Brief Life History of Alton J
When Alton J Ingram was born on 9 December 1891, in McPherson, Kansas, United States, his father, William C. Ingram, was 32 and his mother, Lena Grace Wilson, was 23. He married Carey Ingram about 1920, in Canton, McPherson, Kansas, United States. He lived in Arkansas City, Cowley, Kansas, United States for about 10 years and Garden City Township, Finney, Kansas, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 22 April 1978, in Garden City, Finney, Kansas, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Garden City, Finney, Kansas, United States.
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- Alton J Ingram, "United States 1950 Census"
- Alton J Ingram, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Alton Ingram, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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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.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
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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