Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-01-25
In Memoriam.

| The subject of this memorial wa
born in the Grand Duchy of Hesse
Darmstadt. Germany, June 80, 1882
and is son of Tobias and Christin;
| (Schwiebeinger) Dinger, both native:
of Germany. The father immigrate6
to America, taking passage from Hayre
France, in 1910, and landed in New
Orleans. Here one year later the faith
er died of yellow fever. He was a
blacksmith and locksmith, having
learned the trade In his native coun-
try, In 1852 Franz Dinger, his moth.
er and two sisters, immigrated to
America, locating at Evansville, Ind.
thence to jefferson county, Mo-, where
they remained until coming to Iron
county in 1854. Here the mother died
on May "a, 1883. Only two of her
children are now Lying: Agnes (wife
of John Schafer), and Margaret (wife
of Henry Rasche). Franz Dinger at
tended the German schools eight years
and private schools two years, but was
mainly self educated in the English
language. He obtained his license as
an attorney in Missouri in 1866, and
continued to practice his profession
until about 1870. In 1860 he was
elected justice of the peace, and has
held that position ever since, except
ing an interim of about three years.
April 81. 1859 he married.Miss Amalia
Weise. native of Missouri, of German
parents, and by whom he had nine
children: Christian c., Herman o.
f., Edward F., Jacob, Harry a., An
ME M. (wife of P. A. Calvert), Amelia
(wife of Joseph Callows), Bertha and
Ida. Mr.. Dinger was elected mayor of
the city of Ironton, and had held that
position twenty-four years. He had
served sixteen years as justice of the
county court. having been elected first
in 1864, again in 1866, 1870, 1876, and
in 1892 he was elected judge of the
probate court, and reelected in 1888,
holding the Office at the present time.
He has always taken a great interest
in school affairs, holding some impor-
tant scool offices. and was notary pub
lie twelve years. Before coming to
this coz ,try Mr.. Dingcr occupied the
i'm portant position of recorder of titles
and drafts of plats in the government
Office in Germany. His ability to ELL
the official positions rendered him is
in the fact that his fellow-c:t-
liens repeatedly called on him to serve
them. During the late war his SYM
pathies led him to embrace the cause
of the Union, and he was elected captain
of Company G, Sixty-eighth Enrolled
Militia, subsequently Compa
ny f, Forty-seventh Missouri Infantry
Volunteers. He was captured by the
during Prices raid in
September, 1864, and held as a prison
err until the Sd of October, when he
was taken to St. Louis, and was order
ed to take charge of his command. He
then went on to Tennessee and remain
ed there some time, reaching Nash
vile two days after the battle.
In July, 1892, he was stricken with
from the effects of which he
never fully recovered, and for the last
two months he suffered greatly from a
swollen leg, which finally resulted in
his death January 10th. His end was
peaceful and without a struggle. He
attended to his business up to within
Two days of his death.
His remains were inferred in the |
Masons' cemetery with the rites of that
order, of which, as we'll as the l. o. |
D. F., he had long been a member. |
Both orders. as we'll as a large con-
course of other citizens, attended the !
funeral.
With his passing goes one OF the !
men most closely identified with the |
history of Iron county, and one and
Ill tender their coincidence to the sur
wing members of the bereaved family. |