Individual Details

1860

Benjamin Wingo, private to corporal, Company A, 12'th Missouri Cavalry. Mustered in at Benton Barracks, Ironton, Missouri, 3/17/1864. Age 30 years and 4 moths, 5' 8" tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, and a farmer by occupation.
Served in Missouri and Kansas. Promoted to Corporal 8/1/1864. Mustered out 4/9/1866 at Ft. Levenworth, Kansas. He was 5'9", light complexion, blue eyes, brown hair, farmer.

See National Archives for pension record. Pension file number XC2,702,619. Service papers in National Archives gives place of birth as Giles County, Tennessee. His regiment went on Powder River Expedition in summer of 1865 against Red Cloud (Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee).

Around 1868 he returned to a farm in Greene County, Missouri.

1870 Dallas County MO Census: 115, 112, Buffalo PO, Jackson, Roll M593_773, pg. 167.
Wingo, Benjamin 36 W M farmer $800 $475 TN, Francis 34 W F k-h TN, George H. 2 W M at home MO and
Jackson, Isain 17 W M work on farm MO, Nancy 16 W F without occupation MO, Needham 13 W M work on farm $0 $375 MO, Hannah C. 73 W F without occupation SC

In 1874 used Solders and Sailers Homestead Act to acquire adjacent lands in Sec.27 ts 32 rg 20, in Springfield Missouri U. S. Land Office, Final Homestead Certificate No. 3299. File states age of 45 yrs., wife, three children, Step daughter and one child.

1880 Dallas County MO Census: 158, 162, Jackson, Roll T9_684, pg. 20, ED 25.
Wings, Benjamin 46 W M self farming M TN SC SC, Frances 48 W F wife k-hM TN TN TN, George H. 12 W M son S MO TN TN, Martin J. 11 W M son S MO TN TN, Wilber H. 8 W M son S MO TN TN

Dallas Co., Mo Marriage Book pg. 208-209, 3/1/1885 Mastin m Louisa Tinsley at residence of Benj. Wingo, mariage by E. D. Fortner, MG

1900 Greene County MO Census: 594, 610, N. Campbell, Roll T623_856, pg. 31A, ED 61.
Wingo, Benjamin 66 W M b Oct 1833 M4 farmer TN SC SC, Nancy C. 43 W F b Sept 1856 M4 0/0 MO KY TN

Buried in grave #1753, Section 13 National Cemetery, Springfield, Missouri. d 1907.

1910 Greene County MO Census: ?, 7 wd., Springfield, Roll T624_782, part 3, pg. 44B.
Wings, Nancy C. 52 W F aunt Wd 0/0 private family house keeper MO KY TN with
King, Luther C. 28 W M head Wd house carpenter MO MO MO, Ema W. 4 W F dau S MO MO MO, James Beryl 1 10/12 W M son S MO MO MO

Birth	30 Oct 1833	Giles County, Tennessee, USA
Marriage	Abt 1867	Frances WALLS
Marriage	22 Nov 1896	Dallas County, Missouri, USA - Nancy C. CRAIG
Death	26 Mar 1907	Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA

Spouse

Nancy C. CRAIG (1856 - 1951)

Spouse	Frances WALLS (1831 - 1889)
Child	George Hamilton WINGO (1868 - 1945)
Child	Martin Jackson "Jack" WINGO (1870 - 1944)
Child	Wilbur Harrison WINGO (1871 - 1960)

Father	Wiley Charles WINGO (1797 - 1881)
Mother	Nancy H. CUNNINGHAM (1800 - 1882)
Sibling	Permelia WINGO (1819 - 1834)
Sibling	William Clark WINGO (1821 - 1862)
Sibling	Francis Segal "Sig and Frank" WINGO (1825 - 1889)
Sibling	Angeline WINGO (1827 - 1896)
Sibling	Theron WINGO (1829 - 1880)
Sibling	Willis WINGO (1831 - )
Sibling	Wiley Jackson WINGO (1836 - 1863)
Sibling	Jasper Joseph WINGO (1838 - 1923)
Sibling	Elizabeth Oney WINGO (1843 - 1924)
Sibling	Nancy Ellen WINGO (1845 - 1890)
Sibling	Franklin WINGO (1847 - )