Biography

08/03/1783 - 01/06/1869

Colonel Thomas Ringland (D20) Greene, Washington Counties, 1827-1834

Early Life: 

Colonel Thomas Ringland born August 3, 1783, County Down, Northern Ireland, 1783; son of William and Prudence Bailie Ringland (i); settled, Ten Mile Creek, Morris Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania (ii); engaged, farming: married Anna McCollum, 1811 (i); one daughter, five sons; Major, War of 1812; Colonel, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; elected, Democrat, House of Representatives, 1825-1827; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate 1828-1834; Speaker of the Senate, 1834; died, January 6, 1868 (aged 84) Grandview, Edgar County, Illinois, interment, Fairview Cemetery, Kansas, Edgar County, Illinois. (ii)

Early Career:

Major, War of 1812; Colonel, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Farming.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democrat, House of Representatives, 1825-1827.
Elected, Democrat (iii), Pennsylvania State Senate, 20^th district, Greene, Washington Counties, 1827-1834, chair, Militia Committee, 1829-1831; elected, Speaker of the Senate, 1834.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

Not available at this time

Legacy:

Moved, Grandview, Edgar County, Illinois, 1857. Daughter and one son had passed. All remaining sons lived in Grandview, Edgar County, Illinois. (iv)

Cited:   

1. The Last Will and Testament of William Ringland, Washington County, Pennsylvania Willbook 4, p. 301
2. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72030380/thomas-ringland
3. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/viewer.html?pdfurl=https%3A%2F%2Fstaffweb.wilkes.edu%2Fharold.cox%2Flegis%2F56S.pdf&clen=10402&chunk=true
4. History of Washington County, ed. Boyd Crumrine (Philadelphia: L.H. Everts and Co., 1882), 844-845.