Lingenfelter, George W.
Born: 1820-XX-XX Kentucky
Died: 1861-06-14 Illinois
Flourished: Mount Carmel, Illinois
George W. Lingenfelter was a saddler, postmaster, and a Republican. He lived in Mount Carmel, Illinois, at least as early as 1847 and manufactured and sold leather goods. He married sometime around 1847, and he and his wife, Delia, had at least six children together. By 1860, his personal estate was valued at $150. In May 1860, he served as one of Wabash County's delegates to the Republican State Convention held in Decatur, Illinois. During the 1860 Federal Election, he also contributed pro-Republican articles to the
Mount Carmel Register (IL), 7 April 1847, 4:3, 30 August 1894, 5:1; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Mount Carmel, Wabash County, IL, 386; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Mount Carmel, Wabash County, IL, 83; Illinois Daily State Journal (Springfield), 12 May 1860, 2:3; Register of Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States, on the Thirtieth September, 1861 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1862), *369; Washington, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1851-1970, 12 July 1878, Snohomish County (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, 2015).