James "Jimmie" Melville Ingram

Notes:

He was a lieutenant in the CSA Calvary company under Capt. John H. Broocks. (Henson and Parmelee, p. 207).

(Research):

Census Listings:

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Fifth Precinct
Enumerated June 30 and July 1, 1880
Page 23 SD 1 ED 86 Stamped 248C
202-202
Ingram, Jimmie M W M 39 Farmer Ga Ga Ga
Ingram, Mary C W F 34 Wf Keeping House Tx Tenn Tenn
Ingram, William W M 12 Son At School Tx Ga Tx
Ingram, Amanda H W F 8 Dtr At School Ga Tx
Ingram, James M W M 7 Son Tx Ga Tx
Ingram, Leonidad C W M 2 Son Tx Ga Tx
Watts, E D W F 35 Cousin At Home Ga Ga Ga
Roberts, Betsy Mu F 15 Servant Cook Tx Ga
Robinson, Elijah B M 25 Servant Workign on Farm Tx Ga Ga
Robinson, Ellen B F 18 Servant Washer Tx Ga Ga
Franklin, James B M 22 Servant Works on Farm Tx Ga Ga
Taylor, John B M 36 Servant Works on Farm Ba Ba Ba
Davis, Thoams Mu M Wo Servant Works on Farm Tx Sc Sc

James married Mary Crutchfield Cartwright on 14 Dec 1865 in San Augustine County, Texas. Mary (daughter of Matthew Cartwright and Amanda "Mandy" Holman) was born on 15 Oct 1845 in San Augustine County, Texas; died on 23 Nov 1903 in Kaufman County, Texas; was buried in Oakland Memorial Park Cemetery, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Mary and her sister Anna had commenced writing letters to "care-worn soldiers" other than their brothers...and their correspondence between Mary and Capt. James M Ingram blossomed into an engagment and marriage at the end of the war. (Henson and Cartwright, p. 227) After the war, he came to Matthew's door to ask for Mary's hand. Mary gave her father a long list of necessities before he again left for Shreveport, and returned home in October with almost all she had requested. The wedding took place in the Cartwright Parlor. Matthew paid $8 for photographs of the happy couple and the family, and a month later, just before the couple left for Opelousa, Louisiana, he gave his daughter $2,000 as a wedding gift. Money now had to substitute for the traditional family matrimonal gift of land and slaves. Ingram took his bride to his family's Evergreen farm near Opelousa, where he and Mary lived jointly with his sister Molly and her husband, Dr. Hector McDuffie . (ibid, pp. 243-246).

After her father'e estate was settled, the Ingram's moved to the 428-acre farm on the eastern edge of San Augustine upon which Columbus Cartwright had formerly resided. (ibid, p. 282). In 1873, Lon and Ludie Cartwright once again swapped residences with Jimmie and Mary, returning to their old home in San Augustine while the Ingrams moved to Sexton. (ibid, p. 283).

He ran a plantation at Sexton, in Sabine County, where he also owned a cotton gin and conducted land business like his Cartwright brother-in-law. Ingram relatives often lived with them including a spinster who provided company for Mary when Jimmie traveled on business. In 1888 Jimmie became the state senator for District 2, composed of Sabine, Shelby, San Augustine, and Rusk counties. Mary accompanied her husband to Austin for the first session in at the start of 1889, staying briefly at the Driskill Hotel before settling into one of the numberous boarding houses near the capitol. He was reelected for a second term in 1891, and Mary did not go to Austin again, having discovered few wives accopanied their legislative husbands (ibid, pp. 302-304). After the 1894 death of Amanda Cartwright, they also moved to Terrell, Texas, their family circle complete, but for brother Columbus. (ibid, p. 307).

1. Matthew C. Ingram was born about 1866; died about 1867.
2. William Holman Ingram was born on 23 Dec 1867 in San Augustine County, Texas; died on 24 Oct 1923 in Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas; was buried in Oakland Memorial Park Cemetery, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas.
3. Matthew Ingram was born about 1869 in Louisiana; died about 1870 in Louisiana.
4. Amanda "Manda" Holman Ingram was born on 19 Nov 1871 in Texas; died on 21 Oct 1948 in San Augustine County, Texas.
5. James Melville Ingram, Jr. was born on 12 Dec 1872 in San Augustine County, Texas; died on 27 Aug 1949 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in San Augustine City Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas.
6. Leonidas Cartwright Ingram was born on 8 Aug 1877 in Texas; died on 3 Dec 1965 in Gilmer, Upshur County, Texas; was buried in Oakland Memorial Park Cemetery, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas.
7. Sidney Ingram was born about 1881; died about 1882.

Notes:

Shown, on FindAGrave, as a son of David and Mary Ingram.

He hired Judge Oran M. Roberts to secure an amnesty pardon, required due to the value of his personal property, after the conclustion of the Civil War. (Henson and Parmelee, THE CARTWRIGHTS OF SAN AUGUSTINE, p. 252).

William married Ann Bryan on 28 Jun 1838 in Randolph County, Georgia. Ann was born on 11 Dec 1808 in Montgomery County, Georgia; died on 10 Feb 1864 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Ingram Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From FindAGrave:

-Ann Bryan was the daughter of Clement Bryan and Edith Smith Bryan.
--She married William Ingram June 28, 1838 in Randolph County, GA. They moved to Texas in 1850.
--Mother of 5 children, she raised also orphaned niece Emeline C. Watts & orphaned nephew James Sidney Bryan.
Inscription:
"Weep not, she is not dead, but sleepeth."

Henson and Parmelee, in THE CARTWRIGHT FAMILY OF SAN AUGUSTINE, TEXAS also show that Clementine Texas "Tet" Ingram, the older sister of Jimmie Ingram (Mary's husband) and Ludie Cartwright (Lon's wife) married second Carroll Ballard, who was wounded severely in duel with Matthew Cartwright in 1872. (p. 284).

Notes:

Married:
Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944 Name: William Ingram Spouse: Ann Bryan Marriage Date: 28 Jun 1838 County: Randolph