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Ezekiel Dingman, a well known, prosperous farmer and a survivor of the Civil War, resides on a valuable, well improved farm of 120 acres, situated in section 33, Novi township, Oakland County. Mr. Dingman was born in Greece township, Monroe County, New York, in 1840, and is a son of William and Flora (Sperry) Dingman.

William Dingman came from New York with his family to Michigan in 1842, and located on a rented farm in West Bloomfield township, Oakland County. His death occurred at Farmington. The children of William Dingman and wife were the following: Charles, deceased; Ezekiel, of this sketch; George, Adelaide and Alice, deceased; and Mary, wife of Morris Johnson, — they are now residents of the State of Washington, but expect to make their future home in Oakland County.

Our subject was but a babe of two years when his parents came to Michigan, and he was reared and educated in Oakland County. He grew up on the farm and has been an agriculturist all his life, with the exception of the years which he gave to the defense of his country. In the spring of 1861 he was one of the first to respond to the call of President Lincoln, and as a member of the 2nd Reg., Michigan Vol. Inf., took part in the first battle of Bull Run. Later he was detailed in the quartermaster’s department, and served until the spring of 1864, when he was mustered out at Detroit. Upon his return to Oakland County, Mr. Dingman resumed farming, and in 1893 purchased his present valuable property, which, through fertility of the soil and advantageous location, is admirably suited to general farming and stock raising. He has been very successful in his operations and is classed with the substantial men of the township.

In 1868 Mr. Dingman married Anna McDermott, who is a daughter of William and Mary (O’Donnell) McDermott. Mrs. Dingman’s parents came from Ireland to America in 1833, and after nine years of residence in New York came to Michigan, in 1842, locating in Southfield township, Oakland County, where Mr. McDermott purchased a farm, on which property he died in November,1889, preceded by his wife, in 1886. Mr. and Mrs. Dingman have two sons, — William H. and Charles H. The former married Hattie Pease, daughter of Henry and Sarah Pease, of Plymouth, Michigan. Mr. Dingman is identified with the Republican party. He is a valued comrade in the local G. A. R. Post.