Lowndes County GaArchives Biographies.....Ring, Isaac Ellis October 20, 1829 - 1900
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William McDonald williamteomi@yahoo.com June 3, 2008, 7:44 am

Author: Dr. William McDonald

Isaac Ellis Ring was born on October 20, 1829 in Weld, Maine, the son of Jere 
Foster Ring and Phebe Ellis Ring. Isaac descended from Governor Bradford and 
other notables of Mayflower fame through his mother. The Ring family is also 
distantly related to Franklin Delano Roosevelt through the president's 
maternal line.

Though Isaac Ring was a "Union Man," he migrated to North Carolina, prior 
to "The War of Northern Aggression," for health reasons. This ultimately led 
to his being drafted into the Confederate Army, Co. D, 18th North Carolina 
Infantry Regiment in 1864.

Isaac Ring was taken prisoner by Union Troops at The Battle of Spotsylvania, 
(Virginia) on 12 May 1864. He was transferred to Point Lookout, MD, and was 
subsequently sent to the infamous prison in Elmira, NY. (Can you imagine how
popular this transplanted Yankee was, among the guards, wearing the 
Confederate uniform in a Northern prison? Reflect on that a moment!)

Isaac Ring was released from Elmira Prison, NY on 19 May 1865, as hostilities 
were coming to a close.

Isaac Ellis Ring was married to Susan Mahala Benton on 7 July 1859. While 
Isaac was "off to war," his wife was forced to take unusual measures to feed 
her children. A family legend has it that Susan trespassed on a neighbor's 
pasture, shot a cow and left a note in a nearby tree promising that she would 
pay for the bovine at the end of the war.

Isaac Ring died after 1900 in Little River, North Carolina.

His descendants and other relatives live in the Valdosta, Georgia area, and 
are scattered throughout this country and Canada.

"For his character so exemplary, so patriotic, so God-fearing, we thrill to
honor him here."

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