Individual Details

In 1907 James took a job in Post City, Texas working as a bookkeeper for a railroad and its Commissary. After the railroad was completed he helped take a load of mules to Corinth, Mississippi. From there he went to Savannah, Tennessee and met his mothers relatives. This was the only time he saw his Robinson and Hargour cousins.

He settled on a Homestead just east of Sweetwater. His mother Martha Ann lived with him until her death. About 1919 they moved to an 800 acre farm he bought near Berlin. The children attended Berlin schools with all at least finishing the eighth grade.

1920 Roger Mills County OK Census: 97, 101, Berlin, Roll T625_1476, pg. 5B, ED 149.
Wingo, James B. 38 W M head M farmer TX TN TN, Sarah H. 28 W F wife M TX NC NY, William R. 6 1/12 W M son S OK TX TX, Marie J. 4 1/12 W F dau S OK TX TX, James B. Jr. 1 5/12 W M son S OK TX TX and
Wingo, Martha A. 73 W F mother Wd TN US TN

1930 Roger Mills County OK Census: 146, 152, Berlin, Roll 1929, pg. 7B, ED 3.
Wingo, James B. 48 W M head M31 farmer TX TN TN, Laura H. 38 W F wife M21 TX NC MO, Raymond W. 16 W M son S OK TX TX, Marie J. 14 W F dau S OK TX TX, James B. 12 W M son S OK TX TX, Floyd M. 10 W M son S OK TX TX, LeRoy 8 W M son S OK TX TX, Marjie M. 6 W F dau S OK TX TX, Dorothy L. 2 1/12 W F dau S OK TX TX

During the depression the older boys were leaving home to find work. In 1946 the farm was sold and the family lived at the French home place. In 1948 James, his wife and son Floyd took their Studebaker with a tarp on the back and began looking for a new start. They finally settled in eastern Oklahoma where free range land was available and they could run cattle in the mountains part of the year. James and his four sons bought land near Wilburton, Oklahoma.

1940 Roger Mills County OK Census: 81 O 500, Berlin, Roll T627_3329, pg. 4B, ED 65-2.
Wingo, James B. 58 W M head 6 family lived in same house in 1935 farmer M TX, Laura H. 49 W F wife 6 M TX, Leroy C. 18 W M son 6 farm laborer S OK, Marjorye M. 17 W F dau 8 attended school S OK, Dorthey L. 12 W F dau 4 attended school S OK, Jack D. 6 W M son 0 atended school S OK, Joyce G. 6 W F dau 0 attended school S OK

Birth	6 Sep 1881	Burleson, Johnson County, Texas, USA
Marriage	12 Nov 1912	Sweetwater, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma, USA - Laura Hycenth FRENCH
Burial	Jan 1957	Lutie Cemetery, Wilburton, Latimer County, Oklahoma, USA
Death	8 Jan 1957	Wilburton, Latimer County, Oklahoma, USA

Spouse	Laura Hycenth FRENCH (1891 - 1976)
Child	William Raymond WINGO (1913 - 2006)
Child	Marie Jewel WINGO (1915 - 1941)
Child	James Baxter "Jim" WINGO Jr. (1918 - 1986)
Child	Floyd Marvin WINGO (1920 - 2004)
Child	Leroy Clifton WINGO (1921 - 1999)
Child	Majorie Muriel WINGO (1923 - 1991)
Child	Dorothy Louise WINGO (1928 - 2016)
Child	Living
Child	Joyce Jean WINGO (1935 - )

Father	William H. WINGO (1838 - 1891)
Mother	Martha Ann ROBINSON (1846 - 1922)
Sibling	William WINGO (1871 - 1871)
Sibling	Elizabeth "Lizzie" WINGO (1872 - 1905)
Sibling	Bessie Etter WINGO (1874 - 1953)
Sibling	Mary Vergie WINGO (1876 - 1953)
Sibling	Pearl WINGO (1877 - 1877)
Sibling	Ona WINGO (1879 - 1966)
Sibling	Catera Belle WINGO (1885 - 1950)