Polk County, Missouri Biographies - John B. INGRAM
History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties,
Missouri; 1889, published by Goodspeed, Pgs. 658, 659
Polk County Biographies Section

    John B. Ingram, a leading resident of Polk County, Mo., was
born near Lebanon, Wilson County, Tenn., August 17, 1834, being
a son of Martin and Anna A. (Howard) Ingram, who were born in 
North Carolina, and moved from there to Wilson County, Tenn., 
where they remained five years, and in 1834 moved to Springfield,
Mo.  After living here one year they moved six miles northeast
of Springfield, and opened up a farm, where they resided until
their respective deaths.  The father was a general mechanic in
his younger days, having learned the trade in North Carolina, and
was an excellent one for his day.  In his political views he was
first a Democrat, and then became a Republican.  His birth 
occurred on the 29th of August, 1803, and his death, June 8, 1881.
His wife was an earnest member of the Primitive Baptist Church, 
and died on the 1st of November, 1884, at the age of eighty years.  
John B. Ingram is the fourth of their eight children, and was 
educated in Greene County.   He remained with his parents until 
twenty-three years of age, then moved away to Polk County, where 
he bought and entered 220 acres of land and is now the owner of 
one of the best improved and most fertile farms in Polk County.  
He first engaged in the nursery business in connection with his 
farm work, but after some time gave his attention to farm work 
exclusively, and now devotes a part of his attention to 
manufacturing molasses.  July 26, 1860, he was married to Miss 
Elizabeth A. McCracken, a daughter of Thomas McCracken.  She was 
born in Williamson County, Tenn., November 26, 1826, and by Mr. 
Ingram has become the mother of two children: Mary Ellen, wife of 
Dr. J. W. Allison, a physician of Rondo, Mo.; and Ben F., at home.  
Mr. and Mrs. Ingram are members of the Christian Church, and he 
is a Republican, and is one of the enterprising citizens of the 
county, being always ready to support worthy enterprises.  
Mr. Ingram's brothers and sisters are: Mary J. (McCracken); 
Archibald F., a prominent banker of Springfield, Mo., who has 
been connected with most of the newspapers published in that city;
Sidney N., was a school teacher in his young days, but is now 
engaged in milling near Springfield; Thomas J. is a resident of 
Greene County, and was a soldier in the Union service in the late
war; Benson H. is a life insurance agent of Sedalia, and has been
circuit court clerk of Pettis County; Martin V.  was also a 
soldier in the Union army, and is now engaged in the pork business
in Springfield; and Virginia A. was the wife of John McCraw, and
died when about thirty-four years of age in Dakota Territory.
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