Brief Life History of Richard Addison
When Richard Addison Ingram was born on 3 June 1872, in Terre Haute, Sullivan, Indiana, United States, his father, Joseph Emanuel Ingram, was 27 and his mother, Nancy Ann Newcomb, was 24. He married Nettie Jane Ballard on 28 February 1895. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States in 1930 and Scottland, Edgar, Illinois, United States in 1940. He died on 17 October 1957, in Edgar, Illinois, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Friends Chapel Cemetery, Scottland, Edgar, Illinois, United States.
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- Richard A. Ingram in household of ... S. Ingram, "United States Census, 1880"
- Richard A. Ingram, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Richard Ingram, "Illinois, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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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.
1877 · The First Workers Strike
The country was in great economic distress in mid-1877, which caused many workers of the Railroad to come together and began the first national strike in the United States. Crowds gathered in Chicago in extreme number to be a part of the strike which was later named the Great Railroad Strike. Shortly after the strike began, the battle was fought between the authorities and many of the strikers. The conflict escalated to violence and quickly each side turned bloody.
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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