In an item from an old Indiana paper dated Mar 6, 1896 it tells about his 90'th birthday party. The well known Stingley family of this and Tippecanoe Counties take considerable pride in Uncle Abraham Stingley who has just celebrated his 90'th birthday. A grand surprise dinner was given for the old gentleman on the occasion of this anniversary and the affair was a grand success. A feature of the entertainment was the dancing of the "Horn Pipe" by the old gentleman, who also performed other feats upon the occasion which most men fo his years would be totally unable to even attempt.
Mr. Stingley was born in Harkey (Hardy) Co., West Virginia, Feb 5 1806, and when 23 years of age started for Ohio on horseback with just $12 in his pocket. He stayed one year in Ohio with his brother, Boston, and then came to Indiana, which was at that time unbroken wilderness in this region. In 1832 he heard at the old Wyandotte Mill on Wild Cat Creek an Indian preach a sermon, the discourse being translated by an apostate French priest. Before finally settling down here he journeyed through Illinois and Missouri, witnessing a marriage at Sedon Grove, ILL. which people came from fifty miles around to attend so rare were nuptial knots in those days. In 1832 Mr. Stingley was married to Sarah Anna Hall, she dying in 1854. He has never married again and has lived on their old farm in Lauramie Township ever since. The deed to his farm, by the way, has the signature of Andrew Jackson affixed, he having obtained it from the government. Eight children were born to he and his wife and but one survives. He has, however eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren living. At his birthday anniversary dinner he said, in the course of his remarks: I am proud to tell you that I am 90 years old today and that I have never taken a dose of medicine or consulted a physician.
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I have just been informed that this is a duplicate site, however, if I delete this site there will be no information about Abraham to read. This site holds his obit and massive information about him which I spent a lot of time finding and then typing. Common sense dictates that I leave this site for his relatives to read and enjoy about him.
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