Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Chester County, Pennsylvania – comprising a historical sketch of the county, by Samuel T. Wiley, together with more than five hundred biographical sketches of the prominent men and leading citizens of the county.
Edmund Ingalls, son of Robert, was born about 1598 in Skirbeck, Lincolnshire, England. He immigrated in 1628 to Salem, Massachusetts and with his brother, Francis, founded Lynn, Massachusetts in 1629. He married Ann, fathered nine children, and died in 1648.
Sarah A. Kelton and her children, Bloomer and Julia Anderson, sought enrollment as Choctaws by blood in 1896. Initially denied, they were later admitted by a U.S. court ruling in 1897. However, a 1902 decree from the Choctaw-Chickasaw Citizenship Court overturned this ruling, ultimately rejecting their claim in 1904. Despite Sarah’s affidavit establishing family ties to enrolled Choctaws, their application was denied. Bloomer’s attempt to enroll his child, Bessie H. Anderson, was also rejected.
Hiram Charlton took on the publication of the Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont for Lewis Publishing. In it, he enlisted the assistance of living residents of the state in providing biographical and genealogical details about their family, and then he published all 1104 family histories in two distinct volumes.