Biography of Jacob Ringer, pages 747 / 748. History of De Kalb County, Indiana. Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885. Jacob Ringer was born in Stark County, Ohio, Aug. 4, 1826, and is the only son of George and Mary (Herbster) Ringer, his father a native of Pennsylvania, of German descent, and his mother of Maryland, of German and English descent. He grew to manhood in his native county, receiving a common-school education. He learned the shoemaker’s trade after his marriage and worked at it several years in Ohio. In September, 1853, he moved to De Kalb County, Ind., and settled on eighty acres of timbered land which he had bought in the spring of 1851. He now has a good farm, all well improved, with a pleasant residence and farm buildings. Mr. Ringer was married Dec.8, 1846, to Mary M., daughter of Peter Raub, of Stark County, Ohio. She died Sept. 9, 1865, and March 25, 1866, he married Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Wright, and early settler of De Kalb County. They have three children---Mary M., Sarah A. and Martha S. Mr. Ringer and his family are members of the Evangelical Lutheran church. Politically he is a Republican. Submitted by: Arlene Goodwin Auburn, Indiana Agoodwin@ctlnet.com