When Henry Ringo was born in 1783, in Loudoun, Virginia, United States, his father, Philip Ringo, was 33 and his mother, Margaret Padgett, was 29. He married Katherine Pleakanstalver in 1808. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 8 April 1849, in Hillsboro, Fleming, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Edens Chapel Cemetery, Hillsboro, Fleming, Kentucky, United States.