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C. E. INGALLS, for more than a quarter of a century past, has been a most successful practitioner of the dental art in the village of Cortland. His is a profession that brings a man, who is devoted to it, into very close touch with the better elements of society. Dr. Ingalls has in his career won a name for urbane geniality, and a reputation for delicate skill, that it is the fortune of but few men to attain.

Dr. Ingalls is a son of Hiram G. and Adelia C. (Newton) Ingalls, and was born June 7, 1846, at Summer Hill, Cayuga County, N. Y. Hiram G. Ingalls, the father, was a native of Virgil, this county, and as a lad had the benefit of the schools of his town. At an early age, he went to Ohio, and there learned the silversmith’s trade. When he had attained proficiency, he returned to Cortland, where he worked at his craft for two years. In 1840, he was obliged to quit his trade because of failing health, so he moved to Summer Hill, and began farming. His health recovered so that he was able to go about and pursue his calling once more. Opportunity offering, he learned the dentist’s business, a line more congenial to him than his previous art, and permanently located in Cortland, where for many years he was a most successful and noted dentist. Dr. Ingalls, Sr., was ever a man of high standing in his home town. His political leanings were towards the Republican party, and in religious affairs he was a consistent believer in the Baptist faith. Fraternally, he affiliated with Vesta Lodge, No. 255, I. O. O. F. A family of eight children came to Dr. Hiram G. Ingalls and his wife. They were C. E., our subject; Byron, deceased; David H.; Caroline Susan, wife of Charles Selover; Philomelia, wedded to Frank C. Straat; M. B.; Rosa Anna, deceased; and Arthur B., a professor in chemistry and sciences of the Oahu College, Honolulu, Hawaii. The doctor lived out a long and useful life, departing from this world February 6, 1889. His widow lived until March 10, 1897, when she went to join those gone before.

C. E. Ingalls, eldest son of the preceding, completed his common school course, and spent some time in the Cortland Academy. He then took up dentistry in the office of his father, and in 1870 was admitted as a partner in the business, the style of the firm becoming H. G. & C. E. Ingalls, and so continuing for nineteen years until the death of the senior partner, Dr. Hiram G. The office address has been the same for the past twenty-seven years. Dr. Ingalls has always been a live, progressive man and has kept in step with the wonderful advances made in his profession. From the multitude of new discoveries and new methods he has studiously selected those that presented valuable features to him in his practice, and has utilized them in every-day work. He enjoys a position in the community, professionally, that is unassailable, and he has been steadily prospered from the first. His standing as a citizen and a gentleman is also of the highest. In the Vesta Lodge, No. 255, I. O. O. F., he has been a member for twenty-seven years, and is also a member of Elon Encampment, No. 59. He is a prominent Mason, being a member of Cortlandville Lodge, No. 470, F. and A. M.; Cortland Chapter, No. 194, R. A. M., and Cortland Commandery, No. 50, K. T. Following the teachings of the family, he is of the Baptist denomination. Dr. Ingalls’ wife was a Miss Georgiana Smith, to whom he was united in marriage March 26, 1867. Two children, Esther E., and Lloyd S., make up the rest of the family. The latter has pursued a dental course, and has been admitted to his father’s practice, with the result that the firm name now reads C. E. & L. S. Ingalls.