Oren Ingold, who carries on general farming and stock-raising in
Shaws Point township, was born in Montgomery county, Illinois, on the
9th of May, 1870. His parents, Amos and Malinda (Kingsbury) Ingold, were
natives, the father of Indiana and the mother of South Carolina. Amos
Ingold came to Illinois in his early manhood, locating in Montgomery
county where he farmed as a renter until 1877, when he removed with his
wife and family to Macoupin county. Here he continued to lease land for
several years, and later bought a small tract in Shaws Point township.
He immediately set about improving this place and has ever since been
engaged in its cultivation, although he has now attained the age of
seventy-seven years. The mother passed away on the 11th of April, 1910.
Oren Ingold’s first school days were passed in Montgomery
county, his education being completed in the district schools of Shaws
Point township. He remained at home with his parents until he was
twenty-two years of age, during which period he was thoroughly trained
in the practical methods of agriculture under the capable supervision of
his father. Immediately following his marriage he left the parental roof
and rented land for eleven years. Industry, thrift and capable
management made him a property owner at the expiration of that time,
when he purchased forty acres of land in Shaw's Point township. He
cultivated this tract with such success that he was subsequently able to
extend his holdings by the addition of another forty acres, and here he
has ever since continuously resided. During the period of his occupancy
Mr. Ingold has effected many improvements on his property, and now has
not only an attractive but a valuable place. He keeps seventy-six head
of sheep, six milk cows and four work horses, and annually raises about
fifty hogs for the market. Success has attended his efforts and he has
acquired a very comfortable competence in addition to his property.
On the 24th of March, 1892, Mr. Ingold was united in marriage to
Miss Laura O. Moore, a daughter of James and Melissa (Taggart) Moore,
the father being a native of Kentucky and the mother of Illinois. Mr.
Moore came to Illinois from his native state with his parents, who
located on a farm in Macoupin county. Having been reared to agricultural
pursuits he adopted the same vocation when old enough to begin his
business career and farmed as a renter until the death of his father,
when he inherited the place that the same had operated until his death.
The mother is still living and continues to make her residence on the
old homestead in Carlinville township.
His political allegiance
Mr. Ingold accords the democratic party, while both he and his wife
manifest their religious beliefs by attending the Methodist Episcopal
church, among the membership of which they number many friends.
Extracted 15 Nov 2018 by Norma Hass from History of Macoupin County, Illinois: Biographical and Pictorial, by Charles A. Walker, published in 1911, Volume 2, pages 447-448.
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