VanWINKLE BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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VanWINKLE, J. F.
source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - 
page: 675
residence: Clinton, Clinton Twp

J. F. VanWinkle, of the firm of Britell & VanWinkle of Clinton, is a native of Henry 
County. He was born in Leesville township in 1871 and is a son of M. C. and Marie 
J. (Biggs) VanWinkle, both natives of Illinois. The father served in the Union Army 
with an Illinois regiment during the Civil War. After the war he came to Henry 
County, about 1870. Here he followed farming and stock raising until his death in 
1880. His widow now lives in Clinton. Maria Biggs was a daughter of James R. 
Biggs, who settled in Henry County about the year 1870. His widow now lives in 
Clinton, aged eighty-nine years. There are five generations of the Biggs family 
now living in Henry County. J. F. VanWinkle was reared in Henry County and 
educated in the public schools and was engaged in farming until 1917, when he, 
in partnership with W. S. Britell, purchased the Kibbey stock of harness, and 
since that time they have been engaged in the harness business at the Kibbey old 
stand. Mr. VanWinkle has been twice married. His first wife, to whom he was 
married in 1893, bore the maiden name of Minnie Fowler, who was a daughter of 
George and Esther Fowler of Deepwater, Missouri. She died in 1907, leaving the 
following children: Jene Clyde, La Due, Missouri; Irene, the wife of Bennie 
Dunning, Appleton City, Missouri; Ruth, now the wife of Jesse McGintis, Clinton, 
Missouri; Noma, Mary and Florence. Mr. VanWinkle was united in marriage in 1910 
with Miss Erma Johnson of Clinton, Missouri. She is a daughter of Alvin and Ruth 
Johnson, the former now deceased and the latter lives at Deepwater, Missouri. To 
Mr. and Mrs. VanWinkle have been born the following children: Darwin and Dorothy 
Jean, twins. Mr. VanWinkle is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows 
of Clinton and takes a commendable interest in local affairs. 

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