Orrin Henry Ingram, Sr.
| Orrin Henry Ingram, Sr. | |
|---|---|
| Born |
June 26, 1904 Eau Claire, Wisconsin |
| Died |
April 25, 1963 Nashville, Tennessee |
| Cause of death | heart attack |
| Resting place | Mount Olivet Cemetery |
| Residence |
White Bear Lake, Minnesota Hobe Sound, Florida Nashville, Tennessee |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Spouse(s) | Hortense Bigelow |
| Children |
E. Bronson Ingram II Frederic B. Ingram Alice Hooker |
| Parent(s) |
Erskine B. Ingram Harriet Coggshall |
| Relatives |
Orrin Henry Ingram (paternal grandfather) Julius Ingram (paternal great-uncle) Martha Rivers Ingram (daughter-in-law) Ingrid Goude (daughter-in-law) |
Orrin Henry Ingram, Sr. (a.k.a. Hank Ingram) (1904-1963) was an American heir and businessman.
Early life
Orrin Henry Ingram, Sr. was born on June 26, 1904 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. His father, Erskine B. Ingram, was a lumber heir.[1] His mother was Harriet Coggshall. His parents were members of the Congregational Church.
His paternal grandfather three times removed, David Ingram, had immigrated from Leeds, England, in 1780.[2] His paternal grandfather, Orrin Henry Ingram, was a lumber baron in Wisconsin.[1][2][3] His great-uncle, Julius Ingram, was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Career
In 1928, Ingram ran a textile firm in Tennessee owned by his wife's family.[1][4] He relocated it to Nashville, Tennessee.[1] By 1937, at the time of the textile strike, he sold half his investment and acquired Wood River Oil and Refining, an oil company based in St. Louis, Missouri.[4]
He was the owner of Ingram Oil & Refining, a chain of 240 gas stations headquartered in Meraux, just outside New Orleans, Louisiana.[1][5] In 1961, he sold the company to Murphy Oil.[1][5]
Philanthropy
Ingram served as the Vice President of the Board of Trust of Vanderbilt University in Nashville from 1952 to 1963.[6][7]
Personal life
Ingram married Hortense Bigelow, the daughter of the President of the St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co. (later known as The Travelers Companies).[4] They resided in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, Hobe Sound, Florida, and Nashville, Tennessee.[3][4] They had two sons, E. Bronson Ingram II and Frederic B. Ingram, and a daughter, Alice, who married Henry William Hooker.[8]
Death and legacy
He died of a heart attack on April 25, 1963 in Nashville, Tennessee.[3][9][10] He was buried at the Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville.[11]
The Hank Ingram House on the campus of Vanderbilt University was named in his honor in 2006.[6][12]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Inside A $15 Billion Dynasty, Bloomberg Business, September 28, 1997
- 1 2 Ingram Chronicles, Forbes, 9/06/1999
- 1 2 3 "Oil Executive Dies; Family Was From State". The Racine Journal-Times Sunday Bulletin. 28 April 1963. p. 13. Retrieved July 7, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 3 4 Bill Carey, A place for a damned fool or an Eskimo, Nashville Post, March 22, 2000
- 1 2 Murphy Oil Corp.: A Century of Exploration
- 1 2 Princine Lewis, New Commons residence halls named for former vice chancellor, BOT member, Vanderbilt Register, 12/04/06
- ↑ William H. Honan, Vanderbilt U. Receives a Gift of $300 Million, The New York Times, December 1, 1998
- ↑ "Alice Ingram To Be Married". The Daily Telegram. 1 October 1955. p. 5. Retrieved July 7, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Funeral Service Set". The Holland Evening Sentinel. 27 April 1963. p. 5. Retrieved July 6, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "National Obituaries". Eureka Humboldt Standard. 27 April 1963. p. 11. Retrieved July 6, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ FindAGrave: Orrin Henry Ingram
- ↑ Vanderbilt University Office of Housing & Residential Education: Hank Ingram House