Durham, N. N.  "Spokane and the Inland Empire; History of the City of Spokane
and Spokane County Washington."  Vol. 3.  S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1912.  
p. 623.
 
EDWARD CLYDE INGRAM

     Edward Clyde Ingram, conducting a general real-estate and insurance office
in Spokane, now largely devoting his time to the Craig Gardens and to Jamieson
Park, was born in Pomeroy, Iowa, October 26, 1885. His father, Charles J.
Ingram, a Live of Indiana, is now living retired in Florida. The family is of
Scotch English cent, while from a prominent English family his wife, who bore
the maiden name Lucy E. Dyer, is descended. Her first ancestors in America came
from England prior to the Revolutionary war and she is a direct descendant of
William Henry Dyer, who is mentioned in the history of Massachusetts as one who
was beheaded because of his religious belief in the days of religious
intolerance among the colonists. The family is in possession of a coat of arms.
Henry W. Dyer, the father of Mrs. Ingram, held a commission as a lieutenant in
the Eighty-first Illinois Regiment during the Civil war. He saw service in
Mississippi, was present at the siege of Vicksburg and at length was honorably
discharged. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Ingram were born two sons and a
daughter: Edward Clyde; Harry C., who is employed by the Electric Company of
Spokane; and Lucilla, also living in city.
     During the period of family residence in Sheldon, Iowa, Edward C. Ingram
continued his education there until graduated from the high school in 1903. He
came to Spokane in April of the same year and here turned his attention to the
real-estate business, being connected with the firm of Babcock & Moss until
1907. He then engaged in business on his own account, organizing the firm of E.
C. Ingram & Company early in 1909. They conduct a general real-estate and
insurance business, handling the Craig Gardens nine miles southwest of Spokane
on Medical Lake. The property is reached by an electric line, is partly under
irrigation and is being sold in acre tracts. Mr. Ingram is also associated with
Lewis & Moss in handling Jamieson Park, located six miles southwest of Spokane
on the Medical Lake road. This is also being sold in acre lots, is under
irrigation and is set out to fruit. Mr. Ingram, however, mostly handles his own
property and the gradual rise in values in this section is bringing him
substantial return.
     In politics Edward C. Ingram is a republican, voting always for the men and
measures of that party since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. He
belongs to Spokane Lodge, No. 34, has attained the thirty-second degree of the
Scottish Rite in Spokane Consistory and is a member of El Katif Temple of the
Mystic Shrine. He is likewise a member of the Inland Club, the Spokane Athletic
Club and the Officers Club of Fort George Wright. He is also connected with the
Chamber of Commerce and while enjoying the privileges and opportunities of the
northwest, he believes in the concerted effort of its citizens for the further
development and improvement of the section. He is a young man, ambitious,
energetic and determined, and has already made a creditable record as a
representative of real-estate interests.

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