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Samuel Gingle, farmer and fruit grower, of Caroline Township, was born in York District, S. C, in January, 1827, and was the son of Lee and Delia (Darwin) Gingle, originally from North and South Carolina, respectively. Samuel’s mother died when he was a small boy, leaving five other children, of whom he is the only one now living. Coming to Lonoke County, Ark., about 1854, he remained here until the breaking out of the war, when he enlisted in the Confederate service in September, 1861, in Company B, of the Fourth Arkansas Battalion. He was in the battles of Richmond (Ky.), Chickamauga, Murfreesboro and at Atlanta, where, July 28, 1864, he was shot through the left hand, then receiving his discharge on account of disability. Returning to South Carolina, he remained until near the close of hostilities, subsequently rejoining his regiment, and serving throughout the war, after which he returned to Arkansas. Mr. Gingle was married about 1869, to Nannie L. Chisom, a widow, whose maiden name was Tune. They are the parents of four children, three only now living: Anna, Samuel and Susan. Mr. Gingle has a fine farm of 100 acres, forty of which are under cultivation, his large orchard of some seven acres, besides a tract of about one acre in strawberries, forming prominent features of the place. He is a prominent Democrat and a Royal Arch Mason. Mrs. Gingle and children are member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.