He was born May 3, 1850 at Greens Fork Wayne County Indiana, USA. He was born into a good family.
Born John Peters Ringo on May 3, 1850, the oldest child of Martin and Mary (Peters) Ringo in Washington, Wayne County, Indiana, Johnny became the proverbial black sheep of the family. He did go to school in Gallatin, Missouri, which was where his father moved the family in 1856 to escape the increasing vigilante activity in Indiana, but he only had an elementary school education. After two Confederate nightriders were lynched by Union forces on the Ringo farm in 1862, Martin Ringo decided to sell out. In 1864, Martin headed his family toward San Jose, California. Following an Indian attack in Wyoming, Martin Ringo accidentally shot his brains …show more content…
with auburn hair, dark somber eyes, easy manners, and showing the marks of education and refinement.
Crime they are known for-John Peter Ringgold is known for fighting in a war with Scotty cooley in the Mason County War of 1874-1876. Also when Moses Baird was killed in a bloody ambush in Mason County, Ringo and a man named Williams promptly took up arms and went after the killer, putting a bullet through the man at a water trough
Death- July 18, 1882 Cochise County Arizona, USA. Discoverers have that there was a bullet wound in his body from the fired shotgun round that was fired. He killed himself. His boots were missing, and his coat had been torn from him, strips of cloth from his coat binding his feet and hands. At his right side leaned his Winchester, and beside it was his hat. Two cartridge belts were about his body, one upside down. His pistol belt was full. The rifle belt had only seven cartridges in it. His right hand held a Colt .45. The gun sight, caught in his watch chain, prevented his hand from dropping into his lap. He had placed the gun against his head, above his right ear, and pulled the trigger. Only one shell was fired. His horse was found up the canyon. His boots were tied to the
Born John Peters Ringo on May 3, 1850, the oldest child of Martin and Mary (Peters) Ringo in Washington, Wayne County, Indiana, Johnny became the proverbial black sheep of the family. He did go to school in Gallatin, Missouri, which was where his father moved the family in 1856 to escape the increasing vigilante activity in Indiana, but he only had an elementary school education. After two Confederate nightriders were lynched by Union forces on the Ringo farm in 1862, Martin Ringo decided to sell out. In 1864, Martin headed his family toward San Jose, California. Following an Indian attack in Wyoming, Martin Ringo accidentally shot his brains …show more content…
with auburn hair, dark somber eyes, easy manners, and showing the marks of education and refinement.
Crime they are known for-John Peter Ringgold is known for fighting in a war with Scotty cooley in the Mason County War of 1874-1876. Also when Moses Baird was killed in a bloody ambush in Mason County, Ringo and a man named Williams promptly took up arms and went after the killer, putting a bullet through the man at a water trough
Death- July 18, 1882 Cochise County Arizona, USA. Discoverers have that there was a bullet wound in his body from the fired shotgun round that was fired. He killed himself. His boots were missing, and his coat had been torn from him, strips of cloth from his coat binding his feet and hands. At his right side leaned his Winchester, and beside it was his hat. Two cartridge belts were about his body, one upside down. His pistol belt was full. The rifle belt had only seven cartridges in it. His right hand held a Colt .45. The gun sight, caught in his watch chain, prevented his hand from dropping into his lap. He had placed the gun against his head, above his right ear, and pulled the trigger. Only one shell was fired. His horse was found up the canyon. His boots were tied to the