Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. 
Charles Blanchard, Editor. Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1884

MORGAN COUNTY
ASHLAND TOWNSHIP
PAGE 341

JOHN WINGLER, farmer and stock-raiser of this township, and also a
manufacturer of brick, was born March 5, 1842, in this county, and is the 
youngest of four children born to John and Eva (Knoy) Wingler, both de-
ceased, natives of Indiana and North Carolina, and of German extraction.
John was reared a farmer, being poorly educated.  When he was quite 
young, his parents died, and he lived with his grandfather, George Knoy,
until his twentieth year. At that time he enlisted in Company H, Seventy-
ninth Indiana Infantry, August 20, 1862, and remained in the service until
September, 1863, when he was discharged on account of disability.  He
was engaged in numerous skirmishes, and on his return home he engaged
in farming.  In the year 1873, he began manufacturing brick, and has since
that time burned about 12,000,000.  Mr. Wigler married, November 2,
1865, Milkey Costin, of this county.  They have had six children--Lewis F.,
Ella F., Katy E., Jesse E., and two infants unnamed.  He belongs to the 
I. O. O. F., and his wife to the Christian Church.  He is a Democrat.  He
is industrious, and is now cultivating a nice farm of forty acres, which is well
improved.

Data Entry Volunteer:  Diana Flynn 

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