INGHAM, W. H., farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Ely; born in Franklin Co., Ohio, Aug. 5, 1838. Married Lydia A. Howard in Linn Co., Iowa, in 1861; she was born in Illinois in 1840; thev have four children — C. H., W. V., Orel C, Lillian G. Moved to Linn Co. in 1855; Mr. Ingham has eighty-five acres of land, valued at $40 per acre. Mr. Ingham enlisted in the 16th Iowa V. I.; was mustered out with the regiment at the expiration of their term of service, at Washington, D. C. Mr. I. has held several town offices.
SOURCE: The History Of Linn County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1878, p. 792-3
