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J. Nicholas Bringle, one of the early settlers of Tipton County, and a leading farmer of the Twelfth District, was horn in Rowan County, N. C., in 1825, and is one of four children—two sons and two daughters—our subject and one sister surviving. The parents were Thomas and Catharine (Limpaugh) Bringle. The father was of Pennsylvania Dutch descent, born in Rowan County. N. C., in 1800. He had a common-school education, and was married at twenty one; he was a carpenter by trade, and followed it for a living in early life. He came to Tipton County in November, 1835, and settled in the Twelfth District, when the country was still a dense wilderness; he died in 1845. The mother was born in Rowan County, N. C., in 1806, and died in 1862. They were members of the Baptist Church. She was married the second time, in 1847, to Alex Woods. Our subject received most of his education in the schools of Rowan County, N. C. July 14, 1846, he married Margaret Billings, and they had nine children, eight of whom are living: John W. (a farmer of Arkansas), Charley A., James T., George L., Mary M. (wife of John H. Smith), Sallie Ann (wife of Marion Miller), Peter A. and William H. Mrs. Bringle was born in Davidson County, N. C. and died in 1863. December 25, 1863, he married Sarah F., daughter of Peter and Nancy Bringle and by this marriage had ten children, eight of them now living: Ellen H1. (wife of Sephus Chuming), Iona, Katie, K. Lavan, Minnie, Edna, Emma and Maria. Mr. Bringle first settled in the First District, but has been living at his present farm for twenty eight years; he owns 425 acres of valuable land, five miles northwest of Covington. He has earned his fine property by his own labor, and good management, having started in life poor, but by perseverance overcame all of the difficulties of pioneer life, and raised a large, industrious and intelligent family, and he is considered one of the substantial farmers of the county. In April, 1804, he enlisted in Company I, Seventh Tennessee Cavalry, and served until June of the same year, when he was sent home on account of ill health. He was formerly a Whig in politics, and still adheres to the principles of that party; his first presidential vote was for Gen. Taylor, in 1848. Mrs. Bringle was born in Tipton County, in 1830, and is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church.