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CHARLES M. INGLE (deceased); one of the early settlers of McLean Co.; born in Washington Co., East Tenn., Feb. 22, 1829; his father, Henry Ingle, located in McLean in 1836 and followed farming until his decease, which occurred in the spring of 1849; his widow died Dec. 14, 1853. Henry Ingle was a shoemaker, and would peel the bark, dry and grind the same, then tan his own leather, which he would then manufacture into boots and shoes for the settlers for many miles distant; Charles M. Ingle also learned the shoemaker’s trade, which he followed during the winter for many years after the death of his father; in 1857, he abandoned his trade, and gave his whole attention to farming; he removed upon Sec. 2, Empire Township, in 1862, where he purchased eighty acres of land, to which he afterwards added, and at his decease, owned 120 acres, upon which he had good farm buildings. He took a deep interest in the cause of religion, and lived a consistent and devoted Christian life, having been an active member of the Baptist Church for a period of upwards of twenty years — Mrs. I. joining at the same time. His marriage with Hannah M. Bunn was celebrated March 9, 1854; she was born in Ross Co., Ohio, March 7, 1835; two children were the fruit of this union—one of which died in infancy; the living — Lillian Jane, was born Aug. 9, 1858. Upon June 30, 1878, Mr. Ingle ceased from his labors, and passed down the dark valley, neither a great nor remarkable man, but a kind husband and father, a good neighbor, a true Christian, and one of whom his contemporaries will admit that his life was not a failure, and did not live in vain; of his father’s family of ten children only two now survive. The surviving daughter of Charles and Hannah (Bunn) Ingle was united in marriage with Charles W. James July 6, 1875; he was born in Coles Co., Ill., April 10, 1851; he is a young man of good education, having attended the two universities at Bloomington for a period of three years; he then followed teaching for seven years, and is now engaged in school-teaching during the winter, and farming in the summer upon the old farm of the parents of his wife. The children of Charles and Lillian (Ingle) James are two in number — Irus K., born Dec. 19, 1877, and Blanche N., born Sept. 15, 1878.