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

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

VALENTINE RINGLE, proprietor of the Wisconsin River Pilot, Wausau, was born in Germantown, Wis., June 8, 1847, and engaged in teaching when he was seventeen years old. He taught two terms, and, in December, 1865, established the Wisconsin River Pilot, and has been proprietor of that paper ever since. He learned the printer's trade when he was twelve years of age. In January, 1870, he established the Wausau Wochenblatt. Mr. Ringle has been City Treasurer twice, and Alderman two terms. He was married in Wausau, Aug. 29, 1869, to Aurora E. Engel, who was born in Germany. They have five children — Aurora E., Clara L., Martha, Antoinette L., and an infant daughter. Mr. Ringle is a member of the A. O. U. W., and of the Wausau Cornet Band.