Chester County PA Archives Obituaries.....James Ingram EAVENSON, 1907

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Daily Local
West Chester, Pennsylvania
November 14 1907

James Ingram Eavenson

In Philadelphia yesterday James I Eavenson, formerly of this borough, died. He 
is well remembered by the older residents. Some years ago he lived in the house 
which he afterward sold to H. B. Dutton at the northwest corner of Union and 
Walnut streets. He played in the Ninety-seventh Regiment Drum Corps and for a 
time was in partnership with Marshall H. Matlack in the machine business. 

Yesterday Mr. and Mrs. Jesse L. Jones went to Philadelphia to see him and were 
surprised to find him dead.

A Philadelphia paper has the following: James Ingram Eavenson, who has spent a 
fortune in contesting for the $30,000,000 Ingram estate in England, which is 
still in chancery, died yesterday from double pneumonia, following an attack of 
grip. He was sick less than a week, and up to the time Pneumonia attacked him 
his constitution was unusually strong for his age, 66 years. He died in his home 
in this city, 632 North Fortieth street, his wife and two daughters, Lydia and 
Emma, being at his bedside when death came.

The life of Mr. Eavenson was unusual in many ways. While he was an adept in many 
lines, his talents were so varied that he never devoted sufficient time to any 
one to reach the success which his friends declare would have been his for the 
seeking.

HIS MANY VARIED TALENTS

Despite the great wealth amassed by his relatives in England, he was born and 
reared on a farm near Paoli, Pa, and spent the greater part of his life in 
agricultural pursuits. He was graduated from the famous Bolmar School in West 
Chester and immediately launched into numerous agricultural experiments. His 
inventions were numerous and of great benefit in the farming community, some of 
the implements which are used today in every State, being perfected by his hand.

In the category of his talents may be mentioned invention, mathematics, music 
and art. He never took a lesson in music in his life, but there were few 
instruments with which he was not proficient, his work on the piano and violin 
being especially notable. 


On his large farm near Paoli, he kept many blooded horses and was known as one 
of the best whips in Chester County.

FOUGHT HARD FOR ESTATE

For many years Mr. Eavenson was an active contestant for the Ingram estate in 
England. His mother's name was Ingram and she came from an old English family. 
The estate had been valued at $30,000,000, and in contesting his claims, Mr. 
Eavenson was obliged to sell two of his large farms in this State. He moved to 
Philadelphia several years ago and made his home at 632 North Fortieth street.

He is survived by the widow and two daughters, both the latter now attending the 
Normal School. Mrs. Eavenson's maiden name was Havard and she was born on the 
farm now owned by the Cassatt estate, known as "Chesterbrook Stock Farm." The 
house in which she was born, and which stood on the same spot through the 
Revolutionary War, is still on the farm and is occupied by the manager of the 
place.

Funeral services according to the Friends custom will be held at the home 
tomorrow evening at eight o'clock. The following morning the body will be sent 
to West Chester and services will be conducted at the Greenmount Cemetery Chapel 
by a Baptist minister.