Issac Newton Wingate

Issac Newton Wingate Jr. was born in Nassau County, Florida, and his family, who were in the timber business, were early settlers of the town of Yulee. In 1873, Wingate settled in Ruby Beach or what is now Jacksonville Beach with his wife, Henrietta, a midwife who delivered the children of many pioneer Beach families. The couple had nine children, including Minnie Wingate, who died in 1899 at age 10.

Issac Newton Wingate Jr. served as a private in the 2^nd Florida Calvary from 1862 to1865 during the Civil War. He fought in the Battle of Olustee on Feb. 20, 1864, in Baker County, Florida. Wingate’s upright marble headstone in Section A of the cemetery, which identifies him as a Civil War veteran, is one of the oldest in the cemetery. Wingate Park, a municipal recreational sports park in Jacksonville Beach, is named after his grandson, Wilson C. Wingate, a former city manager of Jacksonville Beach. Issac Wingate's son, Walter B. Wingate, was a well-known hunting and fishing guide at the Beaches.

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