Melville Ezra Ingalls (1842-1914)

President of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad

He was the son of Ezra Thomas Ingalls and Louise Mayberry, farmers, of Harrison, Maine. He was educated at Harvard and became a Senator for Massachusetts and President of the "Big Four" Railroad. His youngest son, Albert, married Jane Taft, niece of U.S. President William Howard Taft.

Spouse (1)

Abbie Maria Stimson

Mrs Abbie (Stimson) Ingalls

1845-1919

Children (6)

Louise (Ingalls) Barnard

Mrs Louise (Ingalls) Barnard

1868-1893

Edgar Melville Ingalls

E. Melville Ingalls Jr.

1870-1922

George Hoadly Ingalls

George H. Ingalls, of New York

1872-1931

Albert Stimson Ingalls

Albert S. Ingalls, Vice-President of the New York Central Railroad

1874-1943

Fay Ingalls

Fay Ingalls, President of Virginia Hot Springs Inc.

1882-1957

Gladys (Ingalls) Robertson

Lady Gladys (Ingalls) Robertson

1886-1977