For
Muscatine County Iowa
1911
| Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1911 | |
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume II, Biographical, 1911, page 237
W. G. H. INGHRAM. W. G. H. Inghram, a well known farmer and dairyman of Wapsinonoc township, owns and operates what is known as the Valley Dairy Farm, comprising one hundred and seventy-six acres of land on section 9. His birth occurred in Greene county, Pennsylvania, on the 28th of July, 1845, his parents being Isaac S. and Malissa Inghram, who spent their entire lives in the Keystone state. They reared a family of eight children, six of whom are yet living.W. G. H. Inghram attended the common schools in the acquirement of an education and when a youth of sixteen began learning the trade of a blacksmith and carriage maker, working in that occupation in his native state until he came to Muscatine, Iowa. Here he continued working at his trade until 1876, when he purchased and located on the property whereon he has resided continuously since and which is known as the Valley Dairy Farm. It comprises one hundred and sixty-five acres on section 19, Wapsinonoc township and the many substantial improvements thereon stand as monuments to the industry and enterprise of the owner. Mr. Inghram has won success in both his farming and hs dairying interests and has long been numbered among the representatives and esteemed citizens of the community. He owns half interest in a business block at West Liberty.
In 1872 Mr. Inghram was united in wedlock to Miss Mary E. Wiker, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1854, her parents being John and Elizabeth ( Hildebrand ) Wiker, likewise natives of the Keystone state. They came to Iowa in 1857 and spent the remainder of their lives on a farm in Muscatine county. John Wiker passed away on the 1st of August, 1891, while his wife was called to her final rest on the 19th, of July, 1898. They were the parents of eleven children, eight of whom still survive. Mr. and Mrs. Inghram have six children, namely: Louis J., who is now a resident of West Liberty; and Norman W.; Isaac R.; Laura May; William and Kittie, are all still home.
In politics Mr. Hucke is a republican, exercising his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of that party. The cause of education finds in him a warm friend and he has done effective service in its behalf as a member of the school board. His fraternal relations are with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, while his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He has worked earnestly and persistently and his unwearied industry constitutes a strong factor in bringing to him the return which now numbers him among the substantial residents of Wapsinonoc township.
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