Benjamin Ingram

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Benjamin Ingram

Source: History Morris County New Jersey, Volume II, Lewis Publishing Co., 1914

The proprietor of the Laguanda house at Port Morris in Roxbury township, has spent most of his life in Morris county, and for a long period of years was connected with the active railroad service, finally retiring about ten years ago, and turning his attention to the management of a first-class hotel, which has prospered, and in time has furnished excellent service to the traveling public.

Benjamin INGRAM was born in Sussex county, New Jersey, on Lake Hopatcong, March 6, 1856. His parents were John and Mary (ARNO) INGRAM. John INGRAM was a son of Thomas INGRAM, and Mary ARNO was a daughter of Knapp ARNO, who lived at Brooklyn on Lake Hopatcong, on a farm adjoining that of the INGRAMs. John INGRAM, the father, who was born in Hopatcong, Sussex county, followed farming as his regular vocation, and at one time owned a hundred acres of land on the lake, eventually selling or giving away about fifty acres of that tract. His home was on that beautiful farm since he was eight years of age, and as he was eighty-four years of age at the time of his death, he had spent about seventy-six on the shore of Lake Hopatcong. His death occurred June 9, 1909, while his wife passed away in 1908, at the age of seventy-three. They were the parents of eight children, mentioned as follows: Mahala, widow of John D. BARNES; Christina, now deceased, who was the wife of John BRITTAIN, also deceased; Benjamin; Alice Ingram, widow of Albert Chamberlain; William Ingram, who resides on the old farm, unmarried; Irene, unmarried and lives at home; Theodore Ingram, deceased; Jennie, wife of August RANBERG.

Benjamin INGRAM grew up on the old homestead at Lake Hopatcong, and in the meantime attended schools at Brooklyn in that vicinity. He remained at home and engaged in farming until he was twenty-one, and then entered the service of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railway, with which corporation he continued a quarter of a century. He was a fireman for a number of years and was then promoted to the post of engineer and for fifteen years piloted an engine back and forth over his division. Since 1904 he has been engaged in the hotel business at Port Morris, and conducts a very popular establishment. In 1904, Mr. Ingram married Miss HUSSMAN, of Port Morris, daughter of Peter C. HUSSMAN. Mr. INGRAM has been a lifelong Republican, and is a man of influence in his community. His wife owns considerable valuable real estate.

Transcribed by John Cresseveur (1949-2003)