Tuscola-Berrien-Genesee County MI Archives Biographies.....Hinkley, Horace J. 1849 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

HORACE J. HINKLEY. We are gratified to be able to present a sketch of a
native-born son of the Wolverine State, who owns a fine farm of sixty acres in
Arbela Township, Tuscola County, where he has done genuine pioneer work,
clearing his land of trees and breaking the virgin soil. His property is now
under excellent cultivation and upon it he has erected good buildings well
adapted to farm use.

  This general farmer is a native of Three Oaks Township, Berrien County, Mich.,
and was born May 5, 1849. He is a son of William Hinkley, a native of New York,
who was born December 26, 1813. The father of our subject was reared in New
York, and had his early education there, but while yet a youth he removed with
his parents, Gilbert and Elizabeth Hinkley, who were New Yorkers, to a new home
in Ohio. Until he was twenty-five years of age, William Hinkley resided in the
Buckeye State, and then came to Michigan, locating in Berrien County. There he
found the woman whom he chose as his companion through life, and was married on
the 31st of July, 1845, to Elizabeth Nash, a daughter of Vincent B. Nash, a
native of Virginia, who had come to Michigan many years before.

  To Mr. William Hinkley and his worthy wife, two children were born, both sons,
and in their lives they renewed the impulses of their own youth. The father of
our subject has always been a farmer, and in 1863 located on eighty acres of
land in Arbela Township, a fine piece of property which he has now divided
between his sons. He has ever been prominent in the transaction of public
affairs, and has served for two or three years as Township Clerk. He had his
early education and training in New York, and remained there until he reached
the age of eighteen.

  In Genesee County Mich., on the 5th of March, 1887, our subject was married to
Martha B., daughter of William Wadsworth, a native of New York. He had located
in Canada for a number of years, and finally came to Michigan, making his home
first in Saginaw County, and afterward in Vienna Township, Genesee County, where
he died, leaving his wife still residing in that county. To Mr. and Mrs. Hinkley
have been born no children, but they have ever taken an interest in the young
people of the neighborhood. Mr. Hinkley is a Democrat in his political views,
and has always been connected with that party.


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Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States

Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892


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