Charles A. Ingersoll

Charles Anthony Ingersoll (October 19, 1798 – January 12, 1860) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut and member of the prominent Ingersoll political family of Connecticut.

Charles A. Ingersoll
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
In office
April 8, 1853 – January 12, 1860
Appointed byFranklin Pierce
Preceded byAndrew T. Judson
Succeeded byWilliam Davis Shipman
Personal details
Born
Charles Anthony Ingersoll

(1798-10-19)October 19, 1798
New Haven, Connecticut, US
DiedJanuary 12, 1860(1860-01-12) (aged 61)
New Haven, Connecticut, US
Resting placeGrove Street Cemetery, New Haven
Parent
RelativesRalph Isaacs Ingersoll
EducationYale University (A.M.)
read law

Education and career

Born on October 19, 1798, in New Haven, Connecticut,[1] Ingersoll read law to be admitted to the bar, and received an Artium Magister degree from Yale University in 1827.[1] He entered private practice in New Haven and was clerk of court for the United States District Court and the United States Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut from 1820 to 1853.[1] He was a probate judge in New Haven from 1829 to 1853. He was a state's attorney for Connecticut from 1849 to 1853.[1]

Federal judicial service

Ingersoll was nominated by President Franklin Pierce on April 6, 1853, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut vacated by Judge Andrew T. Judson.[1] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 8, 1853, and received his commission the same day.[1] His service terminated on January 12, 1860, due to his death.[1]

Immediate family

Ingersoll was married to Henrietta Sidell (d. 1877), the daughter of late John Sidell of New York.[2] Together, they were the parents of:

  • Charles Dennis Ingersoll (1843–1905), a Yale lawyer and Judge in New York City who married Katherine Corse Sanders, in 1885.[3][4]
  • Thomas Chester Ingersoll (1845–1884), a Yale lawyer who died unmarried at the age of 39 of pneumonia.[5]

Descendants

Through his son Charles, he was the grandfather of three, namely:[3] Hamilton Ingersoll (1888–1940), the father of Charles Barnum Ingersoll (1923–2004);[6] and Anita Ingersoll (1891–1970), who married Roger Medina Minton (1886–1954) in 1910,[7] later divorced and she married stockbroker Walter Lee Gwynn (1881–1955), uncle of actor Fred Gwynne, in 1926;[8] and Justine Ingersoll (d. 1984), who married Dr. Harold Sears Arnold (d. 1951).[9][10]

Ingersoll family

Ingersoll was the son of Judge Jonathan Ingersoll (1747–1823) and Grace (née Isaacs) Ingersoll (1772–1850). His father was a judge of the Supreme Court and Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut up until his death in 1823.[11] Among his siblings was older brother Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll, who served as a United States representative from Connecticut for four consecutive terms from 1825 to 1833, and was the United States Minister to the Russian Empire under President James K. Polk.[12]

Ingersoll's maternal grandfather, and namesake, was Ralph Isaacs Jr., a Yale educated merchant who was prominent in New Haven and Branford, and his paternal grandfather was Reverend Jonathan Ingersoll,[11] chaplain for the Connecticut Troops during the French and Indian War who was the brother of Jared Ingersoll Sr., a British colonial official.[13] His grand-uncle's son, Jared Ingersoll, served as Attorney General of Pennsylvania and was the father of fellow United States Representative, Charles Jared Ingersoll, and grandfather of his second cousin, author Edward Ingersoll.[14] His cousin, Ralph Isaacs III, was the father of Mary Esther Malbone Isaacs, who married Chancellor and United States Senator Nathan Sanford in 1813.[15]

References
  1. Charles Anthony Ingersoll at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  2. Avery, Lillian Drake (1925). A genealogy of the Ingersoll family in America, 1629-1925: comprising descendants of Richard Ingersoll of Salem, Massachusetts, John Ingersoll of Westfield, Mass., and John Ingersoll of Huntington, Long Island. Higginson Book Co. p. 159. ISBN 9780740405921. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  3. Rockwood, Jr., Charles G. (1907). Supplement to the History of the Class of 1864 | Yale College | 1895-1907. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. p. 44. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  4. "A DAY'S WEDDINGS. | VARNUM--INGERSOLL" (PDF). The New York Times. April 20, 1906. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  5. Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University ... Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Alumni. Yale University. 1880. p. 203. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  6. "HAMILTON INGERSOLL" (PDF). The New York Times. December 24, 1940. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  7. "MISS ANITA INGERSOLL WEDS. Married to Roger M. Minturn at Mrs. G. S. Floyd-Jones's Residence" (PDF). The New York Times. April 29, 1910. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  8. "DOROTHY GREANELLE BRIDE OF N.H. KILBY; Her Stepfather, Rev. Dr. Hall, Performs Ceremony in Church of the Divine Paternity. MRS. ANITA MINTON WEDS Married to W. Lee Gwynne, Member of New York Stock Exchange, in Santa Barbara, Cal" (PDF). The New York Times. June 19, 1926. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  9. "MISS INGERSOLL ENGAGED. Daughter of Mrs. Robert T. Varnum to Wed Dr. Harold Sears Arnold" (PDF). The New York Times. September 3, 1913. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  10. "Ophicleide Unknown maker Probably French, early 19th century". collection.yale.edu. Yale Collection of Musical Instruments. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  11. Selleck, A.M., Rev. Charles Melbourne (1896). Norwalk. p. 331. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  12. "INGERSOLL, Ralph Isaacs - Biographical Information". bioguide.congress.gov. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  13. Goodwin, Nathaniel (1982). Genealogical Notes Or Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts. Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 124. ISBN 9780806301594. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  14. Clay, Henry (2015). The Papers of Henry Clay: Secretary of State 1826. University Press of Kentucky. p. 196. ISBN 9780813162461. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  15. Sandford, Ann (2017). Reluctant Reformer: Nathan Sanford in the Era of the Early Republic. SUNY Press. p. 168. ISBN 9781438466958. Retrieved 7 September 2018.

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