He was born at Dartford, Green Lake County, Wisconsin as the oldest son of Rev. John Phillips Thurston Ingraham and Cornelia Fanning Root, the daughter of Rev. Eleazer Root. His father served the Episcopal Church for 55 years. James graduated from Racine College, and moved to St. louis, Missouri where he married, and worked as a clerk. On June 19, 1872 he married Maria Elizabeth Baker in St. Louis, Missouri. James grandfather in the 1870s was the rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in St. Augustine.
He was in the employment of General Henry Shelton Sanford during his early years in Florida developing his skills in acquisition, promotion and transportation. He was the secretary and treasurer of the Sanford Telegraph Company. He layed out and developed the town of Sanford. He also built the South Florida railroad from a point near Sanford to Kissimmee for the R. M. Pulsifer Co., owners of the Boston Herald. Henry Plant bought three-fifths interest in the railway and extended it to Tampa, High Springs and High Springs.
On March 16, 1892 Ingraham and Capt. J. W. Newman led an expedition from Fort Myers across the Everglades to Miami.
With General Henry Shelton Sanford, Henry Bradley Plant and ultimately with Henry Morrison Flagler he participated in guiding the future of Florida. From 1897-99 he was the land commissioner for the Florida East Coast Railway, and in 1909 he became senior vice president of of the Florida East Coast Railway and president of the Model Land Company, the Perrine Grand Land Co., the Chuluota Co., the Okeechobee Co., all auxiliary organizations of the Flagler System. He was an active community citizen serving as Mayor of St. Augustine, Florida 1915-1920. He was also a director of the First National Bank of St. Augustine from 1893. He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church.
Working closely together for years Ingraham and Joseph R. Parrott, a Jacksonville lawyer, were vital contributors to Flagler's achievements and to the Florida East Coast Railway. His assistant for many years was Louis Larsen.
The Ingraham house at 32 Sevilla St. built in 1894 was one of the handsome houses built by Flagler for key executives. He occupied the house until his death in 1924. At his death the house reverted to the Flagler estate. Ingraham the husband and father was devoted to his wife and family. His first born, Annie, died in an epidemic. The Ingraham's had two other children; James Draper Ingraham, and Kathleen Marie who married George W. Gibbs, Jr.
He was an active pallbearer at Henry Flagler's funeral and received $20,000 in the will.
In 1926 a building in downtown Miami was named in memory of James Ingraham by the Model Land Company.
He died in the Blackman Santitarium in Atlanta, Georgia of pneumonia but most likely had Tuberculosis, and that was why he was in the sanitarium.
His body returned home to St. Augustine by train. Flags in the city flew at half mast and shops closed the afternoon of the funeral. The services were held at Trinity Episcopal Church, and there is a stained glass church window dedicated to him and his wife. There were 60 honorary pallbearers. In 1926 the Model Land Company erected a 13 story building in downtown Miami named in memory of James Edmundson Ingraham, fittingly to house the offices of the Model Land Company of which he was so much a part.
He was in the employment of General Henry Shelton Sanford during his early years in Florida developing his skills in acquisition, promotion and transportation. He was the secretary and treasurer of the Sanford Telegraph Company. He layed out and developed the town of Sanford. He also built the South Florida railroad from a point near Sanford to Kissimmee for the R. M. Pulsifer Co., owners of the Boston Herald. Henry Plant bought three-fifths interest in the railway and extended it to Tampa, High Springs and High Springs.
On March 16, 1892 Ingraham and Capt. J. W. Newman led an expedition from Fort Myers across the Everglades to Miami.
With General Henry Shelton Sanford, Henry Bradley Plant and ultimately with Henry Morrison Flagler he participated in guiding the future of Florida. From 1897-99 he was the land commissioner for the Florida East Coast Railway, and in 1909 he became senior vice president of of the Florida East Coast Railway and president of the Model Land Company, the Perrine Grand Land Co., the Chuluota Co., the Okeechobee Co., all auxiliary organizations of the Flagler System. He was an active community citizen serving as Mayor of St. Augustine, Florida 1915-1920. He was also a director of the First National Bank of St. Augustine from 1893. He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church.
Working closely together for years Ingraham and Joseph R. Parrott, a Jacksonville lawyer, were vital contributors to Flagler's achievements and to the Florida East Coast Railway. His assistant for many years was Louis Larsen.
The Ingraham house at 32 Sevilla St. built in 1894 was one of the handsome houses built by Flagler for key executives. He occupied the house until his death in 1924. At his death the house reverted to the Flagler estate. Ingraham the husband and father was devoted to his wife and family. His first born, Annie, died in an epidemic. The Ingraham's had two other children; James Draper Ingraham, and Kathleen Marie who married George W. Gibbs, Jr.
He was an active pallbearer at Henry Flagler's funeral and received $20,000 in the will.
In 1926 a building in downtown Miami was named in memory of James Ingraham by the Model Land Company.
He died in the Blackman Santitarium in Atlanta, Georgia of pneumonia but most likely had Tuberculosis, and that was why he was in the sanitarium.
His body returned home to St. Augustine by train. Flags in the city flew at half mast and shops closed the afternoon of the funeral. The services were held at Trinity Episcopal Church, and there is a stained glass church window dedicated to him and his wife. There were 60 honorary pallbearers. In 1926 the Model Land Company erected a 13 story building in downtown Miami named in memory of James Edmundson Ingraham, fittingly to house the offices of the Model Land Company of which he was so much a part.
He was born at Dartford, Green Lake County, Wisconsin as the oldest son of Rev. John Phillips Thurston Ingraham and Cornelia Fanning Root, the daughter of Rev. Eleazer Root. His father served the Episcopal Church for 55 years. James graduated from Racine College, and moved to St. louis, Missouri where he married, and worked as a clerk. On June 19, 1872 he married Maria Elizabeth Baker in St. Louis, Missouri. James grandfather in the 1870s was the rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in St. Augustine.
He was in the employment of General Henry Shelton Sanford during his early years in Florida developing his skills in acquisition, promotion and transportation. He was the secretary and treasurer of the Sanford Telegraph Company. He layed out and developed the town of Sanford. He also built the South Florida railroad from a point near Sanford to Kissimmee for the R. M. Pulsifer Co., owners of the Boston Herald. Henry Plant bought three-fifths interest in the railway and extended it to Tampa, High Springs and High Springs.
On March 16, 1892 Ingraham and Capt. J. W. Newman led an expedition from Fort Myers across the Everglades to Miami.
With General Henry Shelton Sanford, Henry Bradley Plant and ultimately with Henry Morrison Flagler he participated in guiding the future of Florida. From 1897-99 he was the land commissioner for the Florida East Coast Railway, and in 1909 he became senior vice president of of the Florida East Coast Railway and president of the Model Land Company, the Perrine Grand Land Co., the Chuluota Co., the Okeechobee Co., all auxiliary organizations of the Flagler System. He was an active community citizen serving as Mayor of St. Augustine, Florida 1915-1920. He was also a director of the First National Bank of St. Augustine from 1893. He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church.
Working closely together for years Ingraham and Joseph R. Parrott, a Jacksonville lawyer, were vital contributors to Flagler's achievements and to the Florida East Coast Railway. His assistant for many years was Louis Larsen.
The Ingraham house at 32 Sevilla St. built in 1894 was one of the handsome houses built by Flagler for key executives. He occupied the house until his death in 1924. At his death the house reverted to the Flagler estate. Ingraham the husband and father was devoted to his wife and family. His first born, Annie, died in an epidemic. The Ingraham's had two other children; James Draper Ingraham, and Kathleen Marie who married George W. Gibbs, Jr.
He was an active pallbearer at Henry Flagler's funeral and received $20,000 in the will.
In 1926 a building in downtown Miami was named in memory of James Ingraham by the Model Land Company.
He died in the Blackman Santitarium in Atlanta, Georgia of pneumonia but most likely had Tuberculosis, and that was why he was in the sanitarium.
His body returned home to St. Augustine by train. Flags in the city flew at half mast and shops closed the afternoon of the funeral. The services were held at Trinity Episcopal Church, and there is a stained glass church window dedicated to him and his wife. There were 60 honorary pallbearers. In 1926 the Model Land Company erected a 13 story building in downtown Miami named in memory of James Edmundson Ingraham, fittingly to house the offices of the Model Land Company of which he was so much a part.
He was in the employment of General Henry Shelton Sanford during his early years in Florida developing his skills in acquisition, promotion and transportation. He was the secretary and treasurer of the Sanford Telegraph Company. He layed out and developed the town of Sanford. He also built the South Florida railroad from a point near Sanford to Kissimmee for the R. M. Pulsifer Co., owners of the Boston Herald. Henry Plant bought three-fifths interest in the railway and extended it to Tampa, High Springs and High Springs.
On March 16, 1892 Ingraham and Capt. J. W. Newman led an expedition from Fort Myers across the Everglades to Miami.
With General Henry Shelton Sanford, Henry Bradley Plant and ultimately with Henry Morrison Flagler he participated in guiding the future of Florida. From 1897-99 he was the land commissioner for the Florida East Coast Railway, and in 1909 he became senior vice president of of the Florida East Coast Railway and president of the Model Land Company, the Perrine Grand Land Co., the Chuluota Co., the Okeechobee Co., all auxiliary organizations of the Flagler System. He was an active community citizen serving as Mayor of St. Augustine, Florida 1915-1920. He was also a director of the First National Bank of St. Augustine from 1893. He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church.
Working closely together for years Ingraham and Joseph R. Parrott, a Jacksonville lawyer, were vital contributors to Flagler's achievements and to the Florida East Coast Railway. His assistant for many years was Louis Larsen.
The Ingraham house at 32 Sevilla St. built in 1894 was one of the handsome houses built by Flagler for key executives. He occupied the house until his death in 1924. At his death the house reverted to the Flagler estate. Ingraham the husband and father was devoted to his wife and family. His first born, Annie, died in an epidemic. The Ingraham's had two other children; James Draper Ingraham, and Kathleen Marie who married George W. Gibbs, Jr.
He was an active pallbearer at Henry Flagler's funeral and received $20,000 in the will.
In 1926 a building in downtown Miami was named in memory of James Ingraham by the Model Land Company.
He died in the Blackman Santitarium in Atlanta, Georgia of pneumonia but most likely had Tuberculosis, and that was why he was in the sanitarium.
His body returned home to St. Augustine by train. Flags in the city flew at half mast and shops closed the afternoon of the funeral. The services were held at Trinity Episcopal Church, and there is a stained glass church window dedicated to him and his wife. There were 60 honorary pallbearers. In 1926 the Model Land Company erected a 13 story building in downtown Miami named in memory of James Edmundson Ingraham, fittingly to house the offices of the Model Land Company of which he was so much a part.
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J. E. INGRAHAM
1850 - 1924
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