Re: Ing family from Texas, Illinois
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Re: Ing family from Texas, Illinois
Marci Young 2/11/06
Marci,
You are correct about Charles Ing m Ellen Pease (they are my GG Grandparents), and about Charles' father Oliver Cromwell Ing. However, Charles is not the son of Lucretia Timmons Atwater. Oliver was married at least FIVE times prior to that. Yep, you heard me right. He had at least 6 wives, some of them perhaps at the same time. I had grown up hearing this rumor from my grandfather Ing, but didn't believe it til I started researching myself. Apparently Oliver emigrated from Ohio to Hancock County, Illinois, near Nauvoo - the Mormon Enclave. He must've converted to the religion at some point, and married several Mormon widows. Anyway, who are you referring to when you mention the first marriage to Julia? If you meant Oliver, I believe Oliver's first wife was Melissa Evans in 1843...then Julia Ann McGahan in 1850, then Elizabeth Woods in 1855, Rachel Smith McGahan in 1860, Sarah Ann Seely McGahan the very next day in 1860, and finally in 1887 he married Lucretia Timmons Atwater. My grandfather had always told me that Dr. O.C. Ing had 7 wives, so it's possible that there may be one more lurking out there, but I'm pretty sure Lucretia was the last one, because I have somewhere an obituary when she passed away. She was definitely LDS, and I am betting all the McGahan's were too.
Some of these women had their own children when they married Oliver (Sarah had 8 with her previous husband Asa McGahan who died in 1857 in Nauvoo), but the children I understand to be fathered by Oliver include:
Frances b. 1846
Louisa b. 1849
John W. b. 1850 (lived only 2 years)
Charles b. 1856 (my GG Grandfather)
Thomas b. 1857
Julia (don't have birthdate)
I'd love to get whatever info you've got! If you have any questions, email me or post here!
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