Reese M. Ling Arizona, The Youngest State, 1913, pg 347 Since 1884 Reese M. Ling has been a resident of Prescott Arizona coming to Phoenix in 1912. A native of Ohio, he was born on the 16th of May 1868, his parents being Martin and Mary (Reese) Ling. The father died in 1869 and in 1884 the mother brought her family to Arizona, having previously become the wife of Thomas H. Bowen and the family home was established in Prescott where he remained to the time of her death. Reese M. Ling was only about year old at the time of his father's death and was a youth of sixteen when he came to this state. His early educational advantages were those offered by the public schools in the districts in which he lived. He was a student at the Ohio State University at Columbus, being at the time the youngest student ever admitted to that institution. He was also the first graduate of the Normal School at Tempe and for two years engaged in teaching but regarded that as an initial step to other professional labor. He matriculated in the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, graduating in 1890. In March of that year he located in Chicago where he remained for six months and then returned to Arizona to enter into practice. He continued to made his home in Prescott until 1912 when he came to Phoenix and entered into a partnership with George J. Stoneman which continued until 1914. Since that time Mr. Ling has been practicing alone. At Prescott, in 1889 Mr. Ling married miss Nellie Osenburg of Topeka Kansas, a daughter of William and Ellen Osenburg, the former one of the early pioneers and merchants of Prescott. Mr. and Mrs. Ling are the parents of three children: David, an attorney of Clifton Arizona, Perry, an attorney of Los Angeles and Harry at home. 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, nor for commercial presentation by any other organization. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than as stated above, must obtain express written permission from the author, or the submitter and from the listed USGenWeb Project archivist.