INGRAM CROCKETT – In the financial circles of Henderson, Kentucky, Ingram Crockett is well known, for he is now acceptably filling the position of cashier of the Planter’s State Bank in that city. This bank was organized first in 1883, with the charter as a national bank and was conducted under this charter for seven years. When it was re-organized as a state bank, with capital stock of $150,000, it was incorporated under the name of the Planter’s State Bank, with the capital stock of $200,000, and a surplus of $100,000. The bank does strictly a commercial business. The present officers are Montgomery Merritt, president; John O’Byrne, vice-president; and Ingram Crockett, cashier.
Mr. Crockett is a native of Kentucky, born in the city of Henderson February 10, 1856, a son of Hon. John W. Crockett, one of the most noted lawyers of the state. Ingram Crockett received his preliminary education in the public schools of Henderson, which was supplemented with attendance at a private school. His mother was Louisa M. (Ingram) Crockett.
Mr. Crockett has published three books that have received favorable notice here and abroad: “Beneath the Blue Skies and Gray,” 1900; “A Year Book of Kentucky Woods and Fields,” 1901; “The Magic of the Woods,” 1907. On May 17, 1887, he married Miss Mary Cameron Stites, of Henderson, a daughter of Richard Stites. To this union three children have been born: James Barret, Louise Ingram and Richard Stites.
A HISTORY OF KENTUCKY AND KENTUCKIANS By E. POLK JOHNSON