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Ringo, John, 1850-1882

LC control no.n 82052477
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Personal name headingRingo, John, 1850-1882
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Variant(s)Ringgold, John, 1850-1882
Ringo, 1850-1882
Ringo, John (John Peters), 1850-1882
Ringold, John, 1850-1882
Associated countryMason County (Tex.) Tombstone (Ariz.)
Birth date18500303
Death date18820713
Place of birthWashington (Ind.)
Place of deathArizona
Profession or occupationgunfighter cowboy
Found inScott, L. Tombstone showdown, 1957.
Garwood, W.R. Ringo's tombstone, c1981: t.p. (Ringo) p. 1, etc. (Sergeant John Ringold; Tex. ranger; undercover name, John Ringo; resumed true identity in 1882)
Traywick, B.T. John Peters Ringo, mythical gunfighter, 1987: p. 2 (b. Mar. 3, 1850; d. July 13, 1882)
johnnyringo.com, WWW, Mar. 9, 2011 (John Peters Ringo, b. May 3, 1850, in Washington (Clay township), Indiana, and d. July 11, 1882, outside of Galeyville, Arizona, of an apparent suicide; was involved in the Hoodoo War, or Mason County War in Texas; fought in the gunfight at the O. K. Corral, in Arizona; a cowboy and a gunfighter)
Information from 678 field, converted Dec. 1, 2014 (d. 1882; family name, Ringgold)
Associated languageeng