Obituary of Edward N. Kring, Sumter, Alabama http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/sumter/obits/kring.txt ==================================================================== USGENWEB PROJECT NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Project Archives to store this file permanently for free access. This file was contributed by: Judy Penrod Purcell ==================================================================== August 2001 Obituary from CONFEDERATE VETERAN, Vol. XVIII, No. 10, August 1910 Obituary: EDWARD N. KRING In Gainesville, Ala., on May 21 occurred the death of Edward N. Kring, who went from the State of New York to Sumter County, Ala., in 1860 as a young mechanic. When the war came on, he volunteered in Company A, 5th Alabama Battalion, one of the first companies to leave the State, and he served faithfully throughout the war in the Virginia Army. After the surrender at Appomattox, he returned to Sumter County, married Miss Bettie Gray Little and made his home in the town of Gainesville, where he was known as an upright citizen and loyal church member, a zealous Mason, and faithful to the memory of the cause for which he had fought.