Johnny Ringo

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John Peters "Johnny" Ringo (born May 3, 1850 in Greens Fork , Wayne County , Indiana , † July 13, 1882 in Turkey Creek Canyon , Arizona ) was an American gunslinger. He is considered one of the great gunslingers of the American West. Little is known about him.

family

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John Peters Ringo was the first son of Martin Ringo and Mary Peters. He also had a brother Martin Albert and three sisters: Fanny Fern, Mary Enna and Mattie Bell. The ancestors of the Ringos were Dutch immigrants and came to America from Zeeland ( Netherlands ) in 1657 .

Life

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Around 1854 the family left their home for Gallatin , Missouri . There he attended William and Jewell College in Liberty . On May 18, 1864, the family joined a trek with two covered wagons . The trek initially consisted of a total of 70 covered wagons and the destination of the trip was California . They wanted to see their aunt Augusta, who was already living there in San José . On this trip, on July 30, 1864, his father accidentally shot himself with his shotgun in the Wyoming area . For Johnny it was a traumatic experience. They buried their father on the spot and had to continue the journey. On a Saturday, October 8, 1864, they arrived at their cousin, Charley Peters' in Austin, Nevada . Augusta Ringo was the wife of Colonel Coleman Younger. This was an uncle of Cole Younger , who together with his brothers and Jesse and Frank James formed the infamous James Younger gang . Ringo, alleged to have taken part in the Texas Willow Wars , was imprisoned in Austin in 1877 with Bill Taylor, John Wesley Hardin and Mannen Clements , veteran fighters from the times of the Sutton-Taylor feud . Ringo then moved via Shakespeare, New Mexico to Tombstone , which was just flourishing at the time.

Ringo was an educated man from the impromptu Shakespeare could cite other hand, a dangerous tendency to alcohol had. He was a henchman for the Clantons and McLaurys and has been shown to have been involved in about five shootings. In Tombstone he worked as a cattle thief for a while, but was appointed deputy by Sheriff John Behan .

Shootings

  • December 1879, Safford , Arizona: Ringo, getting drunk in a saloon in Safford, tried to force a glass on a certain Louis Hancock. When this refused, Ringo insultedly pulled out his revolver, hit Hancock over the skull and inflicted a serious neck injury.
  • December 28, 1881, Tombstone, Arizona: Around midnight, Virgil Earp , who had recently left the Oriental Saloon , was seriously injured in the arm and side by shotgun gunshots from an ambush. Ringo and other enemies of the Earps had previously been seen roaming the city armed with rifles, which is why it was widely believed that Virgil Earp had been gunned down by these men.

death

Commemorative plaque, “tombstone” and grave of Ringo.

After a two-week drinking tour with Buckskin Frank Leslie , Ringo was found dead on July 14, 1882 in Turkey Creek Canyon . Since he in a head shot had died, you went officially on the assumption that he suicide committed. But Ringo had also been scalped , and neither his shotgun nor his two revolvers had been fired. Billy Claiborne finally said that Leslie killed Ringo. But Pony Deal, Ringo's friend and fellow player, was convinced that Johnny O'Rourke , another player, was responsible for the act. Pony Deal tracked down O'Rourke and shot him.

literature

  • Ray Hogan: Johnny Ringo. 1973, ISBN 3-404-00157-5 .
  • Geoff Aggeler: Confessions of Johnny Ringo. EP Dutton, 1987, ISBN 0-525-24519-7 .
  • Steve Gatto: Ringo -the King of the Cowboys-. San Simon Publishing Company, Tucson, AZ USA, 1995.
  • David Johnson: Ringo - King of the Cowboys-. Univ. of North Texas Pr., 2008 ISBN 1-57441-243-4 .
  • Jack Burrows: John Ringo: The Gunfighter Who Never Was. Univ. of Arizona Press, (Reprint 1996) ISBN 0-8165-1648-0 .
  • Romain Wilhelmsen: Buckskin and Satin. Sunstone Press 2000, ISBN 0-86534-307-1 also ISBN 0-86534-279-2 .
  • Michael M. Hickey, Ben T. Traywick, Paul R. Taylor: John Ringo: The Final Hours. Talei Publishers, 2001, ISBN 0-9631772-4-9 .
  • Steve Gatto: Johnny Ringo. Protar House, Lansing 2002, ISBN 0-9720910-1-7 .
  • Ray Hogan: The Life and Death of Johnny Ringo. Center Point, 2003, ISBN 1-58547-245-X .

Film adaptations of his life

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Source , according to other sources, Washington, Indiana is the place of birth.
  2. ↑ * October 1, 1819 in Montgomery Co., KY. “ (Martin's birth date was obtained from his Mexican War record.) † July 30, 1864 in Deer Creek, WY.
    Note: Martin Ringo was a Kentuckian who had served during the Mexican War as a mounted Infantryman at Ft. Leavenworth, Ks. Discharged June 21, 1847, he settled down as a farmer near Weston, Mo. Moved his family to Calif. in 1864. Accidently killed himself with his own shotgun on the trail. He was buried where he died & the family continued on to Calif.     ”
  3. ↑ Mary was born in Missouri on November 13, 1826. She was a daughter of John R. Peters and Frances A. Simms. Mary died in California on July 16, 1876 at the age of 49. The wedding was on September 5, 1848 in Clay County, Missouri - The journal of Mrs. Mary Ringo ; a diary of her trip across the Great Plains in 1864, picture by Mary Peters Ringo (1826–1876) .
  4. ↑ Martin Albert (January 28, 1854 - August 29, 1873), Fanny Fern (* July 20, 1857 - May 13, 1932), Mary Enna (* May 2, 1860 - June 27, 1941) and Mattie Bell (April 28, 1862 - May 20, 1942) Genforum 106 and Genforum 140
  5. ^ Rootsweb immigration list 1657
  6. ↑ " The Ringo family left Liberty, Missouri on May 18, 1864 on their trek to California "
  7. ↑ Two long covered wagons: one was pulled by oxen and the other by mules . (The journal of Mrs. Mary Ringo; a diary of her trip across the Great Plains in 1864, Foreword, Image 13)
  8. ↑ In a letter dated August 1, 1864, written by a fellow traveler, William Davenport, to the Tribune in Liberty, Missouri: “ Just after daylight on the morning of the 30th ult. Mr. Ringo stepped on top of the wagon, as I suppose, for the purpose of looking around to see if Indians were in sight, and his shot gun went off accidentally in his own hands, the load entering his right eye and coming out the top of his head. At the report of his gun I saw his hat blown up twenty feet in the air, and his brains were scattered in all directions. ”; From the book: COVERED WAGON WOMEN; Diaries & Letters from the Western Trails, 1862-1865. Edited and Compiled by: Kenneth L. Holmes, (Volume 8 of 11), ISBN 0-8032-7297-9 . (" The location is reported to be two miles west of Glenrock, Wyoming, 150 feet north of the old US Highway 26/87. ")
  9. ↑ Austin (Nevada) Diary page 36, Image 52
  10. ↑ Film title list at Locatetv.com ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.locatetv.com
personal data
SURNAME Ringo, Johnny
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ringo, John Peters
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American gunslinger
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH Greens Fork , Wayne County , Indiana
DATE OF DEATH July 13, 1882
Place of death Turkey Creek Canyon , Arizona