Person:Robert Ingersoll (2)

Plain Dealer. (Cleveland, Ohio), page 11, 15 Sep 1946.
"Ohio Scenes and Citizens One of the States Four Romes" by Grace Goulder. This article mentions Elijah Crosby, Elijah Crosby, Jr., the first Elijah's great-grandsons Willard Crosby and Walter Crosby, the Charles Gynn family, Robert "Bob" Ingersoll, Rev. E. M. Hughart, Miss Florence Crosby (daughter of Willard), & Lavinia Crosby.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_G._Ingersoll
Robert Green Ingersoll (/ˈɪŋɡərˌsɔːl, -ˌsɒl, -səl/; August 11, 1833 – July 21, 1899) was an American lawyer, writer, and orator during the Golden Age of Free Thought, who campaigned in defense of agnosticism. He was nicknamed "The Great Agnostic".

Robert Green Ingersoll
Birth: 11 Aug 1833 Dresden, Yates County, New York, USA
Death: 21 Jul 1899 (aged 65) Dobbs Ferry, Westchester County, New York, USA
Burial: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
Plot: Section 3, Grave 1620
Memorial #: 2668
Bio: Philosopher, Civil War Union Army Officer. Born in Dresden, New York, he was the son of a Congregational minister, who discarded the teachings of the Bible when he was still a boy. After growing up in Illinois, and despite a lack of formal education, he was admitted to the Illinois bar and began a lucrative law practice in Peoria. His masterful oratory in the courtroom contributed to his reputation as an outstanding trial lawyer. He was also known for his cutting barbs. During the Civil War he was commissioned as Colonel and commander of the 11th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, and as captured near Corinth, Mississippi. Although soon released, he still made time to treat his Confederate captors to a rousing antislavery speech. After the war he turned to politics, becoming a staunch Republican. He served as Illinois Attorney General from 1867 to 1869, and stumped for the party's presidential candidates, making notable contributions to the Republican cause. He hoped for but was never awarded a Cabinet post. Quite simply, the Republicans administrations, while quick to accept his oratorical contributions to their campaigns, were afraid of his unorthodox religious views. They viewed him as a political liability. He never hesitated to acknowledge his agnosticism or to cast doubt on the Bible. He was decried as a "moral leper" by clergymen at the same time as he was lauded by such literary giants as Mark Twain and Walt Whitman who hailed his fresh attitude toward humanity. The cornerstone of his beliefs was the family; he revered his own wife and daughters. He strongly advocated equal rights for blacks and women. He defended Susan B. Anthony from hecklers when she spoke in Peoria; when every hotel in the city refused to house Frederick Douglass, he welcomed him into his home. Despite his highly unorthodox views on religion and social order, he enjoyed great popularity as a public speaker. After his death in Dobbs Ferry, New York, his writings, published posthumously, filled 12 volumes.
Inscription: "Nothing is grander than to break chains from the bodies of men — nothing nobler than to destroy the phantoms of the soul".
Cremation At Fresh Pond
Family Members
Parents
John Ingersoll 1792-1859
Mary Livingston Ingersoll 1799-1835
Spouse
Eva Amelia Parker Ingersoll 1841-1923
Siblings
John Livingston Ingersoll 1823-1898
Ebon Clark Ingersoll 1831-1879
Children
Eva Ingersoll Brown 1864-1928
Maintained by: Find a Grave
Added: 31 Dec 2000
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2668/robert-green-ingersoll
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