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Show David A. Ingersoll Laid At Rest Largely attended were the funeral services held Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock in the Third ward chapel for David A. Ingersoll, 84, retired farmer and stockraiser of this community, com-munity, who died at the Lehi hospital hospi-tal Saturday evening, January 11, after a short illness of pneumonia. Counselor Reed H. Robinson conducted con-ducted the services, which opened with a selection "My Father Knows" sung by a chorus composed of Mrs. Adelaide Beach, Miss Stella Julian, W. E. Hanyiiond and Dr. James M. Grant. The invocation was offered by Thomas Coddington, after which the chorus sang "Jesus, Lover of My Soul"., The speakers were Bishop Joseph H. Storrs, Joseph R. Murdock and President C. E. Young. Mrs. Marie Hedquist Homer of Provo sang a vocal solo interspersing interspers-ing the speakers. The concluding number was "Though Deepening Trials" beautifully beauti-fully rendered by the chorus, followed follow-ed by benediction from Leo T. Shelley. Interment was made in the city cemetery, where David Grant Ingersoll, Inger-soll, a grandson of the deceased, dedicated ded-icated the grave. Mr. Ingersoll was born at Fort Madison, Iowa, on February 22, (Washington's birthday) 1845. When he was IS years old he left Iowa with a companion by ox-cart for the Nevada Neva-da Gold Rush. When he landed in Salt Lake City, he secured work from a Mrs. Melissa Murdock, wife of Ne-phis Ne-phis Murdock, a former bishop of j Charleston. After being employed by these people for six years, he came to this district and secured work from "Mammy" Greene, grandmother of Erastus Greene of this city, who had a farm between Lehi and American Ameri-can Fork. For several years he held j this job, quitting to take one hauling express from Utah to California by horse team. I In 1869 he was united in marriage to Jane Alston of American Fork. Pie then settled on the Benjamin Brown farm and remained at that location for ten years. He purchased a farm in Wallsburg, and engaged in stock-j stock-j raising and farming for nine years. 1 After selling out he returned to American Fork, where he has since made his home. He and his wife were blessed with twelve children, nine of whom survive sur-vive as follows: J. E. Ingersoll, to. H. Ingersoll, L. R. Ingersoll of this city; Mrs. Alexander Crystall, Em-mett Em-mett Ingersoll, Miss Margaret Ingersoll Inger-soll of Salt Lake City; Alva Ingersoll Inger-soll of Long Beach, California, and Mrs. Clyde Countryman of Spokane, |