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Ancestors of Priscilla Anne Ingersoll

Generation No. 5

       16. Alvan Hyde Ingersoll, born December 22, 1801 in Lee, Massachusetts; died December 23, 1864 in Rochester, New York. He was the son of 32. David Ingersoll and 33. Sarah Parsons. He married 17. Hannah Lyman January 1824.
       17. Hannah Lyman, born October 07, 1802 in Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut; died May 01, 1887 in Cleveland, Ohio. She was the daughter of 34. Caleb Lyman and 35. Delight Wilson.

Notes for Alvan Hyde Ingersoll:
Notes from A Genealogy of The Ingersoll Family in America 1629 - 1925, Comprising Descendents of Richard Ingersoll of Salem, Massachusetts, John Ingersoll of Westfield, Mass., and John Ingersoll of Huntington, Long Island, Compiled by Lillian Drake Avery of Pontiac, Michigan, Frederick H. Hitchcock, The Grafton Press, Genealogical Publishers, New York, New York, 1926:

P. 202:

Mr. Ingersoll was a Congregational minister, beginning his first pastorate in Buffalo; preached also in Lockport and Brighton, N. Y. Lodi and Kellogsville, Ohio and in Rochester, N. Y. He was said by Lowell Mason to be the "sweetest singer in America".

       Children of Alvan Ingersoll and Hannah Lyman are:

Sarah Lucinda Ingersoll, born November 24, 1825 in Lee, Massachusetts; died April 03, 1904 in Cleveland, Ohio; married Ephraim Briggs November 16, 1872 in Cleveland, Ohio.

ii.

Jonathan Edwards Ingersoll, born November 16, 1827.

iii.

George Lyman Ingersoll, born February 13, 1830 in Buffalo, New York; died July 28, 1910 in Cleveland, Ohio; married (1) Cornelia Howard Saunders; married (2) Kate L. Talcott January 12, 1855 in Lanesborn, Massachusetts.

iv.

Mary Elizabeth Ingersoll, born July 19, 1832 in Rochester, New York; died August 11, 1918 in Cleveland, Ohio.

Notes for Mary Elizabeth Ingersoll:
Note from MS "Partial Genealogy of One Branch of the Ingersoll Family" Compiled by Clara Johnson Ingersoll, found in LC, copy in possession of John Paul Woodley, Jr.:

In later years her time was devoted to the work of the non-partisan W.C.T.U. in Cleveland. President for years.

Charles Finney Ingersoll, born February 05, 1835 in Rochester, New York; died November 1861 in Cleveland, Ohio.

Notes for Charles Finney Ingersoll:
Notes from A Genealogy of The Ingersoll Family in America 1629 - 1925, Comprising Descendents of Richard Ingersoll of Salem, Massachusetts, John Ingersoll of Westfield, Mass., and John Ingersoll of Huntington, Long Island, Compiled by Lillian Drake Avery of Pontiac, Michigan, Frederick H. Hitchcock, The Grafton Press, Genealogical Publishers, New York, New York, 1926:

P. 202:

was 2nd Lieut. in the 2nd Ohio Cavalry at the opening of the Civil War. After doing active duty in drilling that body during the summer of '61, he contracted smallpox in the camp near Cleveland and died just as his regiment was ordered to the front. Previous to that time he had been an engineer on one of the railroads running out of Chicago.

vi.

Emily Louise Ingersoll, born May 09, 1839.

       18. Alanson Saunders, born 1796 in Warren, Litchfield County, Massachusetts⁴; died November 05, 1853 in Unionville, Lake County, Ohio. He was the son of 36. Arnold Saunders and 37. Fear Sturtevant. He married 19. Cornelia Converse 1838 in Unionville, Lake County, Ohio⁵.
       19. Cornelia Converse, born January 07, 1812 in Randolph, Vermont⁶; died May 1857 in Unionville, Lake County, Ohio. She was the daughter of 38. Porter Converse and 39. Rhoda Howard.

More About Alanson Saunders:
Fact 1: Graduate of Yale College⁷

       Children of Alanson Saunders and Cornelia Converse are:

Cornelia Howard Saunders, born March 14, 1841; died January 1926; married George Lyman Ingersoll.

ii.

Merville Saunders, born April 28, 1839 in Middlebury, Summit County, Ohio; married Phoebe Osgood January 04, 1865.

iii.

Edward Wade Saunders, born 1843.

iv.

Edward Nelson Saunders, born April 26, 1845 in Geneva, Ohio.

Sarah Saunders, born June 10, 1847 in Unionville, Lake County, Ohio.

More About Sarah Saunders:
Fact 1: 1869, Teaching in Cleveland, Ohio

vi.

Selenda Saunders, born December 03, 1849 in Rome, Ashtabula County, Ohio; married Charles Sherwood December 02, 1868.

vii.

Arnold Converse Saunders, born May 29, 1852 in Rome, Ashtabula County, Ohio.

More About Arnold Converse Saunders:
Fact 1: 1869, Resident of Cleveland, Ohio

       20. Thomas Johnson, born in England. He married 21. Ann Slater.
       21. Ann Slater, born May 02, 1831 in England; died December 24, 1912 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. She was the daughter of 42. Joseph Slater and 43. Sabina Darby.

Notes for Thomas Johnson:
Notes from a MS Ancestral Chart in handwriting of William McKinley Johnson, son of Thomas Johnson and Mary Zephyr Carnes, original in possession of William McKinley Johnson, Jr., who provided a copy in 1985 to John Paul Woodley, Jr.:

Reverend Thomas Johnson
pb England
pm England
Came to America from coal mining area in North England seeking new parish
Settled in Ohio in mining area

Notes from a MS in handwriting of Maria Valentine (Pierce) Johnson, mother of William McKinley Johnson, Jr., original in possession of William McKinley Johnson, Jr., who provided a copy in 1985 to John Paul Woodley, Jr.:

Mac's (William McKinley Johnson, Sr.) grandfather was a minister in Oldsbury, a coal mining section of Northern England. Afraid the boys-sons would go in the mines so he emigrated to America leaving his wife with 2 (illegible) & care of big family until he could send money for passage. One son was lost at sea. He found parish in W. Virginia. Boys went in the mines. Mac's father was born in Oldsbury in 1853. When 9 yrs had a boy working under him.

Grandmother carried a knife under her cape when there was a strike at the mines. Nobody was going to hurt her boys.

....

Eventually the Johnson Bros. owned the mines & established the Lorain Coal & Dock Co. in Columbus, Ohio. Father Johnson & Uncle Ed had mansions on Broad St. Seven coats of paint on angels & flowers on ceiling of Reception rooms. Large cherry panelled Dining roomwith huge fireplace set with green tiles from Holland. A dozen bedrooms & Ballroom on 3rd floor where my roommate (Nellie) came out.

Mac's mother Mary Zephyr Carnes was descended from the 1st doctor in Virginia. Dr. Aaron Scatterday & Patriot Anthony Russell who lived in Leesburg in 1795 during Revolution. His brother-in-law (Albert Ingersoll) was Pres. of Central Barge Co. on Mississippi whose son drowned in Lake Michigan while sailing. George Lyman a Colonel took Joan to West Point to a hop.

Notes for Ann Slater:
Information from Death Certificate of Ann (Slater) Johnson, State of Ohio, Bureau of Vital Statistics, #65373:

Residence at time of death: 368 E. Broad St., Columbus, Ohio. Buried in Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio. Informant--Edward Johnson, Columbus, Ohio. Cause of death: Senility, contributory cause: exhaustion.

Notes from a MS Ancestral Chart in handwriting of William McKinley Johnson, son of Thomas Johnson and Mary Zephyr Carnes, original in possession of William McKinley Johnson, Jr., who provided a copy in 1985 to John Paul Woodley, Jr.:

Ann Slater
pb England
d 1912
pd Columbus, Ohio

She brought their 9 boys to America to join husband in new parish. 1 died and buried at sea.

       Child of Thomas Johnson and Ann Slater is:

Thomas Johnson, born December 06, 1852 in Raleigh-Regis, England; died October 22, 1941 in Columbus, Ohio; married (1) Alice B.; married (2) Mary Zepher Carnes October 04, 1881 in Nelsonville, Ohio.

       22. Alfred Harrison Carnes, born August 10, 1824 in Loudoun County, Virginia; died June 24, 1915 in Nelsonville, Athens County, Ohio. He was the son of 44. James Carnes and 45. Mary Scatterday. He married 23. Sarah Ann Crothers.
       23. Sarah Ann Crothers, born April 28, 1832; died October 21, 1858.

Notes for Alfred Harrison Carnes:
Information from Death Certificate, Bureau of Vital Statistics, State of Ohio, #31661:

Occupation: Merchant

Cause of death: Cerebral Hemorrhage result of fall

Buried in Green Lawn Cemetery

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The Ohio State Journal, Columbus, Ohio, Saturday morning, June 26, 1915, p. 2:

Ohio State News
Mexican War Veteran Dead

Nelsonville, June 25--Alfred H. Carnes, aged 91, died suddenly of apoplexy today. He had been a merchant of this city for almost 60 years and was the last surviving Mexican War veteran of this county. He leaves a widow, four children, 22 grandchildren, and 18 great-grandchildren. Thomas Johnson, the coal operator, is a son-in-law, Dr. C. J. Shepard, F. S. Shepard, and Mrs. R. C. McManigal, of Columbus, are grandchildren.

       Child of Alfred Carnes and Sarah Crothers is:

Mary Zepher Carnes, born October 04, 1858 in Nelsonville, Ohio; died September 1902 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio; married Thomas Johnson October 04, 1881 in Nelsonville, Ohio.

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