BlockScioto County, Ohio - Chapter 3: Biographies of Some of the Pioneers of Southern Ohio, 1903 (part 2 of 2)
From History of Scioto County, Ohio, Together with a Pioneer Record of Southern Ohio, published 1903. 194 words, reproduced complete and unedited. Source changes inside the text are labelled in place.
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194 wordsMachine-read from scans of History of Scioto County, Ohio, Together with a Pioneer Record of Southern Ohio, published 1903. Nothing has been corrected: fixing what looks like a misspelled name is how an invented one gets published. Source changes are marked where they occur.
Mr. Yingling was a Sergeant in the War of 1812, in Captain John Kelley's Company, ist Regiment Ohio Militia and served from July 28, to August 11, 1813. His brother John was a Sergeant in John Russell's Company, Independent Regiment, Ohio Militia, War of 1812, from July 28th, to September 19, 1813. Our subject was a farmer_all his life and lived and died on the farm originally owned by him. He died September 12, 1856. Mr. Yingling was industrious, frugal and economical and managed to pay for a quarter section of land which he had located by raising stock and with other products of the farm. He made a few trips to Fredericksburg, Virginia, with droves of hogs. He never had a desire for public office, but preferred the privacy of home to public honors. He was one of the foremost men in establishing schools, good roads and church edifices and was always ready to help in any commendable enterprise that would be for the benefit of the community. He was honest, upright and respected. He was a special friend to boys and old men and had many altercations in his defense of them.
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