DINGUS/MCCONNELL CONNECTION: s/o Willian and Mary Ann Green Dingus of Scott Co VA, William s/o Philip and Nancy McConnell Dinges/us.

Henry Martin Dingus was born on 1 Jan 1841 in Russell Co VA, the 6th child of 9 children of William and Mary Green Dingus. He moved to Floyd County KY around 1861/62 where 3 brothers and 1 sister had moved earlier from Scott Co VA. to farm property that their father had purchased for them.
He enlisted 9 Aug 1862 in the 10th Union Cavalry Regiment, Company F which severed in Eastern KY during the Civil War. He went back to Russell Co VA and married Ellen Rosalie Moore 12 Feb 1867. He moved to Commanche TX in 1876.
He died 22 Nov 1898 and is burried in Taylor's Chapel Cemetery, Comanche Co. TX.

Name: Henry Martin Dingus
Spouse: Ellen Rosalie Moore
Parents: William Dingus , Mary Ann Polly Green
Birth Place: Scott, Old Bluff Farm Wolverhampton, VA
Birth Date: 1 January 1841
Marriage Date: 12 February 1867
Death Place: Comanche
Death Date: 22 November 1898

1860 federa census age 18 born approx 1841 va living in scott co va

Civil War Pension index
Name: Henry M. Dingus
State Filed: Texas
Widow: Ellen R. Dingus
1870 census for DeKalb, Scott, VA with wife E (Ellen) son John M and daughter Mary L. They were then on the 1880 census for pct 5, Comanche, TX.

Military Service: Served in Union Army Co F 10 Kentucky Cavalry Rank Private enlist date Aug 9, 1862

The Civil War in Kentucky
Kentucky Civil War Soldier's Index
NAME MILITARY UNIT
Dingus, Henry M. KY 10th Cavalry Regiment (UNION) Company F
American Civil War Soldiers Record
about Henry Dingus
Name: Henry Dingus ,
Enlistment Date: 09 August 1862
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Kentucky
Unit Numbers: 744 744
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 09 August 1862
Enlisted in Company F, 10th Cavalry Regiment Kentucky on 09 September 1862.
Mustered out Company F, 10th Cavalry Regiment Kentucky on 17 September 1863 in Maysville, KY

Moved to Comanche Co, TX 1876