INGHAM FAMILY. The Ingham family of the line here treated belonged to Yorkshire in England, and descended from Sir Oliver Ingham, who lived in the time of Edward III, but went into Ireland, 1650.
Thomas Ingham was a surgeon in the royal army. He was born at Stag Hall, on the- Ingham estate in Lisnmane, county Cavan ; died April? 1777:
married, March 4, 1729, Mary Farmer, 1 died March 25, 1759.
Their son, Charles Farmer Ingham, born Stag Hall. June 27. 1737, died Dublin, October 17, 1813, married,
March 25, 1770. Florence Yeitch, died August 24. 1824. Charles received an appointment under
the crown in the reign of George III as collector of customs in Dublin, upon which he removed to
that city and lived at Island Bridge until his death.
He was buried in St. Paul's Church. His sister Immorinda remained at Stag Hall, and alter her death a part of the estate was sold to Ford Lanesborougb, whose property adjoined Lisnmane:
Stag Hall subsequently went into possession of John Ingham, one of the descendants
of Thomas Ingham.
Charles Farmer Ingham had two sons:
1 Thomas, born August 25. 1771. married Jane Keilley ;
and
Humphrey John, born Stag Hall, April 10, 1782, died Allegheny City. Pennsylvania, October 15, 1866: married Mary Borbidge; she died January 14, 1826.
The children of Humphrey J . Ingham and wife Mary Borbidge
were:
Sarah Borbidge, born August 22, 1804;.
Florence Veitch, born August 19. 1806;
Mary, born June 7, 180S. married a Tuttle;
Charles Farmer, born Dublin, Ireland. August 12 , 1810. died Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, January 18,
1890:
John Borbidge, born January 15, 1813, died January 3. 1893:
Rachel Smith, born October 20, 1814, married John Barr;
Elizabeth, born June 16. 1817, married a Mr. Ackley:
James, born December 7, 1819, died August 12. 1820:
Fannv Borbidge, born June 4, 1822, married Thomas Parker.
Charles Farmer Ingham was born of English parents in the city of Dublin. Ireland. 1810, and
died Wilkes-Barre, January 18, 1890. He came to America in early childhood with his parents, who
located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. When about twelve years old his father removed to the
Wyoming Valley and located on the west side of the river. Young Ingham joined his uncle, Thomas Borbidge, as clerk in the latter s store in Kingston. He- remained there several years,
and took up. the studv of medicine with Dr. Thomas W. Miner. In 1830 he taught school in
the old Wilkes-Barre Academy, which stood on the public square. Subsequently he attended lectures in the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, although during all this time his attention
had largely been given to civil engineering, for which he was especially adapted by nature, he
never engaged in medical practice, but applied himself to engineering, in which he subsequently
achieved a wide reputation. He early distinguished himself by the part be took as assistant
engineer in locating and constructing the North Branch canal, running south from Wilkes-Barre
to Northumberland, and north to the New York state line. The work was completed in the summer of 1834. He located, surveyed and built the back track of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation
Company front Penobscot to Wilkes-Barre. This was the first gravitv road built in the Wynning
valley. His services were sought by the Jersey Central in the construction of the branch run-
ning from Wilkes-Barre to Xanticoke, and he was afterward employed by the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Companv as engineer of its Susquehanna- Coal Companv mines at Xanticoke. The rail-
road bridge across the Susquehanna from W ilkes- Barre to Plymouth, now the Delaware & Hudson
bridge, was engineered by him. Shortly before the war he started the system of works for the
Wilkes-Barre Water Company, and carried it to successful completion.
