The story from my grandmother, Atrelle, James' granddaughter, is that her grandfather Ingram was killed in a gun fight when Texas still had its share of outlaws in the Bosque and Hill County areas. I have never known exact details, but will post if I ever do find out.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3G5-KJD : accessed 3 September 2017), James Ingram in household of Louiza C Gaut, Justice Precinct 1 (northwest part), Hill, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 37, sheet 8A, family 137, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,644.
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