History of Trigg County, Historical and Biographical, ed. W.H. Perrin,
F.A. Battey Pub. Co., Chicago, 1884. p. 214-15.  [Canton Precinct]

THOMAS N. INGRAM was born in Hickman County, Tenn., on March 11, 1815, and
is a son of Thomas and Susannah (Gee) Ingram.  The parents were natives of
Virginia, and came to Tennessee in an early day.  The father was a soldier
in the war of 1812, and was among the soldiers sent to New Orleans to meet
Gen. Pakenham; while there he was taken sick and died.  The mother died in
Hickman County, in 1828.  Thomas N. is the youngest of four children.  His
earlier education was received in Carroll County.  In 1832 he went to
Mississippi, and remained in the State two years clerking and farming.
In January, 1835, he returned to Kentucky and settled in Calloway County.
There he engaged in merchandising until 1839, when he came to Canton.  Here
he first sold goods in the building now occupied by W. C. Major as a hotel.
He engaged in this business three years, and then bought a farm, which he
ran four years.  He was then elected Constable, and served in that capacity
eight years; he afterward engaged in driving horses and mules to the South
for some time.  In 1874 he was elected Magistrate and is still holding
that office.  Mr. Ingram was married in Calloway County, in 1838, to Miss
Nancy J. Martin, a daughter of James Martin.  Mrs. Ingram was born in
Hopkins County, Ky., and is the mother of ten children, four of whom are
now living--two sons and two daughters.  He has been Secretary of Canton
Lodge, No. 242, A. F. & A. M., since 1854.  In 1857 he and Mr. Young Linn
edited a paper at Canton, called the Canton Dispatch.  This paper continued
in circulation for about one year, as was well patronized.  In 1859 he and
his son, J. T. Ingram, one of the firm of J. S. Spiceland & Co., who were
publishing the Southern Yeoman in Canton at that time, bought the interest
of J. S. Spiceland, and published the Southern Yeoman until the fall of
1860; sold a half interest to C. C. Coulter, and moved the publication
place to the city of Mayfield, where they continued the publication until
1861, when it was suspended on account of the ravages of the war.

Ingram Gee Martin Spiceland Coulter Linn
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Calloway-KY Hopkins-KY Mayfield-Graves-KY Hickman-TN VA MS

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