H. Ingram

H. Ingram was born in Kentshire, England, in 1820. His father, William, and mother, Margaret, died there. At the age of ten years Mr. Ingram hired out as a butcher's boy. Eleven years Later he emigrated to the United States, staying a short time in New York and at Chicago, and settled at Peoria, where he found work at $8 per month. Some years Later he came to this township in company with James Hartley, he purchased 100 acres, on which he worked with a will and soon added a house to the few then in this section of Stark. Two years Later he married Miss Jane, daughter of Edmund Wrigley, and sister of the banker, John Wrigley. This Lady was born in England, but came to America with her father and family as related in their family history. For three years the young people lived in a small house on section 12, then moved to Wyoming, where Mr. Ingram established the first meat market. The year the C. B. & Q. was completed to Wyoming he resumed farm life on section 12, where Mrs. Ingram died in 1878. Of their six children, Emma is Mrs. C. McMillen, Charles, Harry, Fred, Jesse and Nellie reside in the township. In November, 1882, Mr. Ingram married Miss Laura Strange, of Peoria, born at Fishkill, N. Y., in 1841; lived in Ohio with her grandmother until 1860, when she joined her parents in Peoria county. In agricultural and fine stock affairs Mr. Ingram is truly a representative man. He is one of the 100 men who own the records of the Devon Cattle Association, and in local matters takes a leading place among the stock-growers of the district. His home is evidence of all which thrift and labor may accomplish. In politics he is Republican.