BIO: James LINGLE, Centre County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania: Including 
the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion: Containing 
Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, Etc. 
Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1898.
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  JAMES LINGLE. As a representative of the intelligent and hardy 
pioneers who opened up Boggs township, Centre county, for settlement, 
and have since taken a conspicuous part in developing it, we are 
pleased to place in this volume the life history of the gentleman whose 
name introduces this sketch, one of the leading dairymen and farmers of 
the township, as well as one of the most prominent citizens.
  Mr. Lingle was born November 9, 1825, on a farm that was then in 
Centre county (but is now a part of Clinton county), Penn., a son of 
Paul and Mary (Spoon) Lingle, natives of Dauphin county, Penn., of 
German descent. They were married in Dauphin county, and in 1802 moved 
to Kishacoquillas Valley, this State, where they remained until 1823, 
which year witnessed their arrival in Bald Eagle Valley, now in Clinton 
county. In 1838 they went to Holmes county, Ohio, where six months were 
passed, after which they returned to Centre county, spending the 
following three years at Beach Creek. They then removed to what was 
known as the Brown farm, in the same county, near Blanchard, then 
called Eagleville, where the father's death occurred February 1, 1856. 
He was born January 25, 1775; his wife was born March 31, 1781, and 
died October 14, 1863. In their family were the following children: 
Mary, born June 26, 1800, became the wife of Samuel McNitt (now 
deceased), and she died in 1862; John, born November 16, 1801, is also 
deceased; Catherine, born August 28, 1803, died November 16, 1804; 
Simon, born December 22, 1805, died September 28, 1883; Thomas, born 
October 21, 1807, is deceased; Jane, born July 8, 1809, married John 
Baker, and is now deceased; Joseph, born March 2, 1811, died August 25, 
1892; David, born December 18, 1812, makes his home in Nebraska; 
Elizabeth, born January 26, 1815, is the wife of A. Packer, of 
Michigan; William, born March 8, 1817, is deceased; Ann M., born March 
4, 1819, was the wife of W. Williams, of Clinton county, Penn., and 
died September 17, 1897; Alexander, born February 28, 1821, is a 
resident of Dauphin county, Penn.; George, born April 6, 1823, lives at 
Beach Creek, Clinton county; and James, of this review, completes the 
family. By trade the father was a carpenter, which he followed until 
1823, the year of his moving to Bald Eagle Valley, where he passed the 
rest of his days. He was a stalwart Democrat, and was called upon to 
serve in several local offices. In religious faith, he held membership 
in the Christian Church.
  Until twenty-two years of age, James Lingle remained under the 
parental roof, and during two autumns worked at the carpenter's trade. 
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summer seasons he spent as a captain of a canal boat of his own, which 
he operated the following five years. One year was then spent on his 
present farm, at the end of which time he sold out and went to Tazewell 
county, Ill., where he engaged in farming for three years. Since that 
time, however, he has continuously lived upon his present valuable 
farm, a tract of 104 acres, which he has placed under a high state of 
cultivation and improved with many substantial modern buildings. In 
1875 he also embarked in the dairy business, which has proved a 
profitable venture, and to-day he is regarded as one of the reliable 
and well-t-do citizens of Boggs township. His dairy is one of the 
neatest and tidiest in the county, and his entire farm is the reflex of 
a careful and judicious manager.
  On February 17, 1858, Mr. Lingle was united in marriage with Miss 
Marcella Malone, who was born November 3, 1839, on the homestead where 
she still resides, a daughter of Frederick and Eliza (Borlen) Malone. 
Nine children blessed this union, namely: Lycurgus, March 12, 1859, is 
a farmer of Penn's Valley, Penn.; Edward P., born February 18, 1861, a 
telegraph operator, is married, and is living with our subject; Mary 
S., born October 12, 1863, is the wife of Thomas Boggs, a merchant of 
Milesburg, Centre county; Harry M., born April 16, 1866, is living in 
Kansas City, Mo.; Charles B., born in Tazewell county, Ill., March 8, 
1869, is at home; John, born April 20, 1872, is a druggist in 
Philadelphia; Elizabeth A., born December 27, 1874, is the wife of 
Frank Wetsler, of Central City, Penn.; and Florence, born February 28, 
1878, and James B., born March 20, 1881, are both at home.
  Mr. Lingle is a progressive, public-spirited citizen, giving freely 
to all enterprises having for their object the advancement and welfare 
of the community, with whose interests he is identified; and while he 
has never aspired to public office he has filled the several positions 
to which he has been elected, with great credit to himself and to the 
satisfaction of his constituents. He is a worthy member of the Disciple 
Church, and in politics is an ardent Democrat. He has watched with 
interest the growth and development of Centre county, and holds the 
esteem and respect of the entire community.
  Thomas Lingle, grandfather of our subject, was a general farmer, and 
owned a farm whereon Harrisburg, Penn., now stands. His son Paul (our 
subject's father) drove his five-horse team from Harrisburg to 
Philadelphia, hauling his grain and other farm products to market.