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Michael Clark INGRAM

Michael Clark INGRAM

Male 1875 - 1963  (88 years)


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  • Name Michael Clark INGRAM
    Birth 24 Jul 1875  Joy (Cabin Run), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1880  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900, 1910  Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1913  [1] 
    billiard parlor 
    Residence 1913  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Occupation 1918  [5] 
    foreman, National Carbon Co. 
    Residence 1918  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 1920  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1920  Akron, Summit Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1900, 1920  [6, 7] 
    laborer 
    Occupation 1920 
    rubber worker 
    Death 19 Sep 1963  St. Marys, Pleasants Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    Burial Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Person ID I40487  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 29 Nov 2023

    Father Lathem INGRAM,   b. 24 Aug 1828, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Feb 1901 (Age 72 years)
    Mother Frances MOORE,   b. 6 Apr 1834, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Mar 1916, Joy (Cabin Run), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    Family ID F2371  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anna Melinda KIRCHNER,   b. Feb 1875, Noble Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Oct 1950 (Age ~ 75 years)  [11, 12]
    Marriage 28 Jul 1897  New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 13] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Ten Mile District):
      Michael C. Ingram, 25, b. Jul 1874 in WV (parents' birthplace left blank), occupation laborer, married 3 years; wife Hannah (sic), 25, b. Feb 1875 in Ohio (both parents born in Germany), mother of one child (still living); dau Thelma, 1, b. Apr 1899 in WV.

      1910 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Ten Mile District):
      Michael C. Inghram (sic), 34; wife Anna, 35; dau Thelma, 11; son Laurence, 9; dau Ruby, 7; son Lester, 1-1/2.

      1920 Census, Harrison Co, WV (city of Clarksburg, Ward 1):
      Michael C. Ingram, 45, occupation laborer, father born in England (sic), mother born in WV; wife Anna, wife, 45, both parents born in Germany; dau Thelma P, 20, occupation teacher; dau Ruby I, 17; son Lester T, 11; son Leonard E, 7.
      In this census, listed by his middle name, Michael C. Ingram was also enumerated with his married son Lawrence in Akron Ohio:
      1920 Census, Summit County, Ohio (City of Akron), enumerated on Jan 25 1920 at 249 Bartges Street:
      Lawrence Ingraham, 19, b. WVa, rubber worker; wife Bessie, 18, b. WVa; father Clark, 45, b. WVa, married, rubber worker.

      On Dec 22 1913, Michael C. Ingram of Salem WV, on behalf of himself, his wife Anna, and their five children, applied for a U.S. Passport for travel to an unspecified destination. The passport was issued on Dec 24 1913. On Mar 19 1914, Michael C. Ingram (born in West Virginia, residence in Clarksburg) arrived at the port of New York on the ship Imperator, having sailed from Cherbourg, France five days earlier. Presumably traveling with him, based on the name and adjacent entry in the Immigration Service log, was Abraham Ingram, born Dec 11 1856 in West Virginia, residence in Chicago. No relationship was indicated, and no other fellow travelers of Michael Ingram were evident. Based on the 1880 Census of Marshall Co, Illinois, Abraham Ingram was a son of Seth Ingram (b. ca 1815 in Pa) & Mary Dorsey (b. ca 1820 in WVa).
    Children 
    >1. Thelma P. INGRAM,   b. 11 Apr 1899, Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Apr 1989 (Age 90 years)
    +2. Lawrence Kirchner INGRAM,   b. 23 Mar 1901, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Mar 1991, Hendersonville, Henderson Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    >3. Ruby INGRAM,   b. 28 Jul 1903, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Dec 1987, Mt. Vernon, Knox Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    +4. Lester P. "Horse" INGRAM,   b. 6 Aug 1908, Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Dec 1991, St. Marys, Pleasants Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    >5. Leonard Earl INGRAM,   b. 4 Mar 1912, Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Nov 1995 (Age 83 years)
    Family ID F16179  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    40487_INGRAM_MichaelC_USPassportApplication_Dec1913.jpg    		40487_INGRAM_MichaelC_USPassportApplication_Dec1913.jpg
    40487_INGRAM_MichaelClark_1920Census_HarrisonCoWV.jpg    		40487_INGRAM_MichaelClark_1920Census_HarrisonCoWV.jpg
    40487_MichaelCInghram_AnnaKirchner_MarriageRecord_28Jul1897.jpg    		40487_MichaelCInghram_AnnaKirchner_MarriageRecord_28Jul1897.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S2543] U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 (online database), (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    3. [S1662] 1900 Census.

    4. [S1734] 1920 Census.

    5. [S1875] National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (Ancestry.com online database).

    6. [S1980] 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    7. [S2096] 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    8. [S2320] Pleasants County Death Records, St. Marys, WV, DR p. 211 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=4754653&Type=Death.
      Identified as Michael Clark Ingram, 88, widowed, retired, b. Doddridge Co, son of Lathem Ingram & Frances Moore; died Sep 19 1963 in St. Marys, cause of death heart disease.

    9. [S1924] Social Security Death Index.

    10. [S2269] Cemeteries of Clark District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV).

    11. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    12. [S1570] Obituary of son.

    13. [S2292] Wetzel County Marriage Records, New Martinsville, WV, MR p. 252 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11596312&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Michael C. Inghram, 22. b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Anna Kirchner, 23, b. Noble Co Ohio, res. Tyler Co WVa. Married Jul 28 1897 in New Martinsville.