Joseph Wallace Ring (1826–) • FamilySearch

Joseph Wallace Ring

April 1826–
Marshall, Tennessee, United States

The Life Summary of Joseph Wallace

When Joseph Wallace Ring was born in April 1826, in Marshall, Tennessee, United States, his father, Lewis Ring, was 21 and his mother, Jane Hogg, was 18. He married Sarah Ann Sledge on 24 December 1848, in Marshall, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Maury, Tennessee, United States for about 20 years and Civil District 25, Maury, Tennessee, United States in 1900.

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Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

Joseph Wallace Ring

1826–

Sarah Ann Sledge

1831–1904

Marriage: 24 December 1848

Aaron Henderson Ring

1850–1888

Sterling Lewis Ring

1852–

Elizabeth Jane Ring

1854–1909

Thomas Pinkney Ring

1856–1916

John Columbus Ring

1860–1950

James L Ring

1861–1932

William Jackson Ring

1863–1936

Amanda Melissa Ring

1866–

Margaret L Ring

1869–

Melvin Alphus Ring

1872–1953

Joe Ring

1893–

Spouse and Children

Joseph Wallace Ring

Male1826–Male

Sarah Ann Sledge

Female1831–1904Female

Children

(11)

Aaron Henderson Ring

Male1850–1888Male

Sterling Lewis Ring

Male1852–Male

Elizabeth Jane Ring

Female1854–1909Female

Thomas Pinkney Ring

Male1856–1916Male

John Columbus Ring

Male1860–1950Male

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Parents and Siblings

Lewis Ring

Male1805–1885Male

Jane Hogg

Female1808–1895Female

Siblings

(14)

Male1824–1897Male

Male1826–Male

Male1827–1905Male

Female1830–1891Female

Andrew Jackson Ring

Male1832–1862Male

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World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Age 4

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1835 · The Hermitage is Built
Age 9

The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.

1862 · Battle of Shiloh
Age 36

The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.

Name Meaning

Ring

Joseph

Wallace

1 English, German, and Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a maker of rings (from Middle English ring, Middle High German rinc, Middle Dutch ring), either to be worn as jewelry or as component parts of chain-mail, harnesses, and other objects. In part it may also have arisen as a nickname for a wearer of a ring.2 Scandinavian: from ring ‘ring’, probably an ornamental name but possibly applied in the same sense as 3 or 1.3 German: topographic name from Middle High German, Middle Low German rink, rinc ‘circle’.

Possible Related Names

Reen

Rinck

Ringel

Ringer

Ringhofer

Ringling

Rings

Rink

Rinke

Sources (13)

Joseph W King, "United States Census, 1870"
Joseph W King, "United States Census, 1860"
Joseph Ring, "United States Census, 1850"

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