Edwin Gingery

Edwin Gingery, is a native of Ohio, and worked for Dr. Ballard on his farm near the Audubon line, as early as 1854. He says he has chased elk over the land on which the town of Atlantic now stands.

From "History of Cass County, Iowa Together With Brief Mention of Old Settlers," by Lafe Young, Atlantic, Iowa, Telegraph Steam Printing House, 1877, pg. 59.