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Born 1827
From A Biographical Record of Clark County Ohio (1902), The History of Clark County Ohio, (1881)
THOMAS WINGATE, merchant; P. O. Catawba. He isa son of Peter Wingate, native of Cecil Co., Md., who moved to Delaware in 1834, and emigrated to Ohio in 1844, and located in the eastern part of Pleasant Township, Clark Co; lived there ten years; then moved to the southern part of Missouri, and lived there until his death. Thomas was born Jan. 24, 1827, in Maryland; came to Ohio with his parents; was raised and educated a farmer. When he attained his majority, he learned the trade of a carpenter and followed the business six years. In 1856, he went to Missouri, and while there he engaged in farming six years. He returned to Ohio in 1865, and embarked in the mercantile business in Catawba. He keeps a fine general merchandise store, with a good assortment of the best grade of goods; is a liberal, wide-awake citizen and business man, and enjoys a good paying trade, and the confidence of a large number of warm friends. He was married Jan. 16, 1853, to Miss Mary Lafferty. They had six children, five of whom are living, viz., Laura, Ella, George, Burton and Maude. Mr. Wingate has held the office of Township Treasurer for eight years.
As printed in The History of Clark County Ohio, (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
THOMAS R. WINGATE.
Thomas R. Wingate is a retired merchant of Catawba. For many years he has been widely and favorably known in Clark county, dating his residence here from 1844. He was born on the eastern shore of Maryland, in) Cecil county, January 24, 1827, and is of English lineage. His great-grandfather was a native of England while the grandfather of our subject, born in this country, served as a soldier of the Revolutionary war, valiantly aiding in the struggle to throw off the yoke of British oppression and establish the American Republic. Peter Wingate, the father of our subject, was born in Maryland and became a soldier of the war of 1812. About 1844 he came tc Ohio, settling in Pleasant township, Clark county, where he lived until 1856, there following farming upon a tract of land which he transformed from its wild state. He married Eliza Ward, who was also of English descent, her people having come to the United States about the time the Wingate family was founded in the new world. She, too, was born in Maryland and she died in Delaware, at the age of forty-two years, after which her husband always remained a widower. He survived her about twenty years and passed away in Missouri, in 1864, at the ripe old age of seventy-seven years. They were the parents of seven children but the only one now living is Thomas P. Wingate of this review, the second in order of birth. One son, James, was killed in a skirmish during the Civil war, when only twenty years of age. Robert W. was a member of the Home Guard in the state of Missouri during the Rebellion. The other members of the family were George, Susan, Mary and Martha, all of whom died in early life. They were educated in the common schools. The father gave his political support to the Whig party until its dissolution, when he became an advocate of the principles of the new Republican party. In religious faith he was a Universalist while his wife was identified with the Methodist Episcopal church. Thomas R. Wingate, spent the first seven years of his life in of this review,
As printed in A Biographical Record of Clark County Ohio (1902). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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