Thank you for the reply and information. Much appreciated.

I'd love to get my hands on a copy of that book. I've seen it mentioned online, but it doesn't seem to be available anywhere (for purchase.) It would be nice to fill out that branch of 'my' tree with some documents and stories. I have been working on other branches in the meantime since I kind of ran aground on this one a while.

Do you know if anyone has gotten a copy of a pension file for Melvine Ingersoll? or even if he had one? (or his widow or heirs) If I am able to locate a copy of John W's I will post relevant bits here at ancestry, of course.

I would also dearly love to see photographs of ANYbody in this line. Thank you in advance for any help and thanks again for your assistance in clearing some of the names up here etc.