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Dave and Perry Ling

Perry Martin Ling (b.1891 - d.1962) was born on July 21, 1891 in Arizona. He and his brother David were the sons of Reese M. Ling, born in Ohio in 1868 and Nellie (Ostenberg) Ling, born in Kansas in 1871.

Handwriting on photograph reads: "Dave Ling, Perry Ling. Landlocked Sailor Boys-Here are two prominent men in Arizona life photographed as children in Prescott during the early part of the 1900s. They are Perry Ling, attorney for the U.S. Industrial Commission and formerly chief assistant state attorney general, and his brother, Dave now U.S. federal judge in Phoenix. Both are the sons of Reese M. Ling, a prominent attorney in Precott until his death. The boy's mother, and another brother, Harry, still reside in Prescott."

Perry married Florence Hartwig on August 3, 1916 in Los Angeles, California. They had one daughter, Perry Rae Ling.

Perry had a distinguished career as an attorney.

His obituary stated "A native of Prescott, Arizona and a son to the late Reese and Nellie Osonburg Ling. He had lived in Phoenix for several years and was a brother to Judge Dave Ling of the U.S. District Court in Arizona.
Perry had been an Attorney with the firm of Snell and Wilmer. He served as assistant attorney general under three attorneys general. He held the esteem and respect of successive Arizona legislatures with which he worked as a member of the attorney general's office. He was chief of the general counsel of the Arizona Industrial Commission. He was the first member of the Phoenix Law Club and a World War I Veteran.             

Perry died on November 5, 1962 in Phoenix, Arizona. He was cremated and interred at Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery in Phoenix.

Sources: findagrave.com; U.S. Census 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940; California, Marriages, 1850-1945.       

David William Ling (b.1890 - d.1965) was born on January 22, 1890 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. His parents moved to Prescott, Arizona when David was six months old.

David was an attorney in Arizona. He first practiced in Clifton, Arizona for 13 years and was elected Superior Court judge in 1927. David served on the Greenlee County Superior Court bench for ten years. President Franklin Roosevelt nominated him as Federal judge for the District of Arizona. 

David married Marguerite Jones on July 30, 1916 in Clifton, Arizona. They had three children.

David died on May 16, 1965 in Arizona. No information found as to burial.

Sources: U.S. Census 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940; Tucson Citizen 5-28-1936; U.S. World War I and World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1917, 1942.