When William Inghram was born on 24 November 1778, in Maryland, United States, his father, Arthur William Inghram, was 32 and his mother, Allive “Olive” Smith, was 24. He married Elisabeth Rinehart on 2 March 1803. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. He died on 6 August 1845, in Tyler, Virginia, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Inghram Cemetery II, Franklin Township, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States.