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A SHORT HISTORY
OF INGRAM
Ingram was originally a part of Chartiers
Township, named from Chartiers Creek which flows through it and which
took it's name from Peter Chartiers, a noted French and Indian Trader
who settled in Western Pennsylvania about 1745.
The town of Ingram itself did not begin to develop until about the 19th
Century. Ingram is located on that part of General Hand's patent known
as Mt. Pleasant tract. In the 1820's Edward Ingram and his son Thomas,
who emigrated from Ireland, purchased the land which is now the borough
of Ingram. The Ingrams built their home here on what is now Prospect Ave.
and Thomas Ingram opened the land to sale in 1880.
Ingram was in an ideal area for settlement in the 1800's. It was away
from the smoke and noise of the industrial city of Pittsburgh and was
described as "medic for home-seekers who wish to find surcease from
worry and toil in
the hot dusty city".
In June 1902, with the population of Ingram at 2000, a committee was appointed
to make a petition to the Allegheny County Court. Almost 85 percent of
the property owners placed their names on the petition. In August the
petition was submitted and Ingram became incorporated as a borough on
August 2, 1902. David J. Rex was elected the first Burgess of Ingram,
M.J. McMahon the first President of Council, D.H. Hainer the Secretary
of Council., P. Smith the first Director of the School Board and the first
Policeman of the Borough was George V. Dale. This organized body carefully
laid the foundation for future development of their community. and today
we are enjoying the fruits of their labor.
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