Lincoln-Davison-Sanborn County, SD Biographies.....Ingham, Will S. 1866 - 
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Author: Geo. A. Ogle & Co. (1897)

WILL S. INGHAM, the popular and efficient editor of the Canton Advocate, daily
and weekly, is a native of Tama City, Iowa, and was born November 25, 1866. When
he was two years of age his parents removed to Fort Dodge, of the same state,
and a year later to Pomeroy, Iowa, where Mrs. Ingham passed to her last resting
place. His father, Cyrus B. Ingham, was the founder of the Calhoun County Times,
and at Fort Dodge became the owner of the Fort Dodge Times. After his wife died
Mr. Ingham returned to Fort Dodge from Pomeroy and established the Fort Dodge
Messenger. That was in 1873, and the paper was discontinued in the spring of the
following year, Mr. Ingham removing with his family to Beloit, Iowa, where he
founded the Beloit Times. In the office of this publication at the age of eight
years, oar subject was initiated into and began his first work at the "art
preservative of all arts."

    In 1876 Mr. Cyrus B. Ingham and his son removed to Firesteel, Dak. Ter.,
where the city of Mitchell is now situated, and there established the Jim River
Advocate. This paper continued to live for about six months and then its
publication was stopped, our subject and his father having decided to locate a
farm two miles north of Firesteel. Here they remained until 1878 and then
removed to Aurelia, a postoffice five miles north of Forestburg, residing in the
latter place until the spring of 1881, when they returned to Beloit, Iowa, and
re-established the Times. Here W. S. resumed his work at the case until early in
the spring of 1883, when he removed with his father to Eden (now Hudson),
Lincoln Co., Dak. Ter., and established the Eden Times; from there they went to
Forestburg in July, 1883, and while there our subject began his career in the
newspaper business on his own account. November 23, 1883, at the age of
seventeen years, in company with Mr. N. J. Dunham, now an attorney at
Woonsocket, S. Dak., our subject founded the Jerauld County News, at Wessington
Springs, in Jerauld county. This publication was disposed of to Mr. J. W.
McNamara, in the spring of 1884, and in July, of the same year, our subject
removed with his father to Fielder, situated about fifteen miles north of
Pierre, in Hughes county, and established the Fielder Times. The printing outfit
was removed to the Winnebago reservation in the spring of 1885, as the
reservation had been opened to settlement by order of President Arthur, and it
was intended to start a paper there. On President Cleveland's inaguration that
order was annulled the latter part of April, and the outfit was practically
destroyed by the Indian police.

    Mr. Ingham next worked on a farm for a couple of months and then went to
Forest City, where he secured employment in the office of the Press of that
city, Mr. Aloys Bilz being the editor, until the spring of 1887. While he was a
resident there he became acquainted with the estimable lady who became his wife
in 18S6. She bore the maiden name of Miss Mary Sorflaton, and soon after her
marriage with our subject they located on a farm in Hughes county, and there Mr.
Ingham tilled the soil for six months. At the expiration of that time he was
offered the managership of the Press, at Forest City, and this position he
accepted and filled until the fall of 1888, when he purchased the Blunt Advocate
from Mr. George Schlosser, now manager of the South Dakota Newspaper Union, of
Sioux Falls. He removed with his family to Blunt and took up actively the
publication of that paper, and while a resident there was appointed messenger of
the house of representatives at Pierre during the 1893 session of the legislature.

    April 1, 1893, Mr. Ingham bought and took possession of the Canton Weekly
Advocate, and on May 22 of the same year inaugurated the daily edition of the
paper, which has, under his careful management, increased both in reputation and
circulation, wonderfully. The paper has a large following in the city and
adjacent districts. It has been the property of many different concerns and
parties since the first copy was printed, among the owners being J. W. Taylor,
now deceased, C. A. South, Carter Brothers, Y. E. & A. L. Carter-now blank book
manufacturers of Pierre-and D. A. Garver.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
OF 
Turner, Lincoln, Union and Clay Counties,
SOUTH DAKOTA.

Containing Biographical Sketches of Hundreds of Prominent Old Settlers and
Representative Citizens, with a Review of their Life Work; their Identity with
the Growth and Development of these Counties; Reminiscences of Personal History
and Pioneer Life; and other Interesting and Valuable Matter which should be
Preserved in History.

ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO.
GEO. A. OGLE & CO.
Publishers, Engravers and Book Manufacturers.
1897.


Biography is the only true history.—EMERSON.

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
generations.—MACAULAY.


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