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Below is a family biography included in The History of East Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1887.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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Henry Hinkle, a leading farmer, was born in the Shenandoah Valley, Va., January 28, 1819, the son of William and Hannah (Trout) Hinkle; the former was born in 1790, in Pennsylvania. The father went to Virginia with his parents, and in 1821 settled on the French Broad River, above Dandridge, where he was a farmer, and died February 14, 1838. In 1796 the mother was born in Rockingham County, Va., the daughter of Michael Trout, and she died in 1873, a member of the Lutheran Church. Our subject was reared on the farm, and after his father’s death took charge of his mother’s farm, having left the country school, and lived with her until he was thirty years of age, assisting in rearing the family of seven children, of whom he was the eldest. In 1849 he became the husband of Mary A., a daughter of Casper Branner, and born in March, 1817, in this county. He then lived on his farm, near Dandridge, for about eleven years, and in the fall of 1865 bought his present farm of 400 acres, where he has since resided. He also owns two other fine farms in the Fourth District, one of 266 acres, and another of 200 acres, upon which is a good flour and corn-mill. He is a successful, liberal man, as can be seen, and has served as school commissioner of his district. He has five children.

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This family biography is one of 938 biographies included in The History of East Tennessee published in 1887.  For the complete description, click here: History of East Tennessee

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