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== Early life == Johnny Ringo, son of Martin and Mary Peters Ringo, had distant [[Dutch people|Dutch]] ancestry,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehighchaparral.com/historic6.htm |title=The High Chaparral Johnny Ringo |publisher=Thehighchaparral.com |access-date=15 February 2013 |archive-date=28 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328210336/http://www.thehighchaparral.com/historic6.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> and was born in what later became the small town of [[Greens Fork]], [[Clay Township, Wayne County, Indiana]]. His family moved to [[Liberty, Missouri]], in 1856. He was a tangentially related cousin to the [[James–Younger Gang|Younger brothers]] through his aunt Augusta Peters Inskip, who married Coleman P. Younger, uncle of the outlaws.<ref name="dch">{{cite web |work=Gallatin North Missourian |url=http://www.daviesscountyhistoricalsociety.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=123&mode=mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929155029/http://www.daviesscountyhistoricalsociety.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=123&mode=mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 |archive-date=2007-09-29 |title=Johnny Ringo Called Gallatin Home as a Boy |date=1992-07-22 |first=Darryl |last=Wilkinson |url-status=dead |access-date=15 February 2013 }}</ref> In 1858, his family moved from Liberty to [[Gallatin, Missouri|Gallatin]], where they rented property from the father of John W. Sheets, who became the first "official" victim of the [[James–Younger Gang]] when they robbed the Daviess County Savings & Loan Association in 1869.<ref name="dch" /> On July 30, 1864, when Johnny was 14, his family was in [[Wyoming]] en route to [[California]]. His father, Martin Ringo, was killed when he stepped off their wagon holding a shotgun, which accidentally discharged. The family buried Martin on a hillside alongside the trail.<ref name="cgc">{{cite web |work=Tombstone History |title=John Ringo Family History |url=http://clantongang.com/oldwest/ganringo.html |first=Terry |last=Clanton |year=1997 |access-date=15 February 2013 |archive-date=14 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414183915/http://clantongang.com/oldwest/ganringo.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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