Edward H. Lingo (October 12, 1838 at Millsboro, Delaware – January 27, 1927 at Denison, Grayson County, Texas), was a Texas lumberman.[1] In later life he was described as "[T]he oldest and staunchest exponent of the industry in the state of Texas, and a man esteemed and admired by a nationwide following of friends"; an appreciation published in 1914 in the Gulf Coast Lumberman states that he was a "remarkable man from a variety of viewpoints…one of the original organizers of the Lumberman's Association of Texas, and one of the ex-presidents of the association...long a strong adherent and abettor of that organization and a power in its councils. He is one of the most progressive men in the industry...a favorite with both the young and the old—famous for the virile optimism that makes him a figure of natural prominence in any lumber gathering."[2]
Edward H. Lingo | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 October 1838 |
| Died | 27 January 1927 (aged 88) |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | U.S.A. |
| Occupation | Lumberman |
| Known for | Entrepreneur in the Texas lumber business |
He moved from Delaware to Chillicothe, Missouri in 1852 with his widowed mother. After attending Central College at Fayette, Missouri, he first went into business as a dry goods merchant, worked for several years in California, and in 1867 began his long and noteworthy career as a lumberman. In 1872 he moved to Denison, Grayson County, Texas, which had recently become a railroad town and a center of population and industry, and entered a partnership with J. P. Leeper & Company, later Waples, Lingo & Company. In 1888 he was founding partner of the firm of Burton-Lingo Company, which became one of the great lumber firms of the Southwest and was an important factor in town construction in Texas.[3] He served as president of the Texas Lumbermen's Association and was a prominent supporter of the Episcopal Church in Texas.[4] at Dallas, Texas, which continued as a family business with his son as manager.[1] He also organized the Lingo-Leeper & Company lime yard firm, which expanded to more than fifty cities and towns in North Texas and Oklahoma. In later years, he founded the Lingo Lumber Company[4] at Dallas, Texas, which continued as a family business with his son as manager.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Frank W. Johnson with Ernest William Winkler, Eugene C. Barker (ed.): A History of Texas and Texans, The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1914, vol. 3, pp. 1164-1165.
- ^ Murry Hammond: "Biography of Edward H. Lingo" in: Biographies of Prominent Railroad Officers and Lumbermen, http://www.ttarchive.com/library/Biographies/Lingo-EdwH_HistTexans.html, accessed 21 May 2010.
- ^ See http://www.odessahistory.com/bl1903.htm for one example.
- ^ a b Platter, David Edwin (1919). A History of the Platter Family from about Year Sixteen Hundred to the Present Time. D.E. Planter. ISBN 978-0-598-99902-3.