Ernest Linwood Wing was born on 22 September 1865 at 3 1870, Athens, Somerset, Maine. He was the son of
Deacon Amos R. Wing and
Lydia A. Turner. Ernest Linwood Wing and
Effie Litchfield were divorced in 1903. Ernest Linwood Wing married
Effie Litchfield, daughter of
Vincent Litchfield and
Rosina Rogers, on 29 October 1903 at Hartland, Maine. Ernest Linwood Wing married
Nellie Louise Basset, daughter of
Linwood Taylor Basset and
Ella M. Flagg, on 23 April 1918 at Fairfield, Somerset, Maine. Ernest Linwood Wing died on 3 May 1942 at chronic myocarditis, Waterville, Kennebec, Maine, at age 76. He was buried on 5 May 1942 at Maplewood Cemetery, Fairfield, Somerset, Maine.