Charles Ingalls and Augusta Rowe of Hooksett, New Hampshire - Tombstone Tuesday

This tombstone was photographed at the Davis-Cate Cemetery in Hooksett, New Hampshire

INGALLS

CORP. CHARLES H. INGALLS

CO. K 1ST NH

1845 - 1903

HIS WIFE

AUGUSTA ROWE

- 1898

MARY STEVENS

1820 - 1902

Erected by his wife Bertha B. Ingalls

Charles H. Ingalls, son of Alfred A. Ingalls and Mary S. Ordway, was born in Hooksett on 7 February 1845 and died 12 January 1903 in Saxonville (a section of Framingham), Massachusetts.  He was married first to Augusta Rowe on 26 November 1868 in the town of Hooksett.  She was born in North Chelmsford, Massachusetts in 1849 and died in 1893 in Hooksett.  His second wife was Bertha B. Bowman, born in February 1870 in Ireland and died in 1930 (She is buried in the Catholic Saint Joseph Cemetery in Manchester, New Hampshire. Their two children were Charles Ordway Ingalls (1894 - 1925) and Catherine M. Ingalls).  

Charles was a veteran of the Civil War.  He enlisted as a private on 25 July 1864 in the New Hampshire Regiment of Houghton's Infantry Company, Martin Guards, and mustered out on 16 September 1864. On 17 September 1864 he re-enlisted as a corporal in Company K, New Hampshire 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment, and mustered out on 15 June 1865 in Washington, DC.  According to the 1880 Federal Census, Charles Ingalls lived in Manchester and worked for the railroad.  His second wife received a widow's pension for his service.  

The other woman listed here on this tombstone is Mary S. Ordway Stevens.  She was born 18 May 1820 in Goffstown, New Hampshire and died 9 March 1902 in Hooksett.  She was married second to Samuel H. Stevens in 1863.  She was Charles Ingalls' mother.  His father Alfred A. Ingalls was born about 1820 in Chester, New Hampshire, the son of Josiah Ingalls and Olive Sanborn.  He died 21 March 1891 in Hampton, New Hampshire of Bright's disease.

Alfred's father was Josiah Ingalls, born on 18 July 1777 in Sandown, New Hampshire, and died 10 July 1847 in Chester.  He married Olive Sanborn.  Josiah and Olive had eight children.  Josiah's parents were Nathaniel Ingalls (b. 1727) and Abigail Huse of Chester.  Josiah was the son of Samuel Ingalls ((1683 - 1760) and Mary Watts.  Samuel was the son of Samuel Ingalls (1654 - 1733) and Sarah Hendrick.  Samuel was the son of my 9th great uncle Henry Ingalls (1627 - 1719) and Sarah Farnham. I descend from both Henry's brother Robert Ingalls (about 1621 - 1698) and his other brother Samuel Ingalls (about 1632 - 1717).

The Charles Ingalls buried above is my 5th cousin 5 generations removed.

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Charles Ingalls and Augusta Rowe of Hooksett, New Hampshire - Tombstone Tuesday", Nutfield Genealogy, posted December 10, 2019, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2019/11/charles-ingalls-and-augusta-rowe-of.html: accessed [access date]).