Carroll-Clinton County IN Archives Biographies.....Hinkle, William E. 1852 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

WILLIAM E. HINKLE.

   William E. Hinkle, a prosperous farmer of Democrat township, Carroll county,
Indiana, where he owns eighty acres of land, is a native of Juniata county,
Pennsylvania, born on February 2, 1852. He is the son of Joseph and Nancy J.
(Cook) Hinkle, both of whom were natives of the Keystone state.

   Mr. Hinkle's mother was the daughter of Hugh Cook, who immigrated from
Ireland to America, settling in Pennsylvania, where he was married to Hannah
Aiken. They settled in Carroll county, Indiana, in pioneer times, but later
moved to Clinton county, Indiana. Joseph Hinkle's parents died when he was a
mere lad and he was bound out to a man by the name of Mouck, where he learned
the shoemaker's trade, at which he worked in Pennsylvania before he came west.
In the fall of 1856, during the presidential campaign in which Buchanan was
elected, Joseph Hinkle came with his wife and four children to Indiana. At that
time William E. Hinkle, the subject of this sketch, was nearly five years old.
They landed in Delphi and from there proceeded to the home of Hugh Cook, now a
part of the G. W. Shanklin farm, where they spent the winter. Later they moved
to a farm near Burlington, owned by Harrison Gwinn. Joseph Hinkle followed
shoemaking and farming. After having cultivated the Gwinn farm for some time he
moved to the Rinker farm of one hundred and sixty acres and then kept a hotel in
Burlington. Still later he was in business in Rossville and then moved to
Cutler, where he spent his last days.

   Joseph and Nancy J. (Cook) Hinkle were the parents of twelve children, all of
whom grew to manhood and womanhood. Of these children three are deceased, Joseph
M., of Logansport; Anderson B., who died at Walkerton, and Effie, who died at
the age of twenty years. The living children are: J. W., of South Bend; William
E., the subject of this sketch; Anna, who lives with her brother, William E.; J.
C, of Davenport, Iowa; Tillie, the wife of John Draper; Ida May, the wife of Dr.
W. A. Trobaugh; Wilson B., of Davenport, Iowa; Elizabeth, the wife of William
McCarty, of Frankfort, and Sadie, the wife of Fletcher McDaniels, of Indianapolis.

   William E. Hinkle received a common-school education, but his advantages were
limited, since he was compelled to work most of the time on the farm. He
remained at home until he had reached his majority and then worked for George
Mullinix, of Clinton county. He next worked for W. H. Weaver for thirteen years,
receiving one-third of the profits for his work.

   On October 29, 1885, William E. Hinkle was married to Barbara Ellen Long, the
daughter of William and Mary Ann (Smith) Long, of Democrat township, this
county. She was born on April 19, 1859, in Democrat township. William Long was
born in Butler county, Ohio, and his wife in Indiana, He came with his parents
when a boy to Indiana. They cleared the farm where William E. Hinkle now lives,
but, subsequently, they moved to Flora. Although his wife has been dead for many
years, William Long is now living in Flora. Barbara Ellen Long received a
common-school education. Her mother died when she was ten years of age. On
September 29, 1880, she was married to Robert Mann, of Licking county, Ohio. He
died on November 25, 1882, at the age of thirty-two years, leaving one child,
Charles N. Mann, who operates the John Jarvis farm in Democrat township.

   Mr. and Mrs. William E. Hinkle have had one child, Claude, who married Nellie
Tinkle, the daughter of Hiram Tinkle.

   William E. Hinkle is a member of the Wildcat Lodge No. 311, Free and Accepted
Masons. Mr. and Mrs. Hinkle are members of the Presbyterian church and he is a
deacon in the church. Politically, Mr. Hinkle is identified with the Democratic
party.


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Biographical Section of
HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana

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