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Frank Herbert RINGER

Frank Herbert RINGER

Male 1893 - 1926  (32 years)

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  • Name Frank Herbert RINGER 
    Born 1 Dec 1893  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as May 1894, but death record shows it as Dec 1 1893, and date on headstone is also 1893.
    Gender Male 
    Military 2nd Lt, Co A, World War I  [1] 
    • Local news item, "West Union Record," Thursday, Dec 12 1918, in its entirety:
      "Mrs. Anna F. Ringer received word from her son, Lieut. Frank Ringer, saying he had reenlisted for four years. We are glad to hear of Frank's promotion."
    Census 1900  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Education Staunton Military Academy, Chamberlain Institute in Randolph NY  [1] 
    Occupation oil well driller  [1, 4] 
    Occupation 1917  [5] 
    rubber worker in Akron Ohio 
    • Local news item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Jan 25 1917, in its entirety:
      "Perry J. Ingle and Frank Ringer left Saturday evening for Akron, O., where they will work in a rubber factory."
    Died 13 Oct 1926  Ranger, Eastland Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6] 
    Cause: tuberculosis 
    Buried Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7, 8] 
    Person ID I80081  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 26 Nov 2018 

    Father William H. H. "Harry" RINGER,   b. 30 Dec 1843, Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jul 1899, Painter Run, near Porto Rico, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Mother Anna Frances TRAINER,   b. Dec 1865, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Nov 1938, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 72 years) 
    Family ID F34253  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Frank H Ringer, Passport Photo, 1923    		Frank H Ringer, Passport Photo, 1923

    Documents
    80081_RINGER_FrankHerbert_1893-1926_Obit.jpg    		80081_RINGER_FrankHerbert_1893-1926_Obit.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Obituary.

    2. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    3. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    4. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.

    5. [S691] West Union Herald, 1/25/1917.

    6. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 171 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5049408&Type=Death.
      Identified as Frank H. Ringer, single, oil worker, born Dec 1 1892 in Doddridge Co, son of W. H. H. Ringer (b. Pa) & Anna F. Ringer; died Oct 13 1926 in (location blank), age 32y 10m 12d, cause of death (blank), burial in West Union on Oct 20 1926. Informant: Anna F. Ringer.
      A second entry on the ledger-style death record contained nearly identical information, except that the death location was given as West Union in Doddridge County, that his employment as an oil worker was with J. E. Trainer, that his mother's name was Anna F. Trainer (b. in Doddridge Co), and that the cause of death was "Unknown." Informant again was Anna F. Ringer.
      A third death record, a death certificate filed at the Division of Vital Statistics, WV State Dept of Health, contains the same information as the second entry above, with cause of death given as tuberculosis. www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=698198&Type=Death
      Despite the foregoing, the obituary of Frank Herbert Ringer, printed in the West Union Herald of Oct 21 1926, clearly states that he died in Ranger, Texas, with other particulars conforming to the above.

    7. [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)).

    8. [S934] Findagrave.com.