James Edmundson Ingraham Papers

Businessman, entrepreneur, and railroad company executive James Edmundson Ingraham was born in Racine, Wisconsin on November 18th, 1850. After graduating from Racine College, Ingraham moved to St. Louis, where he met Maria Elizabeth Baker. The two married on June 19th, 1872, and had three children: Annie (who died as an infant), James Draper, and Kathleen Maria. Ingraham moved to Florida in 1874 and became associated with Henry Sanford in Sanford, Florida. He spent most of his career working in Florida for the railroad tycoons, Henry Flagler and Henry Plant. As part of his work for the Plant railroad along the west coast of Florida, he conducted a survey through the Everglades from Ft. Myers to Miami in 1892. From 1892 until 1897 he was employed by Flagler in various positions, and from 1897 to 1899 he served as land commissioner for the Florida East Coast Railway (1897-1899). After the turn of the century, he served as president of Flagler's Model Land Company and as an officer of several small land companies organized by Flagler. In this capacity, he promoted land sales and spurred the growth of towns in Florida for several years. He died in Atlanta on October 25th, 1924, due to pneumonia.

John Phillips Thurston Ingraham was born in August 1817 in Kennebec, Maine. He married Cornelia Fanning Root in September 1848, and they had four children: James Edmondson, Elizabeth M., Cornelia Harriet, and Clarence Dayton. J.P.T. Ingraham died in December 1906 in St. Louis, Missouri.

Cornelia Fanning Root Ingraham, wife of J.P.T. and mother of J.E. Ingraham, was born on July 4th, 1831, in St. Louis, Missouri and died on December 23rd, 1898, in St. Louis, Missouri.

Frederick A. Root, uncle to J.E. Ingraham, was born on October 15th, 1831, In Prince Edward County, Virginia. Root was a captain in the Confederate army until his discharge in August, 1862. He died on December 1nd, 1863, in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Maria Elizabeth Baker Ingraham was born on September 15th, 1851, in St. Louis, Missouri. On June 19th, 1872, she married James Edmundson Ingraham. The couple had three children: Annie, who died as an infant, James Draper, and Kathleen Maria. She died on February 3rd, 1930 in St. Augustine.

James Draper Ingraham was born on June 16th, 1884, in Miami, Florida. He married Frances Hopkins in St. Augustine on June 30th, 1915. The couple had two children: Isabella Gibbs and Maria Elizabeth. He died on March 12th, 1956, in St. Johns County, Florida.

Frances Humphrey Hopkins Ingraham was born on November 19th, 1887, in St. Augustine, Florida. She married James D. Ingraham on June 30th, 1915, in St. Augustine. Hopkins died on April 12th, 1978, in St. Johns County, Florida.

Isabella Ingraham Heard was born on May 15th, 1917, in Jacksonville, Florida. She married William Heard in St. Augustine on September 6th, 1941. Ingraham died on February 19th, 2017, in St. Johns County, Florida.