Individual Details

Joined the Confederate Army as a private on 10/19/1861 in Lightwood Knot Springs, South Carolina by Adjt. J. C. Calhoun for the term of the war. His unit was Company C. 13'th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry. He served in Virginia, Pennsylvania and Maryland. He was captured after the Battle of Gettysburg, PA on 7/14/1863 while fighting a rear guard action at Falling Waters, MD as General Lee's Army of Northern Virginia crossed the Potomac River.

He was a prisoner of war at Point Lookout, MD until 1/25/1864 when he took an oath of allegiance and joined the U. S. Service and was posted in the West for service against the hostile indians in the Dakota Territory. Ransom began service at Fort Rice, Dakota Territory on 10/17/1864 in Company B, 1'st Regiment U.S. Volunter Infantry/mounted, fighting the Sioux Indians. He was mustered out on 11/27/1865 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

1870 Collin County TX Census: 619, 634, McKinney PO, Prct. 1, Roll M593_1579, pg. 364.
Wingo, Ransom 25 W M farm laborer SC with
Cummings, John 37 W M plow maker $4,000 $1,000 NC, Elizabeth 36 W F k-h TN + children

1880 McLennan County TX Census: 202, 211, Roll T9_1318, pg. 22, ED 106.
Wingo, R. F. 34 W M ? S bridge hand S TX -- with
Locks, Jas E. 30 W M self M bridge hand M VA VA VA, Piatt 21 W F wife M VA VA VA , 2 S children + 7 bridge hands

1900 McLennan County TX Census: 721, 303, 333, Waco ward 1, Roll T623_1656, pg. 28B, ED 104.
Wingo, R. F. 54 W F b Dec 1843 head M 13 grocer SC SC SC, Sabra 36 W F b ? wife M 13 1/0 TX IL IL and
Smalley, Ella 18 W F b Aug 1881 cousin S TX TX TX

1910 McLennan County TX Census: 1410, 50, 53, Waco ward 6, Roll T624_1575, part 1, pg. 290B.
Wingo, Ransom F. 65 W M head M2 21 house carpenter SC SC SC, Sabra C. 45 W M wife M1 21 1/0 TX IL IL and
Smallery, Ella 25 W F lodger S millery trimmer TX TX TX

Birth	18 Dec 1845	Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
Marriage	6 Aug 1874	Waco, McLennan County, Texas, USA - Ellenor "Ella" BENNETT
Marriage	6 Dec 1886	Waco, McLennan County, Texas, USA - Sabra RUBEL
Burial	Jul 1910	Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, McLennan County, Texas, USA
Death	26 Jul 1910	Waco, McLennan County, Texas, USA

Spouse	Ellenor "Ella" BENNETT ( - 1877)
Child	James Jesse WINGO Sr. (1876 - 1945)
Child	Ella K. WINGO (1877 - )

Spouse

Sabra RUBEL ( - 1959)

Father	Jesse Seay WINGO (1802 - 1877)
Mother	Nancy Jane "Jinsa or Jinsey" FOSTER (1803 - )
Sibling	Oney Adelia WINGO (1828 - 1904)
Sibling	William Johnson WINGO (1830 - 1884)
Sibling	Joseph Henry WINGO (1833 - 1870)
Sibling	Thomas W. WINGO (1832 - 1863)
Sibling	Elizabeth T. WINGO (1836 - 1861)
Sibling	Harriet W. WINGO (1838 - 1865)
Sibling	Melinda J. WINGO (1840 - 1841)
Sibling	Andrew G. WINGO (1842 - 1843)
Sibling	Deliah WINGO (1845 - )