David Lewis Ringwalt

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military service: 8th Ohio Cavalry, Civil War
• Occupation: blacksmith; sheriff
• Residence: 1895, Logan County, Kansas, USA

Notes:

David Ringwalt enlisted as a private in Company D, 8th Ohio Cavalry, on 28 March 1864, during the Civil War, and was mustered out on 30 July 1865. He was in Libby and Pemberton Prisons in the winter and spring of 1865. On 23 May 1866, he enlisted in Company C, 19th United States Infantry, and was discharged on 23 May 1869, at Little Rock, Arkansas. He also served in the infantry. He was mustered out of service on 30 July 1865, at Clarksburg, West Virginia. The David Ringwalt family was living in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, at the time of the 1880 census. They were living in Oakley Township, Logan County, Kansas, at the time of the 1900 and 1910 censuses, having moved to Oakley in April 1887.

David married Mary Jane Cotter on 7 Oct 1874 in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA. Mary (daughter of James Laurence Cotter and Anna Maria Harrison) was born on 17 Oct 1857 in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA; died on 4 Feb 1931 in Quinter, Gove County, Kansas, USA; was buried in Oakley Public Cemetery, Logan County, Kansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
David Ringwalt and Mary Jane Cotter were married at the United Brethren Church in Lagonda, Clark County, Ohio.

1. Bertha Ringwalt was born on 5 Nov 1875 in Clark County, Ohio, USA; died before 1880.
2. David Lewis Ringwalt was born on 5 Feb 1877 in Lagonda, Clark County, Ohio, USA; died in Nov 1958.
3. Levi Bull Ringwalt was born on 15 Jul 1879 in Newton, Harvey County, Kansas, USA; died on 2 Oct 1946 in Oakley, Logan County, Kansas, USA; was buried in Oakley Public Cemetery, Logan County, Kansas, USA.
4. James Laurence Ringwalt was born on 4 Sep 1882 in Ohio, USA; was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA.
5. Ray Rogers Ringwalt was born on 20 Jul 1885 in Clark County, Ohio, USA; died on 15 Sep 1886 in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA.
6. Paul Cotter Ringwalt was born on 22 Jun 1887 in Oakley, Logan County, Kansas, USA; died on 11 Mar 1933 in Sterling, Logan County, Colorado, USA; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Fort Morgan, Morgan County, Colorado, USA.
7. Mary Isabelle Ringwalt was born on 22 Sep 1891 in Oakley, Logan County, Kansas, USA; died on 5 Aug 1958 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA.
8. Ruth Dorcas Ringwalt was born on 16 Apr 1896 in Russell Springs, Logan County, Kansas, USA; died on 9 May 1962 in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA.

Levi married Catherine Swigert on 24 Sep 1844. Catherine was born on 26 Oct 1825; died on 25 Mar 1898. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]