J. L. Ingalls Biography


	This biography appears on page 1860 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	J. L. INGALLS, one of the large land owners and successful 
farmers and stock raisers of Minnehaha county, is a native of New York, 
born on a farm in Allegany county. When he was a mere child his parents 
emigrated to Kane county, Illinois, where he remained until about 
seventeen years old. Later he removed with his parents to Howard 
county, Iowa, and after spending about nine years there changed his 
abode to the county of Butler, in the same state, where he continued to 
make his home until his removal to South Dakota. Meanwhile he enjoyed 
such educational advantages as the schools of the different places in 
which he lived afforded, and having been reared to agricultural 
pursuits he selected that honorable calling for his life work, and ever 
since young manhood has prosecuted the same with varied success, his 
career since coming to South Dakota fully meeting the high expectations 
he may have previously entertained.

	Mr. Ingalls made a judicious selection in the matter of locating 
a home, choosing for the same a beautiful and highly fertile tract of 
land in Mapleton township, which is one of the most productive 
agricultural districts in the county of Minnehaha. By a series of 
improvements, as well as by systematic tillage, he has made his place 
one of the finest and most valuable farms in the county. Only a portion 
of the farm is under cultivation, the rest being devoted to live stock, 
for which the land appears peculiarly adapted. Mr. Ingalls pays 
considerable attention to the latter branch of farming, raising large 
numbers of fine cattle and excellent breeds of sheep and other domestic 
animals of high grade, which, with the abundant yield from his fields, 
bring him a very liberal income.

	Mr. Ingalls was married in Elgin, Illinois, to Miss Elizabeth 
Nichols, a native of Essex county, New York, and they become the 
parents of thirteen children.