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March, 1984-November, 1993
Published by Arlene Ingalls Schrader
ISSN 1933-7329

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Vol. 9, No. 3 - November, 1992

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REUNION SCHEDULE

The 65th Annual Reunion of the Descendants of FRANK & IDELLA INGALLS met Saturday, 1 August 1992 at the shelter house at the Silver Lake State Park, Mears, MI, with a potluck dinner at 1:30. Contact Natalie Vandentoorn, Wyoming, MI for details and news about the 1993 reunion.

The descendants of JAMES PARSHALL INGALLS met 9 August 1992 at Don & Irene Ingalls, Unadilla NY at 1 p.m. Bring your old albums to share. Contact above-named people for news and future date.

All members of the JACOB INGALLS family were invited to meet in the Greenville-Norton Hill-United Methodist Church Hall on Route 81, Norton Hill, New York for their 64th Annual Reunion, Saturday, October 10, 1992, at 11:30 a.m. If you have not contributed pictures to the album please bring them at this time. The Henry Ingalls Family will host. Kay Ingalls, Sec., Norton Hill, NY. Contact Kay Ingalls re this event and future dates.

Descendants of James L. and Elizabeth J. (Nichols) Ingalls met in Spearfish SD on July 12, 1992. In addition to SD residents attending were those from New York, Alaska, Missouri, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, N. Dakota, Idaho, New Mexico and Germany.

Plans were made to meet at De Smet, SD on 11 July for the 1993 reunion. Thank you, Mable Stomprud, for this report! For information on 1993 plans contact Mable Stomprud, Mud Butte, SD.

DEATHS

AMENT, MICHAEL - died 1982 husband of Penne Rene Ingalls (Richard, Arthur Jr. Arthur Sr, James L., James, Samuel (B1576-7).

WEISS, GLEN ALBERT - Died 25 February 1992, Sioux Falls, SD. (Elizabeth, Albert, James L., James, Samuel (B1576-7).

OBITUARY

From Alberta Ingalls, Wellsville, NY:

MRS. JOHN M. DRISCOLL - Alice H. Driscoll of 5369 Hammond Rd. died Tuesday 5 May 1992 in her home after an apparent heart attack. Born 7 November 1905 in Cuba NY she was a daughter of Cleo Nelson and Olive Guilford Hammond. She was married to John M. Driscoll, who predeceased her.

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OBITUARY

Mrs. Driscoll was a graduate of Cuba High School and Genesee Normal School and had taught in the Cuba area rural schools before her marriage. She had lived in Randolph and Salamanca before returning to Cuba. Mrs. Driscoll was a member of the Cuba First Baptist Church, and the Shakespeare Club.

Surviving are a niece, Elinor I Scheiterle of Cuba; and several grandnieces, nephews and cousins.

She was predeceased by a brother, Charles Eugene Hammond. The funeral service was held 9 May 1992. Burial was in the Hammond-Dell Cemetery, Cuba.

QUERIES

From June G. Lenthe, Marblehead, OH: Enclosed are my sheets of the Ingels family. Records of these families have been found with various spellings - Ingels, Ingles, Ingalls, Engels, etc. The spelling from about 1850 on was usually Ingels.

My primary objective at this time is to complete all data and Nancy (Crooks) Ingels such as place and date of birth on Joseph Ingels and parents.

Joseph's sheet has 10 children - all obtained from his estate settlement and other records.

George's sheet is purely assumption on my part. Someone who had done Ingels research prior to when I started (1985) said that George Ingels and Mary Ramey were parents of #3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 and that all others on his sheet were no doubt (?) the other children. All this seems to pivot around #8, Jesse's birth, which I also have not confirmed.

I hope that you can give me some help. My earliest proven record for Joseph is when he purchased land in Meigs Co, OH while a resident of Pennsylvania. I have not been able to find out where in PA he was residing at that time.

The next record is the 1820 Census of Meigs Co OH and his next door neighbor is George Ingels who was of the age to be Joseph's father.

I will gladly reimburse you for any information or costs. Thank you /s/ June Lenthe.

Enclosed are the two family group sheets with her query letter. The following names and addresses are persons who may be able to provide some answers on the Ingels lineage:

- Don Collins, Oshkosh, WI

- Joseph Ingels b ca 1790, James b 1811, William b 1813, Sidney b 1815 married Samuel Collins.

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Family Group Sheet: Joseph Ingels
Birth: Ap 18, 1790, Md/Va
Death: Mar 24, 1850, Van Buren, Iowa
Burial: Bentonsport Cem., Van Buren, Iowa
Church Affiliation: Methodist

Wife’s Full Maiden Name: Nancy Crooks
Birth: June 23, 1791, Baltimore Md.
Death Ap 2, 1865, Iowa
Burial: Bonaparte Cem., Van Buren, Iowa

Children’s Names:

1. James, b. Aug 2, 1811, Phila., Pa.; m May 20, 1831 (spouse: Casander Shelton); d May 2, 1881, Atchison, KS.; bur Alderson Cem., Atchison, KS.

2. William, b Oct 6, 1813, Phila. Pa; m (1) Elizabeth Nash (1834/5) Ind., (2) Mrs. Sarah Broyles, Oct 30, 1864, Nodoway Co., Mo.; d Jan 8, 1884, Hopkins, Nodoway, Mo.; bur White Oak Cem., Pickering, Mo.

3. Sidney, b Dec 10, 1815, Phila., Pa.,; mar Samuel Collins Sep 4, 1831, Adams Twp., Madison Ind.; d Jan 29, 1869, Atchison Ks.

4. Phoebe, b 1817, Pa/Oh; m. John Wilhoit, 1838, Ind.

5. Samuel, b 1818, Oh; mar Phebe/Rhoda Rambo, Aug 20, 1844, Van Buren Iowa.

6. Sarah, b 1820, Oh; m John M. Noble

7. Harrietta E., b. 1824, Oh; mar Wm. Nash Mar 5, 1840, Hancock, In.; d 1892; bur Graceland Cem. near Bedford, Taylor Co., Iowa.

8. Cynthia Ann, b Jan 28, 1827, near Gallipolis, Gallia, Oh; m Issiah Meek, Dec. 26, 1844, Van Buren Iowa; d July 23, 1906, Van Buren Iowa; bur Bonaparte Cem., Van Buren, Iowa.

9. Wesley, b 1830, In.; m (1) Margaret A., m (2) Apr 23, 1857, Jane Woodward, Van Buren, Iowa

10. Benjamin F., b 1833, In.; m July 25, 1855 Martha Ann Tuttle, Van Buren Iowa

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Family Group Sheet: George Ingels (all speculation)
Wife’s maiden name: Mary Ramsey

Children's Names:

1. Jacob, b 18 Apr 1790, Md/Va; m 1810? Nancy Crooks; d 24 Mar 1850, Van Buren Co., Iowa; bur Bentonsport Cem., Van Buren Co., Iowa.

2. James, b 1790-1800, m (1) Elizabeth ___, m (2) Catherine Wolfe, 8 Nov 1824, Meigs Co., Ohio.

3. Eleanor, b 25 June 1894; m Wm. Crooks; d 15 Feb 1877, Sutton Twp., Meigs Co., Ohio, bur Syracuse, Ohio.

4. Olive, b 1800-02, Md; m 24 Nov 1821 Wm. Dixon, Meigs Co., Ohio.

5. George, b 1802-04, mar 14 Oct 1824 Sarah Dixon, Meigs Co., Ohio.

6. Anson, b 1805, Pa, m (1) Deborah Mecum, 6 Mar 1828, (2) Elinor Guskey, 18 Dec 1832, both Meigs Co., Oh; d 4 July 1857, Bond Co., Ill., bur Bethel Cem., Bond Co., Ill.

7. Wm., m Ruth.

8. Jesse, b 6 Aug 1811, Uniontown, Fayette Co., Pa.; m (1) 14 July 1831, Ana Northrup, (2) 19 Sep 1844 Sarah (Williams) Grant, (3) 27 Oct 1850, Mary Ann Waddell, all Gallia Co., Ohio; d 1 Feb 1896, Gallipolis, Gallia Co., Ohio, bur Mount Hill Cem., Gallia Co., Ohio.

9. Andrew, b 1815, Pa; mar (1) 15 June 1836, Nancy Baker, Athens Co., Oh., (2) 29 Mar 1858, Marg. (Seibert) Steele, Bond Co., Ill.

10. Samuel, b 1822, Meigs Co., Ohio; mar (#1)?, (2) 24 Aug 1846 Lucinda Seibert, Bond Co., Ill., (3) 13 Sep 1847, Elizabeth I. Webster, Bond Co., Ill; d 9 July 1864, New Orleans, Louisiana Civil War, bur Monument Cem. (?)

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Family Group: William Ingle or Engle

Born: 1850-1862?, Virginia; mar Perry County, Ky. (Hazard, Ky); bur Cleveland Ok Cemetery, Places of residence: Va., Ky, Ok, Ark., Ok; occupation farmer. His father: Nathan Ingle (Engle); mother’s maiden name: Judy Hall.

1st wife: Mary (Annie?), had 3 children by her.

2nd wife: Elizabeth Young, daughter of Jess or Wm. Young, b 1874, Perry County, KY (part Cherokee), d Cleveland, Ok; bur Cleveland, Ok Cemetery; places of residence: Ky., Ok., Ark.

Children’s Names:

1. Bell (F), b 1893, Perry County, Ky., m Fred Hodge, Madison County, Ark., 3 girls, 4 boys; d 1940 LaJunta, Colo; bur LaJunta, Colo.

2. Joe (M), b 1891, Perry County, Ky., m Etta McFarland, Madison County, Ark., 4 girls, 5 boys; d 1972 Cleveland, Ok., bur Cleveland, Ok.

3. Docie (F), b June 1896, Perry County, Ky., m 1915 Harrison Goad, Madison County, Ark., 3 girls, 4 boys, d 1950, Cleveland, Ok, bur Cleveland, Ok.

4. Tom (M), b 1898, Perry County, Ky., mar Babe Lucas, Pawnee County, Ok, 1 girl; d 1968, Hallet, Ok, bur Hallet, Ok.

5. Hannah (F), b 1900, Perry County, Ky., mar Al Davis, Pawnee County, Ok., 1 girl; d 1933, Cleveland, Ok;, bur Cleveland, Ok.

6. Susie (F), b 1901, I.T. (Indian Territory), m Henry Walls, Cleveland, Ok, no children; d 1970, Cleveland, Ok, bur Cleveland, Ok.

7. Mattie (F), b 1903, I.T., m Tom Hamilton, no children; d 1963, Cleveland, Ok.; bur Cleveland, Ok.

8. Tillie (F), b 1905, I.T., mar Harry Bowker, Pawnee County, Ok, no children; d 1965, Cleveland, Ok, bur Cleveland, Ok.

9. Green (M), b 1907, I.T., mar Lottie Callison, Pawnee County, Ok, 2 sons, 3 girls; d 1939 Cleveland, Ok, bur Cleveland, Ok.

10. Sam Riley (M), b 1910, Tahlequah, Ok; m Violet?, no children; d 1980?, Cleveland, Ok; bur Cleveland Ok.

Compiled by: Oma Mae Roberts, Stilwell, Ok, 9/15/85.

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-William Ingle or Engle was b VA moved to Perry Co KY b 1850-62? son of Nathan Ingle (Engle) of VA or PA.

M. Guyette Wardlaw, Henderson, Nevada

Produced a computer sheet on some of the Ingels family - possible descendants of James Ingels Jr 1749-1815 and Catherine Boone DeHart 1752-1804 KY.

I will continue to search my files but hope these referrals may lead you on the right path. - AIS –

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From Paul D. Larson, Cresco, IO: "All of my great-grandparents came to America from Norway in the middle of the 19th century, so I have no Ingalls ancestry myself (as far as I know). My interest in the Ingalls family began last summer when in my reading, I discovered that both my brother's wife and my ex-wife had the same Ingalls female ancestor, from different marriages.

"According to the information I find locally, Harriet Cornelia Ingalls was born 6 August 1835 in Cuba NY, the sixth daughter of James and Roxey Ingalls. She moved with her parents "when six years of age" to Kane Co, ILL, where she married J. Riley Mitchell on 2 Sept 1849 (six children; three survived). These folks came here to Howard Co about 1852, among the earliest settlers along the river in and near the villages of New Oregon and Vernon Springs. My brother's wife, Janice (Thomson) Larson descends from this marriage.

"Following Riley Mitchell's death l0 October 1864, she married Thomas Clark Sovereign (widower), it is from this marriage that my ex-wife LaVerne (Sovereign) Larson descends.

Of course my daughters (and I) would appreciate confirmation of a relationship to Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Pa" Charles. The Sovereigns, also, as I am told their "Family tradition" has it that they are probably related.

"I was in Burr Oak several times this winter for chats with Evelyn Underbakke of the museum. In talking around with various people about this, I began to think that I was the only person my age in Northeast Iowa who had never read any of the "Little House" books, or had them read in school! I took care of that this winter, when my daughter loaned me her set.

"If any of this is new to you and you'd like more details (or if it conflicts), let me know. /s/ Paul D. Larson."

Yes, Paul's children are relatives of "Laura" -- second cousins, once removed. (Lavern, Harriet Cornelia Sovereign, James Ingalls, Samuel B-1576-7.)

Thank you, Paul, for sharing this information.

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QUERY

From Albin S. Chamberlain, Farmington, UT:

Daniel Ingalls b abt 1829 NY and Elizabeth Jones b 1830 NY -- see chart.

Sources of info: Daniel Ingalls - Family Bible in possession of Alvin S. Chamberlain; Elizabeth Jones - Dates from gravestone in Eureka, Winne Co Cemetery. Both buried here;. Bio. Album of Wisc for Samuel W. Chamberlain (LDS Gen Soc 977.5D3.5 pp 291-292) husband of Cloey E. Ingalls; Otis Ingalls - from gravestone in Eureka Cem. Died 06 Jan 1856 ae 63 yrs. (This would make him born in 1793. He is buried next to Daniel and Elizabeth.)

FAMILY GROUP RECORD-80
15 Jul 1990

HUSBAND Daniel INGALLS-400
BORN: Abt 1829 PLACE: Ticonderoga, Essex, New York
DIED: 20 Dec 1860 PLACE: Eureka, Winne, Wisc
BUR.: PLACE: Eureka, Winne, Wisc
MARR: 4 Jul 1849 PLACE: Oaro, Winne, Wisc

WIFE: Elizabeth JONES-401
BORN: 2 Sep 1830 PLACE: Whitehall, Wash, New York
DIED: 20 Jul 1884 PLACE: Eureka, Winne, Wisc
BUR.: PLACE: Eureka, Winne, Wisc

CHILDREN

1. NAME: Cloey Eeeline INGALLS-198
BORN: 19 Jun 1850 PLACE: Ripon, Fond Du Lac, Wisc
DIED: 24 May 1937 PLACE: Kent, King, Wash
BUR.: PLACE: Kent, King, Wash
SPOUSE: Samuel WEBBER CHAMBERLAIN-197
MARR: 15 Oct 1868

2. NAME: Ella Francis INGALLS-402
BORN: 20 Mar 1853 PLACE: Ripon, Fond Du Lac, Wisc

3. NAME: Earl Henry INGALLS-403
BORN: 17 Sep 1854 PLACE: Ripon, Fond Du Lac, Wisc

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4. NAME: Georgianna INGALLS-404
BORN: 6 Sep 1851 PLACE: Ripon, Fond Du Lac, Wisc

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Correction and additions - July Ingalls Inquirer, 1992, page 461 - In E. S. Ingalls bio in Burleigh it states that Ingalls, MI was named for him not Melville E. Ingalls. Eleaser S. Ingalls B-2210 was a prominent figure in the development of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan around Menominee. His descendants continue to be active in Michigan public service posts.

Thanks, Dalene Trende, Rosholt SD 57260 for sharing these items

LETTERS

From Charlene and Jay Ingalls, Orlando FL:

Charlene and Jay visited Boston in 1992 and went to the New England Historic Genealogical Society to view the papers of Charles Burleigh's that were part of the compilation of genealogies which were included in his book published in 1903.

"We spent the remainder of the first day and next 2 days sorting through about 1500 pieces of paper. Some were the forms Burleigh sent out on his original question for information and some were letters written after publication. The letters brought chuckles when we read things like "your book is not worth the price not even half the price" or "your information is all wrong on my family, I don't want this in my house, send my money back immediately". ..One letter really fascinated me. It was written about the family of Stephen Ingalls (B#601) by his daughter Semantha. I photocopied it and I'm enclosing a copy and my "translation". I hope someone from this family takes the Inquirer and is as fascinated with her descriptions as I was.

Thank you Charlene and Jay for sharing these items!

This is our best word-for-word typed copy of a letter written by Semantha (Ingalls) Wood (B#1524) to Dr. Burleigh. It was written about 1903, we can not tell whether it was written before or after Burleigh's book was published. This was one of about 1500 group sheets or letters mailed from and to Dr. Burleigh that are stored at NEHGS in Boston.

We were not sure about the words in quotation marks. We did some periods and commas and capitalized the first letters in what were obviously the first words in sentences.

Charlene and Jay Ingalls, Orlando FL
20 July 1992

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Ingalls Family

My great great great Grandfather lived on and owned a Small farm down a Steep hill near a Spring of water in a log house off the road. The Ingalls family was very Stout and Strong to lift and Carry heavy burdens. The Second had the place and gave it to my Father to take care of him and his wife while they lived. Father was a Cooper. He built a large house up on the highway. He "keen" calculate and could Save his money. They had fifteen Children. Twelve were grown people. I was born eighteen fourteen Feb 24 (29?) and was the weak one. They have all gone, I trust to Heaven. The first born died an infant. Henry was a farmer, had a big dairy. His wife made cheese with hired help. He married his cousin Orissa Wood. Had no children but liked to have a large family and bountiful table so for his help and such as happened to call at meal time Ministers or Deacons. A steam Railroad was cut through the farm. He sold out got considerable "damage" and bought a place in the village and died near 88 years old. His wife died first. Martin was a Stout man and a good farmer and well Situated between two villages. David was a farmer had a good dairy. They made cheese and butter. Lost thirteen cows one fall. He thought they "were" poisoned by a Strange cow getting in. The oldest girl had rheumatism when she was quite young and was always lame. Rebecca was strong and "writer" that was before and after Harriet was a weaver took work from a Cotton factory in South Adams. Dyantha was Stout and Strong to help as was needful. Semantha for chores sewing and knitting. Brother Samuel was a school teacher. He took a share with two partners in a woolen factory in North Adams. He was head of the Firm in buying and Selling. He thought that he was poisoned at on Inaugeration at Washington. I think it was Bucannons. Was Sickly about one year and died fifty nine years old.

Fyra had a fever and died twelve years old by taking a severe cold and going to Sleep on the hay mow. Luther fell in to the old fireplace, burned and died three years old. Calvin was a strong man on the farm and was a charming speaker.

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From Linda Ingalls Wright, Orlando, FL: B2812-7515 Article on Fred C. Ingalls B220-10 B3115-11.

The Old Old-Timers' Club
DUNCAN KREAMER, WIGAY

The Old Old-Timers' Club began with a membership of 13 in the fall of 1947. Its publication, Spark Gap Times, has become a valuable library of material pertaining to the early days of wireless telegraphy. In that light, let us go back and hark to the words of our founder, Bert Ingalls, W1NQ, written in 1965 (Bert is now a Silent Key).

"I was born at 325 Boston Street, Lynn, Massachusetts, on April 8, 1893. Some 12 years later we moved to the old Ingalls homestead at 45 Whiting St., near Lynn Common. Here my grandfather, James W. Ingalls, was living when he built the first brick shoe factory in Lynn, now located on Monroe Street. James was six generations removed from Edmund Ingalls, who was the first white settler in Lynn in 1629. Edmund established the first leather tannery in the Colonies, so my people have been cobblers and shoe manufacturers all down the line. I became interested in electricity as a small boy of seven at the turn of the century. I remember building a galvanometer, which recorded the minute flow of electric current. Seeing an ad in the Youth's Home Companion. I sent $3 for an electric light outfit, which consisted of a 3V dry cell, miniature porcelain base and lamp, switch, and 25 feet of annunciator wire. I immediately hooked it up and was delighted to see the lamp glow. Just then my mother called and said it was time to go to school. When I arrived home after school, I found a dead battery, as I had neglected to throw the switch--my first major setback in the hard, cold, cruel world.

About 1906 I decided to build a wireless set, so my father very graciously turned over a portion of the harness room on the second floor of the stable. I had a pole on the house and one on the stable with a four-wire flat-top in between. My first receiver was two pieces of carbon with their sharp edges paralleled and a large darning needle lying across them with a dead N6 cell in shunt. A single 75 ohm receiver was also in shunt. An serial wire hooked to one side and ground wire to the other side completed the set. After listening for about a week, I intercepted very weak signals from the old "PG," Boston Navy Yard. about 30 miles away. The following year, 1907, general information came out on winding tuning coils and making variable condensers, loose couplers, etc. By 1906 I had a high-powered homemade transmitter on the air, consisting of Helix, straight gap, glass-plate condensers mounted in a wooden rack and an open core transformer 18 inches long. This transformer had a three-layer primary of #10 and about 18 secondary pies, each pie consisting of 4,000 turns of 029 DSC (double silk covered) wire. While transmitting, this transformer would walk all around the shack, before it was mounted in a heavy wooden case and strapped down to the deck. In those early days, most of my contacts were with naval stations and commercial ships. George Nichols, my wireless pal, also of Lynn, was complaining one day that the Navy operator at Charlestown refused to acknowledge his calls. So George proceeded to pull out the spark gap in order to get a low-pitched note, like the Massie-Stone sets on the Spanish boats. He then called "NAD" and said the captain wanted all weather reports from Eastport, Main, to Key West, Florida, which kept the Navy busy for the next hour.

A short time later George and I went to Boston to visit old "BH" (Boston Herald) and there met Tom Stevens, W6KAA, an Old Old-Timer (now a Silent Key), who was on watch at the BH. Tom hired us both on the spot and gave us the next two ships, then just being equipped with wireless apparatus, out of Boston. He gave George the SS City of Alacon and gave me the SS Nantucket."

In W1NQ's story lies the essence of the Old Old-Timers' Club: recording the history of wireless communication and of those who live it. History is not static. What is happening today becomes history tomorrow. Through its publication, Spark Gap Times (SGT), the OOTC has chronicled the passing of time in the dynamic field of electronic communication with particular reference to men and women whose contributions have brought us to the present time. This remains our challenge today.

Membership in the OOTC is available to all who would enjoy being a part of this activity. To be eligible, one must have communicated via wireless at least 40 years ago and hold a current valid Amateur Radio operator license. information can be obtained by writing to OOTC Inc. . .

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From Mable Stomprud, Mud Butte, SD: The following article contains the obituary of GLEN ALBERT WEISS son of Charles Frederick Weiss and Elizabeth Margaret Ingalls. Glen is a descendant of Samuel Ingalls and Margaret Delano (B1567-7); his identifying number is B1576-12 generation.

State
Man who spent 17 months in prison camp dies at 75
Argus Leader Staff

COLTON - Germany is a long way from Mud Butte, especially if you've just been captured by the enemy and are serving in a prison camp.

Glen Weiss, a bombardier in the U.S. Air Corps during World War II, was shot down Jan. 12, 1944, and spent the next 17 months at Stalag Luft 1 prison camp in northern Germany.

Weiss, 75, died Tuesday, Feb. 25, 1992, in McKennan Hospital, Sioux Falls.

"His bomber was part of a group of 633 planes that flew to Germany. The fighter wing protection didn't show up, but the Germans did," said his daughter, Margaret Griffith.

After he was captured, his family and wife, Kay, were notified that he was missing in action. They later found out through the Red Cross that he was in a prison camp and was alright.

"The Red Cross kept them sane and they were able to maintain some communication with the outside," said his wife.

His family could send care packages, which usually consisted of chocolate bars, toothpaste, tobacco, cigarettes and sometimes rice. "We could only send a certain amount, but we made sure we sent as much as we could," Kay Weiss said.

"They kept themselves busy and spent most of the time plotting to get out. Their favorite way was to dig out. It was 25 feet to the fence and another 50 feet beyond the lights. A few even got out and went back to England," said his wife.

Weiss was liberated by the Russians at the end of the war and since then, maintained contact with the navigator of his bomber and others.

Weiss was born May 6, 1916, in Newell. He grew up on the family ranch near Mud Butte in Mead County and was graduated from Faith Glen Weirs High School. He attended the School of Mines in Rapid City for two years.

He returned to the family ranch and worked as a sheep herder until entering the Air Corps in 1940.

He married Clarice "Kay" Swenson on June 5, 1942, in Sundance, Wyo. They moved to the Colton area in 1946, after the war.

He farmed there and worked for the Colton Farmers Elevator for 13 years, retiring in 1981.

He was a member of United Methodist Church, where he served on the church board, Colton American Legion, the DAV in Sioux Falls, the Siouxland chapter of POWs and the Colton Lions Club. He served as a board member of the Taopi Township, Taopi Community Hall and the Colton School District.

Survivors include his wife; one son, Joel of Fargo, N.D.; three daughters: Margaret Griffith of Sioux City, Iowa, Elaine Hendrickson of Clinton, Ind., and Edi Holzbauer of Colton; 12 grandchildren; one brother, Clair of Mud Butte; and two sisters; Edith Vig of Mud Butte, and Joyce Baker of Dillon, Mont. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother Dorwin, and a sister Carol Vig.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in United Methodist Church, Colton, with burial in Colton Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 2:30 p.m. today in Minnehaha Funeral Home, Colton, with a prayer service at 7:30 tonight.

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COMPUTERS

From Ellen Miller, American Fork UT. She writes regarding doing Genealogy with a Computer. "I have the Genealogy program PFA that is IBM compatible. My computer is an Epson Equity II+ 640 K, hard drive 40. I have a Toshiba P321SL printer. With the computer I'm able to put records in it which makes a lot easier for retrieval. Makes the work more accurate and easier to share with others. I don't know if I have answered the questions but if not please let me know and I'll try to answer them. I have 4 or more generations back on all of my lines."

Thank you, Ellen, for sharing your experience with the computer!

Genealogical Computing, April May June 1992 issue contains an Opinion "Looking Through Windows (software brand) written by KAY GERMAIN INGALLS. Kay is a certified genealogist and author of Getting Started with Roots 111. Some extracts from her article are:

"Windows makes using a computer much easier for me. For someone who went from a 1856 Smith-Corona manual typewriter to an IBM PC, that's important. With absolutely no technical background, I struggled to learn the mysteries of DOS. I had random pieces of information, but nothing that coordinated them into a coherent structure. After eight years of struggling, along came Windows.

"Windows makes my computer more a tool and less an end in itself. Many people writing about computers and genealogy earn their livings by being technically competent. I want my computer to make me more efficient with my work whether it is genealogy, business letters, managing finances and investments, or personal letters.

"Windows has made me more efficient. How? First of all, I don't have to memorize a lot of commands. The commands are on menus or in pictures (icons) accessible with a mouse or  keyboard. I need only to point and click and the desired action begins.

"Using Windows means I can have more than one program open. Having more than one program open makes me more efficient. The ALT+TAB brings the Windows desktop on my screen. One click and I'm in the other program..." Kay continues to discuss the advantages to being able to have more than one program open at a time, etc. Also, she mentions that for under $100, I can buy a program that saves me from DOS codes and hassles....

Anyone using computers will understand this frustration.

"Do Windows users need far more hardware than they have? To operate at its best, Windows does require more memory and more storage than previous programs. But that is because they did not want to upgrade their system.

"I believe you cannot think of a computer as a once-in-a-lifetime purchase anymore than you think of a car, television, sewing machines, or other tools or appliances of daily living as once-in-a-lifetime purchases.

"My current computer is a 386SX with four megabytes of RAM, a 40 megabyte hard drive, two floppy drives, VGA monitor, and a modem. Six months after I purchased it I wanted a bigger hard disk.

"Just as the world changes, so do our computer options, and we should embrace the new technology in hardware and software that is making it easier for us to do our genealogy. I encourage you to use Windows and to ask the developers to give us Windows-based genealogy programs."

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Researchers

This is a compiled list of persons who have written to me or the name has been noted as a source of information regarding the line indicated. The first column indicates the Burleigh number, then generation number, last name, first name and address (e-editor: street addresses have been omitted). I have a file of "unplaced" Ingalls researchers which will be in a future issue. Some may be deceased, or moved with a no forwarding address. I hope you will find this list helpful. - AIS

 

 

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WHO is ISAAC INGALLS STEVENS? Need names of his parents, siblings, or any genealogical information - Arlene Ingalls Schrader, DeWitt, MI.

A Blue & Gray Profile: Isaac Stevens

Isaac Ingalls Stevens was born in Andover, Massachusetts on March 25,1818, the descendant of one of the earliest Bay State settlers. He graduated first in his class from West Point in 1839 and was commissioned in the Corps of Engineers. From then until 1846 he performed engineering duties at various sites throughout New England. He was assigned in 1847 as General Winfield Scott's adjutant of engineers on the Vera Cruz expedition, distinguishing himself in nearly every engagement fought on the way to Mexico City. He was severely wounded in the battle for the city and was awarded two brevets for gallantry during the campaign. After the war he returned to engineering duties at sites on the east coast until assigned in September, 1849 as assistant in charge of the Coast Survey Office.

The duties in the office failed to hold the short (5'1"), ambitious officer and he resigned in March, 1853 to accept President Franklin Pierce's offer to become the first governor of Washington Territory. Concurrently he served as Indian Agent and director of the Northern Pacific Railway survey. One of the officers working for him in the latter capacity was Captain George B. McClellan. The feisty Stevens pursued a stormy but successful governorship and in 1856 he was elected the territory's first Congressional delegate. He served two terms but failed to be reelected in 1860 because of his strong support for the pro-slavery presidential candidacy of John C. Breckinridge and his running mate Joseph Lane, a close friend.

Stevens was appointed colonel of the 79th New York Volunteers (Highlanders) on July 30,1861 despite his suspect politics. He assumed command of the regiment a few weeks after it had been shattered at First Manassas. He brought it back from mutiny, restoring its pride and discipline and earning the undying affection of its soldiers. He was commissioned brigadier general September 28, 1861 and led a brigade in operations along the South Carolina coast until June of 1862. He was one of the few bright stars in a largely unsuccessful campaign. Stevens returned to Virginia and assumed command of a division in General Jesse Reno's IX Corps, Army of the Potomac. His promotion to major general took place on July 6,1862. The pugnacious little commander performed well throughout Pope's ill-fated campaign along the Rappahannock and at Second Manassas. His beloved Highlanders had continued to serve within his command since his promotion, and he died carrying their colors at Chantilly on September 1, 1862. The flag covered his body at the moment of death. When the regiment was mustered out in 1865 it presented the colors to Stevens' widow as a token of lasting respect.

(Photo omitted) General Isaac I. Stevens, USA (seated) and staff near Hilton Head, South Carolina. Hazard Stevens, the general’s son (third from left), was wounded the day his father was killed at Chantilly. For actions at Fort Huger, Virginia, April 19, 1863, Hazard Stevens received the Congressional Medal of Honor. In 1900 he published a 2-volume biography of his father.

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The best caption for this photo (omitted) of the Kearny and Stevens monuments is the brief item that appeared in the December 1915 edition of Confederate Veteran. It clearly leaves no doubt about why the monuments should never fall prey to modern development. The piece is entitled TRIBUTE TO A FOE'S BRAVERY

A patron of the Veteran writes of a generous act by a Confederate veteran in tribute to bravery: "It was my good fortune to attend a very interesting ceremony recently (October 2), which was the unveiling and dedication of markers showing where Gens. Phil Kearney (sic) and Isaac Stevens, of the Federal army, were killed in the battle of Chantilly (Ox Hill) on September 1, 1862. On this occasion there were quite a number of G. A. R. men present, also many who had worn the gray. There was much good feeling shown, and upon inquiry I learned that the plot of ground, one-fourth of an acre, for these markers, bad been donated to the Kearney Commission, of New Jersey, for this purpose by a gallant ex-Confederate who bad left one limb on some other battle field. The Jersey men seemed to appreciate greatly the fact that this ex-Confederate had kept this spot marked all these years, thus showing the admiration that one brave man feels for another. This Confederate veteran was John N. Ballard, who was one of Mosby's men and who followed that gallant leader until the close of the war.

(Photo omitted) Looking west across the wartime cornfield site from the treeline just west of the Kearny/Stevens monuments. Because of ongoing development of the site, this view, captured on film last November after an urgent call from preservationists, could not be duplicated today.

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BITS & PIECES

From Mrs. Mary J. Ingalls, Palmer, MA: Re page 474, July issue The Ingalls Inquirer - as to #4342 Gustavus W (9), father of Walter G (10), I only know what my husband had told me and his mother had mentioned them. Walter G. was an organist who played in Worcester MA at the Universalist Church and other places. Frances Dunbar #4345 was the son of Walter G. and Hattie Maud (Dunbar) Ingalls. Francis played the organ at the Strand Theater in Worcester and also had a music studio at Harrington Corner. Francis D. died 1926 or 7. He had a son, Arnold Francis #4345-12 who was born 14 November 1913 in MA. Arnold was also a lover of music and played to entertain friends. He served in the Jasco outfit in the Pacific in WWII. We married March 1946 and had three children. Arnold died 23 August 1979 in Worcester MA while visiting with family. We had been living in Apopka FL at that time. /s/ Mary Jane (Provost) Ingalls.

Thank you for sharing this bit of detail on the above family.

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The following marriages and birth announcements are descendants of SAMUEL INGALLS B1576-7 and Margaret Delano -- submitted by Mable Stomprud, Mud Butte, SD.

Marriage - KIRK, David Moss (Clarence Jr, Anona, Mark, James L, James, Samuel)

. . .  born . . . Grosse Pointe Farms, MI, Wayne Co, father Lester Lloyd Schultz, mother, Dianne Noblit; married 9 May 1987.

Marriage - VIG, Dale A. (Merle, Edith, Elizabeth , Albert, James L., James, Samuel) married 17 October 1992 Great Falls, Montana and Sheila R. Wood, father, Clarence Wood.

Birth - INGALLS, . . . (Robert, Howard, Walter, Albert, James L., James, Samuel).

Birth - MILLER, . . . Sturgis SD, Meade Co. (Lynn, Faith, Edith, Elizabeth, Albert, James L., James, Samuel).

Birth - MILLER, . . . Sturgis SD Meade Co. (Lynn, Faith, Edith, Elizabeth, Albert, James L., James, Samuel).

Birth - HOLLAND, . . . Gillette Wyo. (Sandra, Faith, Edith, Elizabeth, Albert, James L., James, Samuel).

Birth - MOSS, . . . Montgomery, Ala. (Kevin, Clarence Jr., Anona, Mark, James L., James, Samuel).

Birth - HUMBRECHT, . . . Spearfish SD. (Janie, Elaine, Lawrence, Albert, James L., James, Samuel).

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