GAS FIELD WORKER ELZIE TINGLER

(02/10/2024)

Elzie Tingler of Big Springs, hauling a piece of drill
stem with a team of horses, believed to be working for
Perry Fling in the Ellenboro area (Ed Tingler Photo)

Elzie Tingler was one of ten children born to Morgan McClellan and Dena Catherine Schupp of Burnthouse, Ritchie County, married in 1862.

Morgan Tingler was the son of Granville Tingler of Harrison County, a soldier in the Union Army.