Biography of Sell W Hinkle, Fulton Co, AR

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Submitted by: Michael Brown <michael@grnco.net>
        Date: 26 Sep 1998
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Sell W. Hinkle, farmer, is now following the occupation to which he was reared,
and which has been his life work, a calling that for ages has received
undivided efforts from many worthy individuals, and one that furnishes
sustenance to the ready worker. His parents, Jesse and Annie (Hopkins) Hinkle,
were both natives of North Carolina, and at an early day came to Arkansas. They
purchased a farm in Oil Trough Bottom, and made a great many improvements on
it. Mr. Hinkle's first marriage occurred in 1825 or 1826 in North Carolina, and
this union was blessed by the birth of these children: Wes (deceased), Jesse
(deceased), Narcissus, Artemus and Louisa. Mrs. Hinkle died about 1852, and Mr.
Hinkle took for his second wife, two years later, Miss Fannie Hopkins, who bore
him two children: Sell and Sarah J. (deceased). Mr. Hinkle died near 1858, and
his widow followed him to the grave the next year. Sell Hinkle began working
for himself at the age of nineteen as a farm hand, and this continued until
twenty years of age. He then chose Miss Lucy Lee, of Leon County, Texas, as his
companion through life, and they were married in 1878. Mr. Hinkle continued to
farm in Oil Trough Bottom until 1884, when he moved to Fulton County and bought
160 acres of land. He erected good buildings and made many other improvements,
and still owns eighty acres in Oil Trough Bottom, all well-improved and worth
$50 per acre. Mrs. Hinkle is the daughter of Thomas and Jane (Merriman) Lee,
and one of two children: Lucy, born November 10, 1861, and Sarah, wife of Mr.
James, living in Fulton County. Mr. Lee died in 1865 from the effect of
injuries received in a collision on the train. He served in the Confederate
army as a private. Mrs. Lee was married the second time in 1870 to Wesley
Thompson, and by him became the mother of five children: George and Mollie
(twins), Elijah, Carroll and Alice. Mrs. Thompson died in 1880, and Mr.
Thompson five years later. He was a farmer in Jackson County, Ark., and was one
of the well-to-do farmers. Mr. Hinkle received a very meager education, but is
a liberal supporter of public schools, etc. He is a Democrat in politics. Mrs.
Hinkle is a member of the Christian Church. He belongs to the I. O. O. F.