Porter Ingram

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Porter Ingram (born April 2, 1810 in Marlboro , Vermont , † December 3, 1893 in Columbus , Georgia ) was an American lawyer and Confederate politician . He belonged to the Democratic Party .

Career

Porter Ingram, son of Polly Underwood (1780–1863) and Jonathan Ingram (1779–1855), was born in Marlboro ( Windham County ) in 1810 and grew up there. His childhood was overshadowed by the British-American War . He attended a local community school, before going on the Williams College in Williamstown ( Massachusetts went). After a year, in 1832, he moved to Yale College in New Haven ( Connecticut ) as a sophomore . He then studied law with Hiram P. Hunt (1796-1865) in Troy ( New York ). The following year he moved to Georgia and settled in Hamilton ( Harris County down). After receiving his admission as a lawyer there, he opened his own legal practice. In 1853 he moved to Columbus, Muscogee County , where he served as a judge on the City Court for two decades and then resigned as a judge at his own request. At that time he also ran his own plantation and owned 45 slaves .

Although he had no political ambitions, he took part in the National Democratic Convention in 1858 and in the Georgia Secession Assembly in 1861, where he spoke out against secession. Concerning the secession of the southern states , he later stated the following in his amnesty request:

"I took a public, open and determined stand against the movement."

During the ongoing civil war , he was nevertheless elected to the first Confederate Congress in 1863 in a by-election to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Hines Holt (1805-1865) on March 1, 1863. Ingram took up his post on January 12, 1864. In the following years , he consistently played a minor role in supporting the war effort and sat on the Committee on Medical Depts. He decided not to run again. But when Major General James H. Wilson (1837-1925) approached Columbus with his Union cavalry in April 1865 , Ingram defended them together with the vigilantes.

He died in Columbus in 1893 and was buried there in Linwood Cemetery .

family

Ingram was married twice. He married Sarah Ann Jarratt († 1855), daughter of Jas, first in 1848. D. and JH Jarratt. The couple had at least one daughter: Mary Jane (1849–1934). After the death of his first wife, he married Elizabeth Martin Lewis (1829-1908), daughter of Sarah Ann Abercrombie (1809-1876) and Ulysses Lewis (1799-1856) in 1860.

The couple had at least six children together: Annie Abercrombie (1862–1864), Thomas Lewis (1864–1939), Mattie Freeny (1865–1868), Bessie Bell (1866–1868), Bessie (1870–1955) and Jennie Ella ( 1874-1892).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Polly Underwood Ingram in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  2. ↑ Jonathan Ingram in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  3. ^ Sarah Ann Jarratt Ingram in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  4. ↑ Elizabeth Martin Lewis Ingram in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  5. ^ Porter Ingram in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  6. ↑ Thomas Lewis Ingram in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  7. ↑ Mattie Freeny Ingram in the database of Find a Grave . Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  8. ^ Bessie Bell Ingram in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  9. ^ Bessie Ingram Heuer in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  10. ↑ Jennie Ella Ingram in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved March 3, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Ingram, porter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and Confederate politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 2, 1810
PLACE OF BIRTH Marlboro , Vermont
DATE OF DEATH December 3, 1893
Place of death Columbus , Georgia