FRED LEE LINGLE. In Dr. Fred Lee Lingle, Alto Pass has a skilled
physician, a worthy citizen and a representative of a family which has been
closely identified with the history of Union county since its organization.
He was born October 17, 1881, and is the son of George W. Lingle., born in
1850 and yet living on his farm in Cobden, Union county, which was the place
of his birth. The father of George W. Lingle and the grandfather of Dr. Fred
Lee Lingle was Henry Lingle, a native of North Carolina, and a man of German
extraction. In the early twenties Henry Lingle, together with several other
home-seekers from the Carolinas, came to Union county. At one time in the
early history of that county Henry Lingle owned the piece of land,
comprising one hundred and twenty acres, which is now the site of the town
of Cobden. When the Illinois Central Railroad went through that region in
1855 he sold his entire holdings to Dan Davie at a good figure, and then
moved out seven miles east of the Cobden townsite, where he bought his farm
of five hundred acres. His wife, Elizabeth (Vansel) Lingle, still lives.
Henry Lingle fought in the Mexican war, winning a splendid record in his
service. His son, George W. Lingle, is the owner of a farm of one hundred
and forty acres, ninety acres of which is a part of the old Lingle farm. He
was a prosperous man, and in addition to his agricultural interests was for
many years the owner of a large flouring mill in the northern part of Union
county, which he operated successfully and profitably. His wife was Amelia
C. Brooks, a daughter of Larkin Brooks, a native of North Carolina, and she
bore him four children: Dr. Willis E., of Cobden, Illinois; Dr. Fred Lee, of
Alto Pass; George Melvin, on the Cobden farm; and Naomi.
Dr. Fred Lee Lingle was educated in the common schools of Cobden and in the
Southern Illinois Normal at Carbondale; following his graduation therefrom
he began his medical studies, in September, 1900, in the St. Louis College
of Physicians and Surgeons, and after an attendance of four years he was
graduated in 1904. He immediately began the practice of medicine at Herrin,
Illinois, remaining there for six months only, following which he practiced
for a similar period at Pomona, Illinois. On May 6, 1905, Dr. Lingle located
at Alto Pass, and in the six years of his residence here he has built up an
extensive practice, covering a territory of seven miles north, ten miles
west, three miles east and two and a half miles south.
Dr. Lingle is a member of the Union County and the Illinois State Medical
Associations, and in a fraternal way is a member of the Modern Woodmen of
America, local lodge at Alto Pass, and of the A. P. & A. M.
On December 24, 1905, Dr. Lingle was married to Miss Jennie Dameron, of
Union county, a daughter of William J. and Elzadah Dameron. They are the
parents of one child, Myrtle Lorena, now three years old. Dr. Lingle and his
wife are members of the Congregational church of Alto Pass.
Extracted from 1912 A History of Southern Illinois, volume 2, pages 597-598.
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