My Genealogy Hound

T. J. Bringle, one of the influential citizens of the Twelfth District, is a son of Peter and Nancy (Verble) Bringle, and was born in Tipton County, in 1835, being the fifth of ten children, two sons and three daughters living. The grandfather was born in Germany, and the name was originally Pringle, which is still retained by some of the descendants. The father was born in North Carolina in 1794, and had poor school advantages, he was twice married, our subject being a child of the second marriage. He moved to Hardeman County, Tenn., in 1825, and a year later to Tipton County. One of its pioneers, he settled in the Twelfth District, where he died in 1874. The mother was born in North Carolina in 1804, and died in 1870 a devout Baptist. Our subject was educated in the rough schools of the forest. April, 1860, he married Elizabeth, daughter of Isaac W. and Mary N. Onen. They have six children: James P., Thomas L., Mollie A., Ernest N., Walter W. and Isaac L. Mr. Bringle spent the first twelve years of his married life on his father’s original tract and moved in 1873 to his present home, where he owns 1,000 acres of land, and 100 acres in District 2. He has been a man of marked energy and quite successful, being one of the most extensive land owners in the district. April, 1861, he enlisted in Company I, Seventh Tennessee Cavalry, was captured in battle, and taken to Memphis and held as a prisoner until September, when he was paroled and sent home, when he resumed his farming. Mr. and Mrs. Bringle, are members of the Missionary Baptist Church. She was born in Tipton County, in 1838; her parents were natives of North Carolina. He is a conservative Democrat.