C. Jared Ingersoll (b. 1894-July 8, 1988), was a Philadelphia railroad executive, president of the Muskogee Company, and active as a philantrophist and political reformer.[1]

Ancestors edit

INGERSOLL, Jared, (1749 - 1822) This Charles Jared Ingersoll (1782-1862) and Joseph Reed Ingersoll ? INGERSOLL, Jared, (father of Charles Jared Ingersoll and Joseph Reed Ingersoll), a Delegate from Pennsylvania; born in New Haven, Conn., October 24, 1749; received a classical education; was graduated from Yale College in 1766; settled in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1771; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1773; finished his legal education at the Middle Temple, London, England, in 1774, and then went to Paris in 1776; returned to Philadelphia in 1778 and commenced practice; Member of the Continental Congress in 1780; delegate to the convention that framed the Federal Constitution in 1787; was the first attorney general of Pennsylvania 1790-1799 and served again from 1811 to 1817; United States district attorney for the eastern district of Pennsylvania; declined the appointment of judge of the Federal court in 1801; unsuccessful Federalist candidate for Vice President of the United States in 1812; presiding judge of the district court of Philadelphia County until his death in Philadelphia, Pa., October 31, 1822; interment in the First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Fourth and Pine Streets.

Proof: http://www.holyexperiment.org/pages/oldpine.html

Doubt about "First Presbyterian Church" may be old pine street. Right, see: [1] and [2]]

Life edit

His father was Charles Edward Ingersoll (Graduated St. Paul's School in 1878).

This photo definitely shows Charles Edward Ingersoll, because Francis I. Gowen, president of the CO&G RR is also in the photo.

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Caption:Along the Choctaw Route"; l to r: Charles Edward Ingersoll, John G. Lonsdale, Vice President Little Rock and Hot Springs Western R.R.; Francis E. Bond, Francis I. Gowen, President Choctaw Oklahoma and Gulf R.R. (c 1899). Photo courtesy of Perry Benson, Jr.

From Francis I. Gowen article, CEI was Gowen's law partner. "Charles Edward Ingersoll, became involved in the financing and construction of a second railroad in Indian Territory, the Midland Valley Railroad, after the Philadelphia businessmen were forced out of the Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf leadership."


Life[2]

Midland Valley Railroad

Ingersoll served on the boards of the Insurance Company of North America, the Pennsylvania Railroad, and the United States Steel Corporation.

Ingersoll

Jared (1722-1781)
Jared, Jr. (1749-1822)
Charles Jared (1782-1862)
Edward (1817-1893)
C. Jared Ingersoll (1894-1988)

References edit

  1. ^ "C. Jared Ingersoll, 94, Ex-Head Of Railways and Holding Concern". The New York Times. New York Times Co. 1988-07-09. Archived from the original on 2010-09-19. Retrieved 2010-09-19. A graduate of Princeton University, Mr. Ingersoll joined the Midland Valley Railroad Company as a clerk in 1920. By 1932, he was president of five railroads and later became chairman of a railroad holding company.
  2. ^ Baltzell, E. Digby (1958). Philadelphia Gentlemen. Glencoe, Illinois: The Free Press. p. 311. Charles Edward Ingersoll, who graduated from St. Paul's in 1878, was a trustee of the school from 1900-1929. His son, C. Jared Ingersoll, was a trustee in 1940.

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