Bio of Ingraham, Marcus Morton (b.1828) Wabasha Co., MN
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Ingraham, Marcus Morton, carpenter, Lake City, was born in Savoy,Berkshire
county, Massachusetts, June 24, 1828. His parents, Obediah and Abigail
(Smith) Ingraham, were also natives of Massachusetts. The father operated
saw and grist mills, and Marcus was his assistant till he was twenty-three
years old. His education was furnished by the village school, and was but
rudimentary. On his removal to Ashippun, Dodge county, Wisconsin (in
1851), he taught school two terms in the winter intervals of his farming
operations. He became a resident of Minnesota in 1857, and built a home at
Center Point. Two years later he moved the building to Lake City, and has
made this place his home ever since. Many buildings in and near the city
are monuments of his skill. On January 19, 1862, Mr. Ingraham's name was
enrolled as a defender of his country. He was made second lieutenant of
Co. H, 5th Minn. Vols. in Gov. Hubbard's regiment. Our subject served in
the western army, commanding his company part of the time. He participated
in the battles at Farmington, first and second Corinth, and the campaigns
in Mississippi and Tennessee. He was obliged to resign on account of the
jealousy of his captain, and was enrolled in the 1st Heavy Art. with the
same rank. This regiment was stationed at Chattanooga during Mr.
Ingraham's connection with it. It is almost needless to say he is
republican. During his residence at Center Point he served as town clerk,
assessor and justice of the peace. October 18, 1848, dates the marriage of
M. M. Ingraham to Miss Lucinda L. Fuller, both born and reared in the same
town. Mrs. Ingraham's parents, Ira Fuller and Keziah Leonard, were also
born in Massachusetts. To Mr. and Mrs. Ingraham seven children have been
given, resident as below noted: John M. keeps hotel at Menomonee,
Wisconsin; Abby H. (Mrs. Luther M. Follett), Appleton, Wisconsin; Julia A.
(wife of P. A. Rockwell) , St. Paul; Francis L., with elder brother;
Gellette R., with eldest sister; Charles H. and Bessie P., at home.