Elijah Winfield Ingram

Brief Life History of Elijah Winfield

When Elijah Winfield Ingram was born on 8 December 1872, in Roane, Tennessee, United States, his father, Moses Luther "Mose" Ingram, was 33 and his mother, Amanda Wayne Breazeale, was 29. He married Ida Elizabeth Vann Ingram on 23 September 1894, in Roane, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Whitman, Washington, United States in 1910 and Civil District 1, Loudon, Tennessee, United States in 1940. He died on 18 April 1951, in Loudon, Loudon, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Loudon, Loudon, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Elijah Winfield Ingram
1872–1951
Ida Elizabeth Vann Ingram
1879–1957
Marriage: 23 September 1894
Dora Wayne Ingram Blair
1895–1967
Joe James Ingram
1900–
Georgia Mae "Maybell" Ingram Bowers
1901–1937
Barbara Elizabeth Ingram Peterson
1905–1976
Henry Vann Ingram
1907–1975

Sources (22)

  • Eliga Ingram, "United States Census, 1940"
  • E W Ingram, "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002"
  • Elijah Winfield Ingram, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1889 · Washington Becomes a State

On November 11, 1889, Washington Territory became Washington State the 42nd state to enter the Union. The state was named in honor of George Washington.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin): from the Anglo-Norman personal name Ingeram (Old French Enguerran, Engerran; ancient Germanic Engelramnus, Ingelramnus, Engelrammus, Ingelrammus), from the heroic name-element seen in such names as Ingle + hrafn- ‘raven’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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