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- History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography
Thomas McAdory Owen, 1921
MINGE, JOHN HENRY, business man, was born May 25, 1851, in Marengo County, and died in 1908; son of David and Elvira (Adams) Minge, the former a native of Charles City County, Va., who moved to Alabama in 1833; grandson of Dr. John and Margaret (Winston) Adams, of Richmond, Va. His grandmother Minge was a sister of President William Henry Harrison; and his mother's grandmother was a sister to Judge Cyrus Griffin, president of the first congress that met in Philadelphia. The Adams family came from Scotland, and the Minges from Wales, both settling in Virginia. Mr. Minge attended the neighborhood schools of Marengo County, the St. Wilifred school at Marion, and the Hanover academy, in Hanover County, Va. In 1875, he went to Texas to live, but returned the next year. He resided on his plantation in Hale County, 1876?1884, and later moved to Faunsdale. He was engaged in farming; in the manufacturing of cotton seed oil at Faunsdale, and of cotton yarns at Faunsdale; and in merchandising at Faunsdale. He was elected representative in the State legislature in 1886; State senator in 1890, in which body he was chairman of the committee on finance; was a delegate to the National Democratic convention of 1896; was a member of the State Democratic executive committee, 1892?1896; and was again elected to the legislature from Marengo County, in 1902. He was an Episcopalian. Married: March 24, 1874, to Bessie Croom, daughter of Jackson N. and Mary (Croom) Chadwick. Children: 1. John Henry [born February 3, 1875, on the Norwood plantation near Faunsdale]. Last residence: Faunsdale.
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1851 - 1907 (55 years)