Rash's Surname Index
Notes for William Torbert INGRAM
WEST CHESTER STAR
NOVEMBER 22 1912
WILLIAM T INGRAM
William Torbet Ingram a well known and highly respected citizen of Chester County, died yesterday morning at 8:45 o'clock I his 95th year, at the home of his son-in-law, Jesse K Cope, East Bradford. Mr Ingram has been ailing for several months and for the past four weeks he has been bedfast. Although very ill, he still retained his usual cheerfulness and was interested in the last election and all local happenings.
Mr. Ingram was born in West Goshen Township, December 9th 1817. He was the eldest son of William and Rebecca Ingram and was the last of that generation. He was the eldest of five brothers all of whom lived to an old age. His father, William Ingram moved to Philadelphia when he was three years old and engaged in the contracting business. Many fine buildings stand as monuments of his work, among which are the court house in West Chester, the county prison, the house of refuge at Glen Mills, Cherry Hill prison of Philadelphia and Girard College. He returned to his farm in East Bradford in 1836, where he built a fine stone mansion known as the Manse, which is today part of the Darlington Seminary. While engaged in farming he also continued his contracting work and built houses in West Chester.
After the father retired from active life, William Torbet Ingram took up the farm work and spent his life in the agricultural business. He was one of the most progressive farmers of Chester County. In 1840 he was married to Elizabeth Darlington, daughter of Brinton Darlington. Mr. Ingram was one of the best-versed men in the county and led an active life in public affairs. He was a man of great mental as well as physical vitality and his spare minutes on the farm were spent in reading and study. He was a great lover of English History and an authority on the subject.
He was a member of the volunteer corps during the war of the rebellion and is a member of the G A R Post, No 31. He was the father of a family of four children, all of whom survive him. They being Thomas D Ingram of Washington D C, Edward T, of West Bradford Lucy, wife of Jesse K Cope, and Elizabeth wife of J Conly Hall, of West Chester. There are also thirteen grandchildren and the same number of great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held from his late residence in East Bradford Township on
Sunday, November 24th. Interment will be at the Birmingham Cemetery.
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