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Otto Ringling

Also Known As: "William Henry Ringling"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States
Death: March 31, 1911 (52)
Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States
Place of Burial: Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of August Friedrich Rüngeling and Marie Salome Juliar
Brother of Albert Charles Ringling; Augustus Gustave Ringling; Charles Edward Ringling; Alfred Theodore Ringling; John Ringling and 10 others

Managed by: Marvin Juliar
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About Otto Ringling

Given name: William Henry

Son of August & Saloma {Rungeling} Ringling

One of the famous Ringling Brother's, of circus legend.

From Wisconsin Historical Society: "OTTO RINGLING, b. Baraboo, served in the early days of the circus as advance man, ticket taker, and cashier. An excellent businessman and extremely efficient circus manager, Otto was known among circus people as "The King," and was responsible for many of the mergers effected by the brothers in the early 1900's."

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Otto Ringling's Timeline

1858
June 28, 1858
Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States
1911
March 31, 1911
Age 52
Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States
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Walnut Hill Cemetery, Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States