My Genealogy Hound

Eugene D. Tingle, editor and proprietor of the Humansville Bee, and attorney at law at Humansville, is a native of Maryland, born at Snow Hill, Worcester County, July 4, 1840, and the son of Judge William and Sallie Maria (Williamson) Tingle. Judge Tingle was a native of Maryland, and occupied a seat on the bench of the twelfth judicial district for over twenty years. He died at Snow Hill in his sixty-ninth year. Judge Tingle was a son of Capt. Daniel Tingle, who was a sea captain, and who perished on his ship, which was supposed to have been burned at sea by pirates. Daniel Tingle was also supposed to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and was the son of an English gentleman, who made a home for himself in America. Sallie Maria (Williamson) Tingle was the daughter of Rev. Stewart Williamson, a Presbyterian divine, and a prominent man in that church in early times. He was a native of Pennsylvania. Eugene D. Tingle grew to manhood in his native State, completed a literary course of study at Newark Academy, Delaware, and his legal studies were finished at the University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia. He practiced law for a few years at Snow Hill, Md., and in 1869 came to Shelbyville, Mo., where he practiced his profession for quite a while, serving as superintendent of schools of Shelby County for several years. He was married at Shelbyville, Mo., to Miss Mary C. Boettcher, a native of Missouri, and a lady of education and refinement, being a graduate of the Christian College of Columbia, Mo. To Mr. and Mrs. Tingle were born two children, Thomas Rackliffe Fassitt, and Willie (deceased). In December, 1888, Mr., Tingle came to Humansville. Mo., and started the Weekly Bee, a Democratic paper, which is a spicy sheet, full of news and useful information. Mr. Tingle has traveled extensively in the interest of news papers and real estate, having been a correspondent for different interests.