Bio: Ringle, John (1881)
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Surnames: Ringle, Engel

----Source: The History of Northern Wisconsin (Marathon County, Wis.) 1881, page 566

JOHN RINGLE, merchant, Wausau, was born in Herman, Dodge Co., Wis., Oct. 2, 1848, and lived there until May, 1859, when he came to Wausau. He clerked in the County Clerk's office several years, and in 1872, was elected Clerk, and re-elected in 1874 and 1876. Two years prior to entering upon his duties as County Clerk, he had engaged in abstract and real estate business. He has been City Assessor, and in the Fall of 1878, he was elected Assemblyman, and was re-elected in 1879 and 1880. He has been Supervisor for the last two years, and is Chairman of the County Board at the present time. He has been engaged in lumbering for the last three years. Mr. Ringle was married in Wausau, September, 1872, to Augusta Engel, who was born in Germany. They have five children — Gustav Charles, Edward Bartholomew, Annie Louise, Oscar Louis, and Caroline Beatrice. Mr. Ringle is a member of the A., F. & A. M., and of the I. O. O. F.