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Betsy Mills and Ron Brothers. The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, ReBroMa Press, 2008, http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery. (12/14/2025)

From Rodgers and Wade Furniture Co. Funeral Records in possession of Fry and Gibbs Funeral Home, Book #5, p. 19, Service #38, Thos. R. Ingram, Charge to same, Date of Funeral Feb. 26, 1906, Place of death, on Lamar Ave., Funeral service at Lamar Ave. in the p.m. by Manton, clergyman, Age about 80 years, Casket manufactured by Chattanooga $50.00, 2 carriages $7.00, hearse $10.00, opening grave $5.00, Total $72.00, Burial in I.O.O.F. (Oddfellow) Cemetery.

From the records of Lamar #258 United Daughters of the Confederacy: Awarded Cross of Military Service on Dec. 11, 1904. He served as Private, Co. G, Whitfield’s Legion, Texas Volunteers. This legion was also known as the 27th Texas Cavalry.

Thomas R. Ingram
Pvt., Co. G, Whitfield’s Legion, 27th Texas Cavalry
Nov 1828 - 25 Feb 1906
Buried at Odd Fellow Cemetery in an unmarked grave

Thomas R. Ingram received a Texas Confederate Pension #02455. He applied on 1 Jul 1899 and was approved on 30 Oct 1899. He was age 71, living in Paris for 47 years as a farmer. He served in Co. G, Whitfield’s Legion, Ross’ Brigade from Mar 1862 to May 1865.
    A note in the application for a Texas Confederate Pension application by [Mrs.] C. A. Ingram:
    War Department, Washington, 19 Sep 1906. Respectfully returned to the Comptroller, State of Texas, Austin.
The records show that Thos. R. Ingram, private, Company G, 27th Texas Cavalry, C.S.A. (1st Texas Legion), was enlisted 1 Mar 1862. He was captured 27 Apr 1863, near Franklin, Tennessee, and his name appears on a roll of prisoners of war received at military prison, Louisville, Kentucky, from penitentiary at Nashville, Tennessee. No later record.

Lamar County Marriage Record Book 1, page 135: Thomas R. Ingram married Cynthia A. Bostick on 11 Aug 1865.