Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Lingo, J. H. 1845 - 
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Author: Warner, Beers & Co.

J. H. LINGO, farmer, P. O. Mount Victory, was born March 26, 1845, in Hardin
County, this State. He is a son of J. H. and Emiline (Kemper) Lingo, the former
a native of Delaware, moved to Ohio over forty years ago, the latter a native of
Virginia and of German descent. The subject of this sketch was the fourth of a
family of ten, seven living; was educated at the common schools of Dudley
Township, and has pursued the occupation of a farmer. He enlisted May 2, 1864,
in the One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Ohio National Guards, and was discharged in
September of the same year. He was Orderly Sergeant for four months, and took
part in several skirmishes near Winchester, Va.; was at Harper's Ferry, and was
also near the schoolhouse of John Brown, in Maryland. Mr. Lingo was married,
June 13, l876, to Miss H. J. Williams, born May 28, 1845, in Logan County, this
State, and a daughter of Anderson and Ann (Goodman) Williams, of whom the former
was of Welsh descent and a native of Logan County, Ohio, and the latter of
German parentage and a native of Virginia. By this union there have been three
children, viz., Arminia, born April 30, 1868; Emma A., born January 24, 1873,
and Willie, born October 5, 1879. Mr. and Mrs. Lingo are members of the United
Brethren Church, where the former is a Trustee. Charles Smalley is an inmate of
Mr. Lingo's family, and was born March 8, 1865, in this county, and is a son of
George and Nancy (Dilldine) Smalley. Mr. Lingo owns 119 acres of land in Dudley
Township. He has filled the office of Township Trustee, School Director, and is
a Republican in politics.



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Dudley Township

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"The History of Hardin County, Ohio"
           containing
A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES,
 SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY
   RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT
         MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY;
             HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS
                  MATTERS, ETC., ETC.

              CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO.
                          1883

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