Monterey-Sonoma County CA Archives Biographies.....Ingram, Edward 1855 - 
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893)

EDWARD INGRAM, a native of California and a well-known business man of Monterey,
was born in Sonoma county, California, January 23, 1855. His father, Thomas W.
Ingram, came to the State in 1851, reaching Placerville, then Hangtown. The
winter of 1851-'52, he spent in the Salt Lake valley, on his way overland. He
was born in Muhlenberg county, Kentucky, November 17, 1825, and is a son of
Isaac Ingram, a farmer by occupation. Of a family of nine children, Thomas W.
was the youngest. Upon arrival in California he spent several months in the
mines of El Dorado county, on the middle fork of Feather river, In 1852 he
squatted on land in Napa valley, Sonoma county, and here married Miss Isabella
Walker, a daughter of Joel Walker, who was a brother of Captain Joe Walker, the
veritable "pathfinder" and explorer. Mrs. Ingram was born in Missouri and came
with her parents across the plains when a mere child. Mr. Ingram lived in Napa
valley but a short time, and then removed to Sonoma county, where he lived about
twenty years. He then came to Monterey county, in the fall of 1873, located at
the Sur, from 1873 to 1882. The time intervening between 1882 and 1889, he spent
in Napa county, and since that time has been engaged in the dairy business at
Monterey, where he is much esteemed. Mrs. Ingram died in 1878, leaving eleven
children, namely; Edward; Isaac J.; John F.; Emma, who is the wife of William S.
Kuykendall, of Sonoma; Mary L., who married Z. R. Barnes, of Monterey, and is
now deceased; Fannie; Ada, who is the widow of Charles Kenedy, of Sonoma; Ella
M., deceased, who married Robert F. Rogers, of Sonoma; George P.; Olive; and Edna
B.

  Edward, the oldest of the family, came to Monterey county, in 1872. He spent
ten years on a ranch, and in 1882 removed to Monterey city and entered the
butchering business, which he has continuously followed ever since. He is well
known throughout the county for his enterprise and business thrift, the firm
Ingram Brothers being one of the most successful in its line in the county. Mr.
Ingram has been identified with the civil growth of Monterey. He held the Post
mastership of Monterey for three years, under President Cleveland's
administration, and resigned upon the election of President Harrison. He is an
influential Democrat and a leading member of the City Board of Trustees.

  Mr. Ingram was married, April 12, 1878, to Miss Emma Tubbett, of Oakland. She
is a native of Boston, Massachusetts, and they have four children, namely:
Kinza, Edgar, Eugene and James.

  Mr. Ingram is public-spirited and enterprising, and has invested his capital
liberally in banking and electric light development in the city, both of which
enterprises have had much to do with the modern development of old Monterey.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California.

Illustrated.

Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the
Earliest Period of its Discovery to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of
its Auspicious Future; Illustrations and Full-Page Portraits of some of its
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers, and Prominent
Citizens of To-day.



HENRY D. BARROWS,
Editor of the Historical Department.

LUTHER A. INGERSOLL,
Editor of the Biographical Department.

"A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendants."-Macaulay.


CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1893.


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