Moved to Cleveland in 1833.

An active Methodist. Member of the Board of Trustees at Ohio Wesleyan University.

OCCUPATION: Member of the firm of "Ingham, Clark & Co.", wholesale booksellers and stationers at Cleveland, Ohio. His son, Howard, also worked at this business.

OBIT: Name: Ingham, William A.
Date: May 10, 1898
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #041.
Notes: Ingham- At midnight Saturday, May 7, at his residence, No. 203 Franklin ave., of angina pectoris, William A. Ingham, aged 75 years. Wednesday at 2 p. m. from his home. Burial private.

OBIT: Name: Ingham, Carrie S.
Date: Aug. 17, 1864
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #041.
Notes: Ingham- In great peace, on Tuesday evening, Aug. 16th, in this city, West Side, Carrie S. wife of W. A. Ingham, aged 82 years. Time of the funeral will appear inthe morning papers.

note - If the above obituary is correct and Carrie really was 82 at the time of her death, that means she had to have been almost 40 years older than her husband. This seems unlikely. More likely is that the transcription of the obituary is in error and she was really 32 (thirty-two) instead of 82 (eighty-two). In addition, in a book "The Ingham Family", she is listed as having died 16 Aug 1854, so the obituary may be wrong on age and date of death.

1. 1. George O. INGHAM b. 11 Aug 1854.

1. Moses INGHAM b. 14 Aug 1809, Noank (Groton), New London, Connecticut; d. 6 Oct 1827, Brooklyn,, New York.
2. Elisha INGHAM, [child] b. 2 Apr 1811, Village of Noank - Town of Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 30 Sep 1820.
3. James M. INGHAM, [child] b. 19 May 1817, Village of Noank - Town of Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 18 Oct 1820.
4. 2. William Alexander INGHAM b. 23 Jun 1823, Noank (Groton), New London, Connecticut; d. 7 May 1898, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

Moved to Cleveland in 1839.

Was living with his son (Alexander) in Brooklyn, Ohio at the time of the 1850 census.

1. 4. Alexander INGHAM, III b. 26 Apr 1788, Noank (Groton), New London, Connecticut; d. 11 Apr 1870, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. Matthew INGHAM b. 8 Mar 1790, Noank (Groton), New London, Connecticut.
3. Nathan INGHAM b. 8 Mar 1790; d. 23 May 1843.
4. Elisha INGHAM, [infant] b. 14 Nov 1792, Noank (Groton), New London, Connecticut; d. 10 Jan 1793, Noank (Groton), New London, Connecticut.
5. Mary Ann (Polly) INGHAM b. 22 Mar 1794, Noank (Groton), New London, Connecticut; d. ,, Ohio.
6. Sally INGHAM b. 30 Oct 1795, Noank,, Connecticut.
7. Narcissa INGHAM, (Ingraham) b. 6 Apr 1800, Noank,, Connecticut; d. 26 Mar 1873, Groton, New London, Connecticut.
8. Francis INGHAM b. 1 Mar 1802, Noank,, Connecticut; d. Aft 1870, probably Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

In the fall of 1811, James FISH, his wife, two children, Mrs. STANTON, his wife's mother, and Moses FISH, his cousin, moved in an ox team to Ohio and stopped at Newburg. Brooklyn at this time was a wild forest full of the red man, the township had been surveyed and run into quarter sections by agents who lived in Connecticut. James and Moses FISH thought they would look at these lands. James selected a good piece and Moses selected a quarter section. James built a log cabin and his family moved into it, but becoming frightened by Indians, went back to Newburg. Other families coming, they moved again to Brooklyn. Moses wrote to his brother Ebenezer, in Connecticut, to come and take one-half his land, which he did. A road (now Denison avenue) was run from Newburg to Rockport, which divided the property of the FISHES. They built a log cabin, in which they lived till the war of 1812. Ebenezer enlisted for six months and came out with honors. Afterward Moses was drafted. His health being poor, Ebenezer took his place and served the remainder of the war. He went back to Connecticut, married Miss Johanna STANTON, a smart, worthy woman who, on hearing of his Ohio farm, proposed moving there. Accordingly in 1818, with their two children, Eliza and Emily (afterwards Mrs. CORBIN and Mrs. BOOTH), his two brothers, and their families came in a large wagon drawn by two yoke of oxen. They all built and lived in log cabins.

Two other children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Ebenezer FISH, Johanna (now Mrs. FOWLS), and John Moses married Miss BRAINERD. They endured hardships and discomforts long before enjoying the ordinary pleasures of existence. Fever and ague also added to the trials of the first settlers. Ebenezer was ninety-three when he died.
----"Memorial To The Pioneer Women Of The Western Reserve"

Ebenezer and Moses Fish, who came with James from the East, settled upon 80 acres of land in Brooklyn, in 1812. Ebenezer located on the north side of what is now Denison Avenue and Moses on the south side. Neither was then married.
----"A history of Cuyahoga County and the city of Cleveland",Chicago: American Historical Society, 1924, 1339 pgs, [pg63]


BURIAL: Fish, Ebenezer 1757-1827 Revolutionary War Soldier born in Groton, CT and walked to this area. (Denison Cemetery, Garden Ave., Cleveland)

Source of the names of some of Ebenezer's children:
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=laney&id=I1852

OBIT: Name: Fish, Ebenezer Sr.
Date: 1827
Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #025.
Notes: age 70. Dennison Cemetery Cleveland, Ohio

BURIAL: Fish, Lydia 10/15/1848 age 88 Lot 61 wife of Ebenezer Fish (Denison Cemetery, Garden Ave., Cleveland)

1. Abigail FISH b. 2 Jan 1781, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 8 Sep 1849, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
2. Susanna FISH b. 11 Jan 1783, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. Mar 1848.
3. 5. Lydia FISH b. 5 Dec 1785, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 15 Jan 1869, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. Ebenezer FISH, Jr. b. 11 Jun 1787, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 26 Mar 1880, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; bur. 30 Apr 1880, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
5. Moses FISH b. 25 Oct 1789, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 14 Apr 1840, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
6. Daniel FISH b. 7 Apr 1792, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 15 Oct 1880.
7. Eunice FISH b. 25 Oct 1795, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 31 Jul 1882, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
8. Jemima FISH b. 28 Apr 1797, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 22 May 1849, Groton, New London, Connecticut.
9. Eveline FISH b. 30 Jul 1799, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 19 Sep 1859, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
10. Matilda A. FISH b. 1 May 1803, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 9 Aug 1849, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.