DOCUMENTS OF SOUTH ANCESTORS INGHRAM LETTER CONCERNING INGHRAM FAMILY Following is a letter concerning my 5G Grandfather 62)Arthur Inghram’s descendants that appeared in the Waynesburg, PA Democrat Messenger in 1883. Auld Lang Syne
Woodfield, Monroe County, Ohio December 26, 1883 Editor - Messenger: I am now an old woman, unable to do much except think of the many changes that have taken place during my long life, and occasionally to write a letter to some of my descendants. My principal occupation is recalling to mind my early associates and school mates. In committing to writing some of these early recollections I may awaken an interest in some of the older people of Greene County, and perhaps some of the younger. (I am writing) to give a sketch of five families, all the children of whom, 31 in number, I well knew, and most of them were my school mates, but most of them older than I. I have reference to Arthur, William, Mollie, Elizabeth, and Hannah Inghram. 1. The children of Arthur Inghram and Olive, his wife. 1. William , married Lizzie Rinehart. 2. Thomas, died unmarried. 3. Arthur, married Susan Eagon. 4. Margaret, married John Rinehart. 5. Delilah, married William Rinehart. 6. Cassa, married Thomas Mooney. 7. Elizabeth, married Ignatius Morris. Elizabeth died shortly after the birth of her only child, and the child died about the same time and was buried in the coffin with its mother. Eilzabeth was the youngest of all these 31 cousins, and but little older than I was. I can never forget the strong and lasting impression made upon my mind at seeing my dearly loved playmate and her child lying cold in death in the same coffin. My recollection is that all her numerous cousins were at the funeral. 2. The children of William Inghram (I cannot recall to mind the name of his wife). 1. John, married Mrs. Katy Burbridge, whose maiden name was Workman. 2. Thomas, married a Miss Smith. 3. William, married Sallie Adams. 4. James died young with consumption. 5. Sallie, married Kikkear Boreman. 3. The children of Mollie Inghram who married James Porter. 1. Joseph, married Elizabeth Rinehart. 2. David, married a Miss Smith (Hannah). 4. The children of Elizabeth Inghram who married William Cathers. 1. Robert, married Sallie ______. 2. John, married Sallie Shields. 3. William, died unmarried. 4. Margaret, married David Worley. 5. Elizabeth, married Samuel Hill. 6. Mary, married George Lemley. 5. The children of Hannah Inghram who married Thomas Rinehart. 1. John, married Margaret Inghram. 2. William, married Delilah Inghram. 3. Thomas, never married. 4. Joseph, never married. 5. Jesse, married Lucy Workman. 6. Levi, married Maria McClelland. 7. Arthur, married a Miss Roberts. 8. Margaret, married Shadrach Mitchell. a brother of my mother. 9. Elizabeth, married Joseph Porter. 10. Nancy, married Richard Ankrom. 11. Hannah, married Thomas Rinehart. I have no doubt that all these old associates of mine are now numbered among the dead. A remarkable circumstance about these families was the fact that they all lived on Laurel Run, or in its close vicinity, and no two of the families lived at a greater distance from each other than two and a half miles. My step-fathers residence was at no further distance. Having removed from Waynesburg in April 1829, and having since had but little if any opportunity of talking with these families, I may be mistaken in some of the names, but I think not. What a great pleasure it would be to me if I could, once more, See and talk to some of my old Greene County friends. But it may not be. I spend a great portion of my time in thinking of other citizens of Greene: among them the Hooks, the Woods, the Sayers, the McClellands, the Adams, the Bayards, the Randolphs, and many others. I do not know that I could be as exact with these last named families as with the Inghrams, but pretty nearly so. The Messenger, Mr. Editor, was about the first newspaper that I had the perusal of, and if you think the insertion of the foregoing will be of any interest to your readers, you may publish it. Sarah Morris |