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to Camilla A., daughter of Judge John and Mary (Jenkins) Ross, of Easton, Pa., and secondly to Eliza M. Roberts, of Bucks county, Pa. It was Mary (Jenkins) Ross who presented the flag to General Washington at Philadelphia in 1777. Mr. Ihrie left five children, all by his first marriage: the eldest, Elizabeth K., married Dr. William J. Leary, of Edenton, N.C.; the next, Ross R. Ihrie, M.D., of Pittsboro, N.C. (born in Easton, March 24, 1828; died in Pittsboro, June 28, 1889), a lieutenant-colonel in the Confederate army, mar- ried Mary A., daughter of John H. Houghton, a prominent lawyer, of Pittsboro, N.C; Anna L. married Edwin A. Atlee; Caroline married Wil- liam Runkle, president of the Warren Foundry and Machine Shop, Phillipsburg, N.J., and Camilla married John Roberts. Peter Ihrie died in Easton, Pa., March 59. 1871.

ILES, Malvern Wells, metallurgist, was born in Midway, Ky., Aug. 7, 1852; son of Dr. Thomas Jefferson lies. He was graduated from the Col- umbia College School of Mines in 1875, and was a fellow at Johns Hopkins university, 1876-78, where he made a study of the sulpho-products of xylol. He was later chemist and assayer for the Utica mining and milling company, and was afterward metallurgist successivtly to the Omaha and Grant Smelting company, the Holden Smelting company and the Globe Smelting and Refining company, all of Denver, Col. At first his research dealt with chemistry simply, but gradually ex- tended until he became an authority upon smelt- ing lead and silver. He was elected a member of the leading scientific societies in the United States and Europe. He received the degree of Ph.D. from Columbia in 1876. He is the author of scientific articles published in the American Journal of Science, the American Chemical Jour- nal, the Engineering and Mining Journal, the School of Mines Quarterly, and other periodicals.

INQALLS, Charles Russell, jurist, was born in Greenwich, N.Y.. Sept. 14, 1819; son of Judge Charles Frye and Mary (Rogers) Ingalls, and grandson of Charles Ingalls, of Methuen, Mass., who was graduated at Dartmouth in 1790 and re- moved to Wasliington county, N.Y., where he was a lawyer until his death in 1812. His first ancestor in America — Edmund Ingalls, of Lin- colnshire, England— settled in Massachusetts Bay colony in June, 1629, in the section which be- came the city of Lynn. Charles Russell studied law in the office of his father and was admitted to the bar in 1844, with license to practise in the supreme court and court of chancery of New York. He was a member of the state assembly in 1853. He continued in practice with his father at Greenwich, N.Y., till 1860, when he removed to Troy, N.Y., and became a partner with David L. Seymour. He was a justice of the supreme

court of the state of New York for the 3d judicial district, 1863-71, and a member, ex officio, of the Ne%v York court of appeals in 1870-71. He was twice unanimously re-elected to the supreme bench, the judicial term having been extended to fourteen years, and on Jan. 1, ly90, he was re- tired by operation of the law, having attained the age of seventy years. He was elected a trustee of the Rensselaer Polytechnic institute in 1866, and president of the institution in 1887 by a unan- imous vote of the trustees, but declined the presidency.

INQALLS, Francis Theodore, educator and clergyman, was born in Haverliill, Mass., Jan. 3, 1844; son of Elias Theodore and Eliza (Chase) In- galls. He was graduated from Williams college in 1864, studied theology at Princeton in 1864, was private tutor, 1865-67, and was graduated at Andover Theological seminary in 1870. He was ordained to the Congregational ministry, Dec. 20, 1870, and removed to Kansas, where he was pas- tor at Olathe, 1871-72, Atchison, 1872-80, and Emporia, 1884-87. He was regent of the Kansas State university, trustee of Washburn college, and president of Drury college, Springfield, Mo., 1887- 92. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Williams and Washburn colleges, 1888. He twice visited Europe, extending his trips to Pales- tine. He died in Springfield, Mo., Aug. 5, 1892.

INQALLS, James Honroe, soldier and author, was born in Sutton, Yt., Jan. 25, 1837; son of James and Mary (Cass) Ingalls; grandson of Samuel and Anna (Shepard) Ingalls and a de- scendant of Edmund Ingalls, who came from Lincolnshire, England, in 1629, and was the first settler of Lynn, Mass. He was educated in the public schools and was professor of mathematics in the Evansville seminary, Wisconsin, 1860-64. He enlisted in the regular army, Jan. 2, 1864, and was assigned to the 16th infantry; was pro- moted corporal, and served as commissary and quartermaster's sergeant until May 21. 1865. He was promoted 2d and 1st lieutenant. May 3. 1865, accepting the promotions. May 21, 1865. On April 17, 1869, he was transferred to the 2d in- fantry; on Jan. 1, 1871, to the 1st artillery; was promoted captain of artillery, July 1, 1880; major, June 1, 1897, and lieutenant-colonel, Oct. 5, 1900. He served in Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia, and other points in the south, 1864^71, and was then sent to the artillery school. Fort Monroe, graduating with the class of 1872. He was next stationed successively at Plattsburgli barracks, and Forts Jefferson and Barrancas, and in July, 1880, was assigned to the command of Battery A, Governor's Island, New York harbor, and thence transferred to San Francisco harbor, where he served until ordered to Battery G at Fort Monroe, 1882. He suggested and organized