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Ancestry of Laura Ingalls Wilder

They had the following children:

		M	i	Cyrus INGALLS was born 9 Jun 1802 in Bridgton, Cumberland, Maine. He died 21 Apr 1871.
		M	ii	George Jefferson INGALLS was born 11 Nov 1803 in Bridgton, Cumberland, Maine. He died 8 Dec 1831.
		F	iii	Lucy B INGALLS was born 25 May 1805 in Bridgton, Cumberland, Maine. She died 19 Dec 1830.
		M	iv	Orin INGALLS was born 29 Feb 1808 in Bridgton, Cumberland, Maine. He died 7 Feb 1810.
		M	v	Leonard Kimball INGALLS was born 9 Sep 1809 in Denmark, Oxford, Maine. He died 7 Sep 1870.
		M	vi	Orin Baker INGALLS was born 26 Nov 1810 in Denmark, Oxford, Maine.
		F	vii	Sarah Emily INGALLS was born 2 Jun 1812 in Denmark, Oxford, Maine.
		M	viii	Jonathan B INGALLS was born 9 Feb 1814 in Denmark, Oxford, Maine.
		M	ix	Rufus INGALLS was born 18 Jul 1816 in Denmark, Oxford, Maine. He died 1 Feb 1817.
		F	x	Ruby Bridges INGALLS was born 5 Jul 1817 in Denmark, Oxford, Maine. She died 5 Apr 1819.
		M	xi	Rufus INGALLS was born 23 Aug 1818 in Denmark, Oxford, Maine. He died 15 Jan 1893 in New York City.   BIOGRAPHY: Ingalls, Rufus, brigadier-general, was born in Denmark, Me:, Aug. 23, 1818. He was graduated at West Point in 1843, joined the riflemen but was transferred to the 1st dragoons in 1845, and during the Mexican war fought in the battles of Embudo and Taos. He was promoted 1st lieutenant in 1847 and assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain in 1848, and then served in California and Oregon until the outbreak of the Civil war, when he was ordered east and sent with a detachment to reinforce Fort Pickens, Pensacola harbor. He joined the Army of the Potomac in July, 1861 and in September of that year was assigned to the staff of Gen. McClellan with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He was appointed major in the quartermaster's department, Jan. 12, 1862, and was then chief- quartermaster of the Army of the Potomac until 1865. He was commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers, May 23, 1863, and colonel and assistant quartermaster-general July 29, 1866. He was present at the battles of South mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and the subsequent battles till the surrender of Lee, and at the surrender of the latter at Appomattox. He was brevetted, on March 13, 1865, lieutenant-colonel, colonel, brigadier-general and major-general in the regular army and major-general of volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services. After the war he was on duty in Washington, D. C., as chief quartermaster in New York, and subsequently at Chicago and Washington, and on Feb. 23, 1882, was promoted brigadier- general and quartermaster-general of the army. He was retired at his own request, July 1, 1883, and died in New York city, Jan. 15, 1893. BIOGRAPHY: Source: The Union Army, vol. 8   Link: More on General Rufus Ingalls
		F	xii	Mary INGALLS was born 14 Sep 1821 in Denmark, Oxford, Maine. She died 9 Jun 1824.

They had the following children:

		M	i	Francis INGALLS was born 1793.
		F	ii	Sally INGALLS was born 1795.
		M	iii	Ira INGALLS was born 1797.
		F	iv	Mehitable INGALLS was born 1800.

They had the following children:

		M	i	George Foster INGALLS was born 1818.
		M	ii	Charles Nathan INGALLS was born 1820.
		F	iii	Augusta INGALLS was born 1822.
		M	iv	Hiram INGALLS was born 1824. He died 1825.
		F	v	Sarah F INGALLS was born 1824.
		M	vi	John E INGALLS was born 1826.
		F	vii	Sarah W INGALLS was born 1834.

They had the following children:

		M	i	Abel INGALLS.
		M	ii	Samuel INGALLS.
		M	iii	Gardner INGALLS.
		M	iv	Francis INGALLS.
		F	v	Susan INGALLS.
		F	vi	Nancy INGALLS.

They had the following children:

		M	i	Aaron INGALLS was born 1784.
		M	ii	Asa INGALLS was born 1787.
		M	iii	Theodore INGALLS was born 1790.
		F	iv	Elizabeth INGALLS was born 1793.
		F	v	Eunice INGALLS was born 1795.
		M	vi	Phineas INGALLS was born 1797.
		F	vii	Cynthia INGALLS was born 1800.
		F	viii	Tabitha INGALLS was born 1803.
		F	ix	Almira INGALLS was born 1806.

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