Individual Details

1860 Franklin County AL Census: 824, 821, Eastern Div., Newburg PO, Roll M653_10, pg. 650.
Wingo, S. W. 29 W M overseer $0 $800 SC, Sarah A. 22 W F AL, Julia F. 2 W F AL

Eber enlisted in the Confederate Army in October 1862 at Tuscombia, Alabama where he joined Company L, 4'th Alabama Calvary (Roddey's Fourth Alabama and Roddey's Brigade) which was comprised of men from Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence and Walker Counties and was commanded by General Philip Roddey and General William Johnson. It spent the winter in Tennesse but returned to north Alabama in the spring of 1863 where it took part in raids and the harassment of Union forces. Eber was wounded at Moulton, Alabama in the summer of 1863, but recovered and returned to his unit.

In April, 1864 the unit was transferred to the Division of Nathan Bedford Forrest, Army of Tennessee. Lieutenant General Forrest was a master of mounted infantry raids and just the mention of his name sent fear through opposing Union Troops.

Ebers company was involved in one of General Forrest's most stunning victories over Union forces. June 10, 1864 was General Forest's supreme moment of glory which took place at a heavly wooded intersection of two roads in northern Mississippi know as Brice's Crossroads. General Sherman was moving toward Atlanta and had dispatched an 8,000 man force under the command of General Sturgis to stop the harrassment of his supply lines by General Forrest's troops. General Forrest factoring in the mud-clogged roads and the hot Mississippi sun, predicted the Federal Calvary would arrive well ahead of the infantry, and thus give him time to whip them on his own terms. When the Northern foot sholders would finally come up, exhausted by the heat, he would be able to ride right over them, too.

It all happened exactly as Forrest said it would. Forest had 3,300 troops to 8,000 for General Sturges. In the day long battle fighting was so close that guns once fired were not able to be reloaded and had to be used as clubs. Sturges was badly beaten with 2,400 killed,captured or missing and the loss of most of his artillery and 176 supply wagons.

General Sherman was so enraged he vowed he would hunt Forrest and kill him even if it cost ten thousand lives and bankrupt the Federal Treasury, although that never happened. Ebers unit returned to Alabama and subsequently participated in combat action from Montevallo to Selma. A large portion of his unit was captured at Selma on April 2, 1965 with the remainder surrounding at Pond Springs (Blue Springs) at the end of the war.

1866 State of AL Census: Franklin County T6R11, pg. 93, line .
Wingo, Ebo Males: 1 = over 10, 1 = over 20, number of males = 2,
Females: 3 = under 10, 1 = over 20, number of females = 4, total = 6.

1870 Alcorn County MS Census: 11, 11, T2R6, Kossuth PO, Roll M593_720, pg. 31.
Wingen, Allie 40 W M farm hand NC, Sallie 35 W F k-h AL, Julia 12 W F AL, Ann 8 W F MS, Kate 7 W F MS, Bob 6 W M MS, Tom 4 W M MS

Settled in Ripley area of Tippah County, Mississippi between 1870-1875. Buried in Bridges Cemetery, located on Tippah/Prentiss County line.

1880 Tippah County MS Census: 42, 43, beat 5, Roll T9_666, pg. 5, ED 193.
Wings, Eber S. 51 W M self farmer M SC SC SC, Sarah A. 41 W F wife k-h M AL TN TN, Julia F. 20 W F dau at home M AL SC AL, S. Ann 17 W F dau at home attended school M AL SC AL, N. Catherine 15 W F dau at home M AL SC AL, Robert C. 14 W M son farm laborer attended school M AL SC AL, George E. 8 W M son attended school M MS SC AL, Rosalie L. 6 W F dau M MS SC AL, John S. 2 W M son M MS SC AL

1900 Tippah County MS Census: 230, 232, Beat 4, Roll T623_829, pg. 13A, ED 109.
Wingo, Eber S. 69 W M b Nov 1830 head M43 farmer SC SC SC, Sarah A. 61 W F b Sept 1838 wife M43 9/7 AL TN TN, Sarah E. 39 W F b Dec 1860 dau S house work AL SC AL, Hughey B. 15 W M b Aug 1884 son S MS SC AL and
Rinehart, Frank S. 27 W M b Aug 1872 son-in-law Wd TN GA TN, Jesse P. 5/12 W M b Feb 1900 g-son S MS TN MS

1910 Tippah County MS Census: 171, 179, Tippah beat 3, Roll T624_757, part 2, pg. 212A.
Wingo, Ezra S. 79 W M head M1 53 SC VA VA, Sarah A 7? W F wife M1 53 9/6 AL TN TN, Hugh B. 23 W M son S public school teacher MS SC AL

Wingo, E. S. applied for a Confederate pension in 1916. in Tippah County, Mississippi. Said he served in the 4th Alabama.

Wingo, E. S. (102919) died Tuesday, age 92; Conf. Vet.; buried in cemetery near Prentiss County Line.
from Vol 2 1915-1936 Death Notices of Tippah County, Mississippi

Wingo, Sarah E. applied for a Confederate pension in 1920 in Tippah County, Mississippi. Said her husband servied in the 4'th Alabama.

1920 Tippah County MS Census: 165, 166, beat 4, Roll T625_896, pg. 9B, ED 109.
Wings, Sarrah 88 W F mother Wd AL TN TN with
Wings, Robert E. 54 W M head M farmer AL SC AL, Malinda 47 W F wife M MS MS MS, Verna 21 W M son S MS MS MS, Marsy 15 W M son S MS MS MS, Retia 13 W F dau S MS MS MS, Virginia 10 W F dau S MS MS MS and
Garrett, Joseph 46 W M brother-in-law Wd MS MS MS

Birth	20 Nov 1828	Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
Marriage	1855	Franklin County, Alabama, USA - Sarah Elizabeth DAVIDSON
Burial	Oct 1919	Bridges Family Cemetery, Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA
Death	21 Oct 1919	Ripley, Tippah County, Mississippi, USA
CSA Register		Served in 4th Alabama Infantry, CSA; Mississipi Confederate Grave Register

Spouse	Sarah Elizabeth DAVIDSON (1838 - 1924)
Child	Julia Frances WINGO (1858 - 1951)
Child	Sarah Ann E. "Annie" WINGO (1860 - 1904)
Child	Nancy Katherine "Nannie" WINGO (1861 - 1953)
Child	Robert Eber WINGO (1865 - 1954)
Child	Thomas WINGO (1866 - 1880)
Child	George Andrew WINGO (1872 - 1951)
Child	Rosalie L. "Rosa" WINGO (1875 - 1900)
Child	John S. WINGO (1879 - 1911)
Child	Hugh Buchanan "Hughey" WINGO (1884 - 1966)

Father	Robert Ligon WINGO (1801 - 1880)
Mother	Living
Sibling	Abner W. "Ab" WINGO (1835 - 1900)
Sibling	Frances Elizabeth Adaline "Betsy" WINGO (1840 - 1880)
Sibling	Amelia Rebecca WINGO (1851 - 1899)
Sibling	Living
Sibling	Living
Sibling	Living