STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1901, page 1, column 6

WILLIAM R. INGALLS, 14 Mar 1827 - 07 May 1901

   William R. Ingalls was born in Vermont March 14, 1827, and died 
at Pleasant Lake, Indiana, May 7, 1901, of acute pneumonia, the 
result of la grippe, aged 74 years, 1 month and 23 days. 
   When but a youth his parents removed to and became members of a 
Shaker community near Cleveland, O.  Their quiet, plodding life was 
distasteful to the boy and at the age of thirteen he left the 
community and faced the world for himself, and successfully, too, 
until years and failing health disqualified him from further effort.  
While still a resident of Ohio he was united in marriage to Sylvia 
M. Rowley, to which union were born a son and daughter, Charles A. 
and Susan M.  After the death of his wife Sylvia, he married Lovina 
J. Thompson, of Steuben township, to which union were born six 
children, three sons and three daughters, Effie, Lana, William, 
Lillian, Albert T. and Germ.  Of the second union all are living 
except the mother, Lovina J. and the eldest daughter, Effie.  Mr. 
Ingalls was among the pioneers of the county and cleared up a large 
farm in Otsego township.  But in spite of his laborious physical 
life he found time to study and master the leading questions of our 
civil, political and religious life and was well informed upon any 
and every subject.  In civil life he was a member of the Steuben 
county bar and practiced law in her courts.  In political life he 
was an ardent Republican, though just and generous to opponents in 
debate.  In religion he was a faithful member of the M. E. church 
for over forty years.  He leaves a large circle of friends and 
acquaintances and though the closing years of his life were full of 
pain and trouble, yet all was borne with the same patient 
determination and strength of purpose that marked and characterized 
his whole life.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

   William R. Ingalls, 14 Mar or 27 Mar 1827 - 07 May 1901, married 
1st, Sylvia M. (Rowley) Ingalls, 1830 - 1859; 2nd, Lovina J. 
(Thompson) Ingalls, 1840 - 1896.  Cemetery book and History state he 
was born 27 Mar 1827.  All are buried at Otsego Cemetery, Steuben 
County, Indiana.

Children of 1st marriage:

   Charles Alfred Ingalls, 22 Mar 1854 - 16 Oct 1926, married Alice 
Emma (Coleman) Ingalls, 1861 - 1939, daughter of Elias and Phebe 
(Davis) Coleman.  Charles and Alice are buried at Pleasant Lake 
Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana.
   Susan M. (Ingalls) Long married  Professor Albert William Long on 
26 Jun 1874, son of James and Sarah (Reynolds) Long.  Susan was in 
Los Angeles, California, according to Charles Ingalls obituary in 
1926. 

Children of 2nd marriage:

   Effie C. Ingalls, 1861 - 1865, buried at Otsego Cemetery, Steuben 
County, Indiana.
   Lana J. (Ingalls) Clark, 1862 - 1951, married William J. Clark, 
1858 - 1922.  Buried at Otsego Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana.
   TWIN:  Rev. William E. Ingalls was in Sherwood, Oregon in 1926 
per Charles Ingalls obituary in 1926.
   TWIN:  Lillian E. (Ingalls) Garber, married John F. Garber on 25 
May 1896.  Lillian was in Elkhart, Indiana, per Charles Ingalls 
obituary in 1926.
   Dr. Albert T. Ingalls married Maggie A. (Parrott) Ingalls on 25 
Mar 1896.  He was in Los Angeles, California per Charles Ingalls 
obituary in 1926.
   Germ W. Ingalls was mentioned as deceased per Charles Ingalls 
obit in 1926.

"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990" by Audree Siebel 
Lewis, Vol. I, 345, 955, 956. 
"History of Steuben County, IN - 1885", biography of William R. 
Ingalls, page 829; biography of James Long, page 684.
  
Submitted by:  Mona Hilden-Beckwith
e-mail:  hilbeck123@att.net