Polk County, Missouri Biographies - Eugene D. TINGLE

History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri; 1889, published by Goodspeed, Pg. 704

Eugene D. Tingle, editor and proprietor of the Humansville Bee,  
and attorney at law at Humansville, is a native of Maryland,
born at Snow Hill, Worcester County, July 4, 1840, and is the 
son of Judge William and Sallie Marie (Williamson) Tingle.  
Judge Tingle was a native of Maryland, and occupied a seat on
the bench of the twelfth judicial district for over twenty years.  He
died at Snow Hill in his sixty-ninth year.  Judge Tingle was a son
Capt. Daniel Tingle, who was a sea captain, and who perished on
his  ship, which was supposed to have been burned at sea by 
pirates.  Daniel Tingle was also supposed to have been a soldier
in the Revolutionary War, and was the son of an English gentleman,
who made a home for himself in America.  Sallie Maria (Williamson)
Tingle was the daughter of Rev. Stewart Williamson, a Presbyterian
divine, and a prominent man in that church in early times.  He was a
native of Pennsylvania.  Eugene D. Tingle grew to manhood in his
native State native State, completed a literary course of study at
Newark Academy, Delaware, and his legal studies were finished at
the  University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia.  He practiced law
for a few years at Snow Hill, Md., and in 1869 came to Shelbyville,
Mo., where he practiced his profession for quite a while, serving as
superintendent of schools of Shelby County for several years.  He
was married at Shelbyville, Mo., to Miss Mary C. Boettcher, a native
of Missouri, and a lady of education and refinement, being a 
graduate of the Christian College of Columbia, Mo.  To Mr. and Mrs.
Tingle were born two children, Thomas Rackliffe Fassitt, and Willie
(deceased).  In December, 1888, Mr. Tingle came to Humansville,
Mo., and started the Weekly Bee, a Democratic paper, which is a 
spicy sheet, full of news and useful information.  Mr. Tingle has 
traveled extensively in the interest of newspapers and real estate,
having been a correspondent for different interests.
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