class passenger equipment and its passenger business was built up hand in hand with the freight traffic. Mr. Ingalls also served as president of the Kentucky Central Railroad Co. (now a part of the Louisville and Nashville railroad), from January 1881 to October, 1883, and upon the reorganization of the C. N. 0. and T. P. Railway Co., he served as a director for some five to six years, resigning in 1912. He went into every detail of railroading thoroughly, and it was his custom to have the heads of all of the departments report directly to him, conducting his railroad practically without vice presidents. He was always ready to learn and was always accessible to the humblest employee of the company. In the early days when the mileage of the systems under his management was smaller he knew most of the
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employees from section men up. In the railroad world Mr. Ingalls was best known for his constructive ability, which nowhere showed to better advantage than in his efforts to solve the problem of railway rates. He was among the first to recognize the dangers of unrestricted competition and of the resulting chaotic conditions. He was one of the originators of the Central Freight Association, which had charge of the traffic relations of railroads west of the Alleghenies and east of the Mississippi river, and he organized the well-known Joint Traffic Association, which had for its object the elimination of rebating and the regulation of rates. The scheme here developed was later followed in the formation of the Trans-Missouri Association, which the supreme court later declared illegal, thus forming the abandonment of the scheme. The resulting demoralization of the railway rate situation forced most radical changes in the laws affecting carriers and the organization of the Interstate Commerce Commission. When Mr. Ingalls retired from the active management of the Big Four railway he became interested in banking and, with his associates, purchased control in what was known as the Merchants' National Bank of Cincinnati, which he built up until it was the second largest national band in the city. In 1913 the bank was purchased by the First National of Cincinnati, of which Mr. Ingalls was elected a director. His interests in Cincinnati extended far beyond his business connections, though he never sought public office except in 1903, when he ran for the office of mayor on a reform ticket. At that time, although defeated, he shook the hold of the "gang" on the city government and made its subsequent overthrow possible. During the many years of his residence in Cincinnati there was hardly any movement for civic betterment in which he did not take a prominent part. One of the many projects most intimately connected with his name was the development of the Cincinnati park system, for which he was largely instrumental in obtaining the necessary legislation. He served as president of the Cincinnati exposition in 1880 and as director thereafter; was one of the founders of the Cincinnati Art Museum, of which he was president until his death, and also helped to found the Cincinnati Training School. Among his other activities, not purely of a business nature, may be mentioned the development of Virginia Hot Springs, which was due almost entirely to him. Mr. Ingalls was a stanch Democrat and gave his support to the party throughout his life with the exception of one year, when he felt that his duty and interests warranted his support of William McKinley for president. He was founder and first president of the Cincinnati Country Club, a founder and for several years president of the Queen City Club of Cincinnati, and a member of the Metropolitan clubs of New York and Washington, D.C.. Physically he was an exceptionally fine specimen of manhood and his devotion to outdoor exercise kept him always in good condition. His social attainments were marked and he was one of the best after dinner speakers is the country. He was married at Gary, Me,, July, 1867, to Abbie M., daughter of Thomas Stinson, and had six children: Melville E.:, Jr.: George H., Albert S., Fay, Louise, wife, of Alfred Barnard, and Gladys Ingalls. He died at Hot Springs, Va. on July 11, 1914 at the age of 72.
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From Time Magazine, March 2, 1931, an article about DAVID SINTON INGALLS. His father David Sinton is #4678 in Chas. Burleigh's book. In Who was Who in America listing, it shows DAVID STINTON INGALLS, lawyer b Cleveland 28 January 1899 s of Albert Simson and Jane (Taft). He died 26 April 1985, buried Warm Springs, VA.
Thanks to Roger Ingalls, Auburn, NY for sharing this information.
Ingalls' PIPE
Sirs:
We have been brought up to think of men of the sea having bull-dog visages. But tell us, are sailor-flyers alligator jawed?
Do equestriennes put the correct stamp of approval on long, heavy straight stemmed tarboilers as necessary impedimenta for an enjoyable gallop? Does the Hon. Assistant Secretary of the Navy light-up before he lights-out to follow the hounds?
Honest now, does he?
G. W. Stebbons
Williamson, N.Y.
As pictured on Time’s cover, a horse and pipe-smoking, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Aeronautics Ingalls was not about to follow hounds. He was just posing for his picture.-ED.
DAVID SINTON INGALLS
Not so good at chess.
(See National Affairs)
Volume XVII, Number 9
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ARMY & NAVY Fleet Problem 12
Three weeks ago David Sinton ("Dave") Ingalls, 32-year-old Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air, bounced out of his Washington swivel chair, climbed into a high-speed. naval plane, went streaking away to another great war which commanded his intense and invariably enthusiastic attention last week. In 1917 this same active, able scion of a rich Ohio family had left his freshman class at Yale to join the U. S. Naval Air Service. Attached to the British near Dunkerque on the Channel, he downed six German planes, won three prized medals for bravery. He came home a boy of 19 and the U. S. Navy's one and only ace. The “war" to which he flew this year was the Navy's annual game off Panama in the Pacific.
What interested Assistant Secretary Ingalls in this mimic sea battle, what made his swivel chair doubly uncomfortable in the Navy Department, was the fact that for the first time Naval strategists had so arranged their war problem that the full defensive power of aircraft would be truly tested. One side was made top-heavy with sea-armament; the other's strength was in the air. At stake was everything "Dave" Ingalls had worked and talked and planned for during his two years in office.
As he flew down Florida, hopped to Jamaica, crossed the Caribbean to the Canal Zone--everywhere the favorite guest at most important dinners--the Navy's forces were converging in the tropics. Before them was Fleet Problem 12. Eastward across the Pacific steamed a supposedly hostile fleet composed of nine battleships, an aircraft, carrier (U.S.S. Langley) -with 40 planes, three "treaty" cruisers. swarms of miscellaneous craft. With them were coming transports bearing 50,000 soldiers, hundreds of crated airplanes. Their aim was to effect a landing on the Central American coast, set up their planes, smash the Panama Canal. Sharp eyes could easily have identified Rear. Admiral Frank Herman Schofield aboard the battleship California as the commander of this Black enemy fleet.
At Balboa lay the Blue defensive squadron under Vice Admiral Arthur Lee Willard aboard the Arkansas, only battleship in the line. To him had been assigned seven light cruisers, 22 destroyers, the giant aircraft carriers Lexington and Saratoga, a flock of submarines. the dirigible Los Angeles (used for the first time by international consent in war games). To the Black fleet back from a 1,000-mile jungle-fringed coast line Admiral Willard relief chiefly on a force of 225.battle planes.
Assistant Secretary Ingalls' immediate interest was the part as an air scout to be played by the Los Angeles which he boarded to observe the maneuvers. In her performance he saw a vital experiment which would influence the Navy's whole policy on lighter-than-aircraft development. Said he: "We know the Los Angeles will never be effective as a war instrument. If she does not show up very well we won't be surprised but if she is able to do anything, we'll be tickled to death."
One midnight last week the battle was on when Washington flashed a "state of war" warning to the Blue fleet. With lights out and radio silent it moved across the Gulf of Panama in search of the enemy. The Blue's eagle-eyed destroyers were in the lead, the Los Angeles overhead and flagship Arkansas in the rear. Fanwise the Blue spread itself out protectively up and down the coast. At sunrise 36 hours later, scouting planes made their first contact with the Black fleet moving shoreward in two sections. The old Arkansas, with the heat 133° in her engine room. vainly chased three hostile cruisers who shipped out of range at 32 knots. At dusk another heavy Black column was sighted and viciously attacked by light sea craft in a night engagement. They completely demolished the flying deck of the Black's Langley, thus gaining for the Blues undisputed air control. Thereafter, fighting resolved itself into a series of disjointed engagements.
Just after the Los Angeles with Assistant Secretary Ingalls aboard had made an important "spot," a dozen Black Planes whizzed down upon her, riddled her silvery sides. "You're sunk! Pleasant voyages," flashed the umpire's crisp radio to the dirigible which thereafter was forced out of the game. In theory the Hoover Cabinet had lost its most gallant junior member in the wastes of the Pacific.
As the four-day battle was ending by prearrangement the Arkansas was hit by a torpedo and went to the bottom. Sinking, Admiral Willard flashed command of the Blue fleet to Admiral Reeves aboard the Saratoga.
With not one of the 140 ships engaged lost and not one of the 35,000 officers and men scratched, the fleets returned to Panama for a post-mortem of their encounter. A final verdict had still to be rendered by Admiral Jehu Valentine Chase, Commander-in-Chief of all U. S. fleets, who, aboard the flagship Texas, umpired the war game with the assistance of a score of rear-admirals.
Unwilling to await the Navy's decision, lay observers awarded the victory to the Blue forces whose aircraft had so damaged the Black ships that no effective landing was possible. Admiral Schofield's transports had been cut to bits; the decks of his battleships were shambles from airbombs, his cruisers were barely afloat.
David Ingalls was overjoyed. His aircraft had beaten off battleships, saved the Canal, proved their worth. The performance of the Los Angeles so exceeded his expectations that he enthusiastically radioed the Navy Department in Washington that the necessity for continued development of lighter-than-aircraft had been conclusively proved. He contended that the "spot" the dirigible had made was important enough to justify her -- and his -- sacrifice.
David Sinton Ingalls has a genius for environment--its selection and exploitation. He began by being born well in Cleveland. His mother was the daughter of the late rich Charles Phelps Taft of Cincinnati and the niece of the late Chief Justice. His father is a vice president of New York Central R. R. He proceeded to St. Paul's School, Concord. N. H., where he quickly developed a dashing stellar proficiency in hockey. a major St. Paul's sport. Here first his squinty smile. his shock of dark hair and high-pitched Taftian chuckle began to add up to that most imponderable of qualities, "Popularity."
Home from the War, he immersed himself in Yale and emerged a campus idol. Yale done. he went to Harvard, studied harder than he had ever previously found necessary and emerged a sufficiently learned lawyer. Thence to his native Cleveland where he lived as if no other city existed. He had by this time married Louise Harkness (Standard Oil heiress) who has borne him three daughters. A clerk in the famed law firm of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey. he argued small jury cases in court as intensely as if they had been national issues. With great personal enthusiasm he invested in various local enterprises and took with grave responsibility a big local bank directorship. He bought a modest estate in green, pretty. outlying Chagrin Valley and took to horse--polo-wise (fox-hunting was a trifle slow). For years he never touched airplane. Nor did it occur to him to travel to Europe. There was plenty of work, fun, people in Cleveland.
But his environment did widen. First -it was the State of Ohio when he went to the Legislature. Something had to be done about aviation, now a public matter. So David Ingalls took once more to the air. The State adopted his aviation code in one magnificent sweep. Next. it was the Nation. when, in the first fortnight of the Hoover Administration he vas called to be Assistant Secretary of
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the Navy for Air. More exactly, this new environment is the Nation's Navy, for David Ingalls does not scatter his attention. All the force of his irresistible enthusiasm is given to the particular team he is playing on. Believing that Army Aviation (directed by his Yale and Wartime friend. Frederick Trubee Davison) had received more than its share of public support, he immediately set out to equal the score.
He traveled about the country making speeches. He sent a great airfleet to demonstrate over New York and New England last year. He went before Congress, won its favor, got larger appropriations for his service. He pushed the Navy's technical development, argued for more dirigibles. Result. Naval aeronautics today stands higher, in efficiency, effectiveness and popular esteem, than ever before.
Anything David Ingalls does must be done much better than the average. He does not always come up to this standard. He plays first-class bridge, but has to acknowledge with a touch of pain that his chess is not so good.
Intense desire to excel plus artless popularity is a rare combination. With it and with much besides. Assistant Secretary Ingalls is regarded by Elder Republicans as the kind of energetic. intelligent young man of whom the G. O. P. can make good use in years to come.
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The Genealogist’s Dream
Genealogy is my pastime, I shall not stray; It maketh me to lie down and examine half- buried tombstones. It leadeth me into still Court Houses, It restoreth my ancestral knowledge. It leadeth me in paths of census records and ship passengers' lists for my surname's sake. Yea, though I walk through the shadows of research libraries and microfilm readers, I shall fear no discouragement; for a strong urge is within me. The curiosity and motivation they comforteth me. It demandeth preparation of storage space for the acquisition of countless documents; It anointest my head with burning midnight oil, my family group sheets runneth over. Surely birth, marriage, and death dates shall follow me all the rest of my days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of a family-history seeker forever!
(From Dean A. and Velda SIMAR, Reno Nev) Thank you!
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OBITUARY Cuba NY WILLIAM 0. INGALLS
B1576-12
OLEAN TIMES HERALD TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1990
WILLIAM 0. INGALLS
CUBA - William 0. Ingalls, 61, of 10 Bradley Ave. died Sunday (April 15, 1990) in the Olean General Hospital after a long illness.
Born Aug. 3,1928, in Cuba, he was a son of Guy N. and Beulah T. Royce Ingalls. On Aug. 4, 1950, in, Black Creek, he married the former Constance Smith, who died April 22,1989.
Mr. Ingalls had been a driver-salesman for the Morgan Linen Co. of Olean for more than 25 years, retiring in 1985.
He was a veteran of the Korean Conflict, serving as a corporal with the Army. Mr. Ingalls attended the First Baptist Church of Cuba and was a member of the Teamsters Union, Cuba American Legion Post 655, Cuba Rod and Gun Club, former Cuba IOOF and Cuba Driftbusters Snowmobile Club.
Surviving are two sons, Craig Ingalls of Hartwell, Ga., and Michael Ingalls of Cuba; three daughters, Mrs. Jeffrey (Wanda) Klem of Ontario, N.Y., Mrs. David (Barbara) Setchel of Hartwell and Mrs. Michael (Linda) Biehl of Highland Mills; eight grandchildren; four brothers, Guy Ingalls Jr. of Abbott, Wilbur (Bud) Ingalls of Wellsville, Wilbert (Pete) Ingalls of Cuba and Thomas Ingalls of Fairfax, Va.; two sisters, Mrs. James (Phyllis) Gregory of Olean and Mrs. Francis (Ellenette) Hirt of Allegany; and several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Nicholson Funeral Home Inc., 24 Genesee Parkway, Cuba, where funeral and committal services will be held Thursday (April 19, 1990) at 2 p.m. The Rev. Larry A. Poelma, pastor of the Cuba First Baptist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Cuba Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.
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WEDDING PICTURE
of Mable Craun and Herbert D. Ingalls 1919
MABLE (CRAUN) INGALLS DeWitt, Michigan, celebrated her 90th birthday, June 26, 1990. She was born June 26, 1900 in Riley township, Clinton Co, MI on her parents farm -James Albert Craun and Nina Stevens. She attended a one-room rural school and graduated from the Wacousta high school. During high school years, she roomed in the village with a girl friend, preparing their own meals. After school, she worked for area families when a new baby arrived or the mother needed additional help.
In 1919, she married Herbert D. Ingalls and began a long-time residence on the Ingalls farm. Their life was busy, raising five children. Herbert was involved in farming, threshing, water well drilling, and later in life, ran a repair shop from the farm.
Mable was busy with household chores .. going from hauling water indoors and heating on the wood stove for laundry to the automatic washer of today. There usually was 8 to 10 people for any meal. Grandma Ingalls came to live with us after the death of her daughter, Esther, plus hired help. There was always activity on the farm .. summers, cousins would come out and spend some time.
After her children were grown, Mable worked at a large department store in Lansing for several years. She has belonged to the ladies' aid society and the Wacousta Methodist church for 50+ years. She continues to be active in her circle, various clubs, and volunteer work. Congratulations!
Herbert D. Ingalls (#1584-11) Children: Don Dee, Charles James, Duane Keith, Arlene H. and Larry J.
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Boston Marathon, 1990 - JIM INGALLS (B1576-11)
Dedication pays off in long run for Ingalls
Wichita Falls endurance runner qualifies for 94th Boston
Marathon
‘I like to run, I simply like to run. I can’t run very fast, but I can run for a couple of days.” Wichita Falls’ Jim Ingalls
By Pat Parrack
Staff Sports Writer
When Jim Ingalls decided he would make up running to keep in shape, the first run he made was to the book store.
He bought "The Complete Runner" and headed home.
Ten years and several books later, Ingalls is a lean, mean, running machine, and now he's headed for the 94th annual Boston Marathon. Most runners consider Boston the most prestigious marathon in the world, Ingalls said. It is the Masters of running events, he added.
"Qualifying for Boston has been a goal of mine for several years, and now that I've reached that, my goal in Boston is simply to enjoy it and to finish it," Ingalls said. "Because I had to qualify for this race, I feel I have received the recognition of my peers and others that I am a qualified runner."
lngalls qualified for Boston in the Whiterock Marathon in Dallas. The 45year-old Ingalls ran 26 miles in 3:22, three minutes under the qualifying time for men in his age group.
Ingalls career as a runner hasn't always been successful. In fact, the first time he ran was disastrous.
Ingalls had been living in Michigan working for Howmet Corporation. He said he kept fit chopping wood, shoveling snow and working in the garden. When Howmet transferred him to Wichita Falls in 1979, mowing the lawn was the only physical activity he did.
Feeling that he was getting out of shape, Ingalls decided to take up running.
"I just put on an old pair of tennis shoes and went for a run," Ingalls said. "I ran half a mile, and I was so out of condition that I had to walk home."
It was then he started buying books on running. He also sent his wife Margaret to buy him a good pair of running shoes.
"'I was kind of tight with money," Ingalls said, "and I didn't want to know how much money she spent. But whatever the cost, it was worth it. Those shoes made a big difference."
Ingalls said he began to run every other day, but the kind people of Burkburnett always stopped to see if he needed a ride home. "I guess they thought my car had broke down or something," he said.
At first Ingalls had no intention of racing. He was just pleased that he felt so much better and that his
(p. 7D)
physical condition had improved. Then a friend encouraged him to run in the Cowtown Marathon and 10K run in Fort Worth.
Ingalls said his time was nothing to brag about, but he was impressed with another feature of the race.
"A 12-year-old finished just ahead of me, and a 60-year-old finished right behind me," Ingalls said. "That made me realize that it wasn't a sport I'd have to give up in two years. I could keep running and competing until I was 60."
So Ingalls started participating in short races until he felt he was ready for a marathon. His first marathon was the Whiterock, and it was not an impressive finish.
"1 ran out of steam and just staggered in the last five miles," Ingalls said. "After that I thought there just had to be a way to run 26 miles without this much grief."
So he returned to the bookstore and read up on all the ways to get in condition for long races. He started talking with other runners to discover their secrets.
Soon, 26 miles was no longer a challenge, and Ingalls began to compete in ultramarathons - 50 and 100 mile races.
Although Ingalls does all the running in his family, he said he couldn't make it without the help of his wife. Margaret meets him along the course with fluid replacements, food, aspirin and encouragement. Sometimes she runs along with him to keep him awake. Ingalls best time in a 100-mile race is 29 hours and 48 minutes.
"I'm just the engine," Ingalls said. "She adjusts the carburetor and keeps me tuned up."
Despite blisters under his toenails, bouts of hypothermia, low blood pressure and water intoxication (a very serious condition when body chemicals are diluted with too much water), Ingalls runs 10 ulta-marathons a year.
"I like to run, I simply like to run," Ingalls said. "I can't run very fast, but 1 can run for a couple of days."
After all the ultra-marathons, Ingalls considers 26 miles a training run, but he's taking the Boston Marathon very seriously.
Boston is known for its up and downhill course, but that shouldn't pose a problem for Ingalls. Many of the ultra-marathons are held in mountainous terrain, and Ingalls drives to the Wichita Mountains and makes two or three runs up and down Mount Scott to keep in shape.
"I've got my weight where I want it, and I feel like my conditioning is good," Ingalls said. "With all the runners there, it'll take me a mile or two just to get enough room to go at my own pace. but I feel just great that I qualified for the Boston Marathon."
Times Record News, 15 April 1990, pp 1D, 7D.
Thanks, Frances Ingalls, MI, for this article!
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DESERTED BURIAL GROUNDS IN HIRAM, MAINE
These burial grounds were located, copied and annotated by Hubert W. Clemons, Hiram, ME.
Wadsworth-Barnes Cemetery
Henry Wadsworth, died May 20, 1886, ae 81 yrs., 6 mos., 17 das. (son of Capt. Charles Lee and Ruth Clemons Wadsworth)
Mary Ann (Wentworth), wife of Henry Wadsworth, died June 12, 1845, ae 38 yrs., 4 mos. (daughter of John and Esther Hall Wentworth)
Catherine S. (Wentworth), wife of Henry Wadsworth, died Dec. 31, 1891, ae 65 yrs., 8 mos., 11 das. (daughter of John and Esther Hall Wentworth)
Dolly, daughter of Henry and Catherine Wadsworth, died Dec. 1, 1864, ae 10 y rs., 1 mo., 23 das.
John, son of Henry and Mary Ann Wadsworth, died Oct. 15, 1845, ae 5 mos., 15 das.
Dolly Ingalls, daughter of Henry and Mary Ann Wadsworth, died June 7, 1851, ae 12 yrs., 6 mos., 18 das.
Mrs. Jane, wife of Charles L. Wadsworth, died March 28, 1847, ae 65 yrs. (Jane Ingalls, second wife of Charles L. Wadsworth. There is evidence that the bodies of Charles L. and his first wife, Ruth Clemons, were disinterred and re-buried in the Hiram Village Cemetery. There is also a stone "in memory of" Mrs. Jane Ingalls Wadsworth beside those of Charles L. and Mrs. Ruth Wadsworth in the Hiram Village Cemetery.)
Augustus Barnes, died June 22, 1890, ae 67 yrs., 21 das. (son of Henry and Betsey Wadsworth Barnes)
Jane W. (Barnes), wife of Benjamin Brown, daughter of Henry and Betsey Wadsworth Barnes, died Sept. 10, 1879, ae 64 yrs., 3 mos., 3 das. (Betsey Barnes was the daughter of Charles Lee and Ruth Clemons Wadsworth )
Edmund Butterfield, died Nov 23, 1848, ae 43 yrs. (first husband of Lucia Wadsworth, daughter of Charles Lee and Ruth Clemons Wadsworth; son of Joseph Jr. and Sarah Richardson Butterfield)
Capt. Charles Lee Wadsworth was the eldest son of Gen. Peleg Wadsworth. He and his wife, Ruth Clemons, lived in a mansion on the Wadsworth Road near the junction of the ancient Tripptown-Pequawket Trail Road. A tumbledown out-building, caved-in cellars, covered wells, and the remains of the burying ground are all that are left of the old homestead. The house, built in 1795 by Gen. Peleg Wadsworth for his son, later became the property of Charles Lee's son, Capt. Samuel, and grandson, Arthur Wadsworth. Children of Capt. Charles Lee and Ruth Clemons Wadsworth were: Betsey who married Henry W. Barnes; Peleg C. who married Bethia Spring and Mary M. Richardson; John who married Mary Benton; Col. Charles who married Sarah H. Lewis; Jane who married Capt. Seth Wadsworth; Lucia who married Edmund Butterfield, Henry who married Mary Ann Wentworth and Catherine S. Wentworth; Alexander who married Adelaide Wells and Elizabeth Fairfield; Frank who married Mary Ingalls; Eli who married Mary Chaney; and Samuel who married Mary Jane Rowe and Jane I. Clemons.
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