Eben Nelms Ingram

Eben Nelms was born on February 4th, 1831.¹   Eben Nelms' father was Thomas Ingram and his mother was Eleanor Covington.  His paternal grandparents were Joseph Ingram and Winifred Nelms; his maternal grandparents were Robert Covington and Mary Hicks. He had four brothers and two sisters, named William R, Joseph Lemuel, Jeremiah (James) Brown, Thomas Coke, Mary Hellen and Sarah Jane.  He was the fourth oldest of the seven children. He had two half-brothers and three half-sisters, named William R, Thomas Coke, Phoebe D, Eliza Hawkins and Winifred Pines.  He died at the age of 32 in 1863 in In Civil War.¹