| Edward H. Lingo | |
| Birth Date: | 12 October 1838 |
| Birth Place: | Millsboro, Delaware |
| Death Place: | Denison, Texas |
| Nationality: | American |
| Citizenship: | U.S.A. |
| Known For: | Entrepreneur in the Texas lumber business |
| Occupation: | Lumberman |
Edward H. Lingo (October 12, 1838 at Millsboro, Delaware - January 27, 1927 at Denison, Grayson County, Texas), was a Texas lumberman.[1] In later life he was described as "[T]he oldest and staunchest exponent of the industry in the state of Texas, and a man esteemed and admired by a nationwide following of friends"; an appreciation published in 1914 in the Gulf Coast Lumberman states that he was a "remarkable man from a variety of viewpoints…one of the original organizers of the Lumberman's Association of Texas, and one of the ex-presidents of the association...long a strong adherent and abettor of that organization and a power in its councils. He is one of the most progressive men in the industry...a favorite with both the young and the old—famous for the virile optimism that makes him a figure of natural prominence in any lumber gathering."[2]
He moved from Delaware to Chillicothe, Missouri in 1852 with his widowed mother. After attending Central College at Fayette, Missouri, he first went into business as a dry goods merchant, worked for several years in California, and in 1867 began his long and noteworthy career as a lumberman. In 1872 he moved to Denison, Grayson County, Texas, which had recently become a railroad town and a center of population and industry, and entered a partnership with J. P. Leeper & Company, later Waples, Lingo & Company. In 1888 he was founding partner of the firm of Burton-Lingo Company, which became one of the great lumber firms of the Southwest and was an important factor in town construction in Texas.[3] He served as president of the Texas Lumbermen's Association and was a prominent supporter of the Episcopal Church in Texas.[4] at Dallas, Texas, which continued as a family business with his son as manager.[1] He also organized the Lingo-Leeper & Company lime yard firm, which expanded to more than fifty cities and towns in North Texas and Oklahoma. In later years, he founded the Lingo Lumber Company[4] at Dallas, Texas, which continued as a family business with his son as manager.[1]