Asa S. HENKEL

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History of Benton County, Iowa The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910; Luther B. Hill, Ed. HENRY C. HENKLE , known as "squire," is the owner and proprietor ofInglewood Stock Farm, of Jackson township. He has made the most of theimprovements on his farm, and now has an entirely new and handsomeresidence. Mr. Henkle was born in Hardin county, Ohio, October 21,1843, and is a son of Asa S. and Anna (Michaels) Henkle, bothdeceased. The father died in 1888, at the age of seventy-five years,and his widow died in 1906, aged nearly eighty-nine, both at theirhome in section 7, Jackson township, Benton county. Asa S. Henkle andhis wife were both natives of Virginia, both born in Rockinghamcounty; their respective families had removed to Ohio, and there theywere married. They were farmers all their lives and very successful,as were their parents. Mrs. Henkle's mother was ninety-eight years oldat her death; her stepfather, William Rogers, was a Kentuckian bybirth, served in the Revolution and died in Ohio. Asa Henkle and his wife came to Benton county, Iowa, with their sixsons and six daughters in September, 1856, and located first on a farmin Taylor township, near Vinton, where they lived until 1860, and thenmoved to section 7, Jackson township. He had lived from 1844 until1856 in Kankakee county, Illinois, and a part of the city of Kankakeeis located on what was formerly his farm. Asa Henkle traded his eightyacres in Kankakee county, Illinois, for three hundred and twenty acresin section 7, Jackson township, Benton county, Iowa, which he hadnever seen. In 1860 he located on the farm now occupied by his sonHenry, where he spent the remainder of his life. Asa Henkle filledmany local offices in his township, and was first a Whig and later aRepublican. He was a highly respected, public-spirited citizen, andhis loss was keenly felt. Of his twelve children six sons and threedaughters survive, namely: Jacob, of Jackson township; James, retiredand living at Vinton; Henry C.; John, Merritt and Grant, of Jacksontownship; Rebecca, wife of Samuel Wilford, residing at Vinton; Belle,wife of John W. Robertson, of Garrison, Iowa; and Clara, wife of M. J.Lepley, of Ladysmith, Wisconsin. Those deceased are: Adeline, Lucindaand Ellen. Adeline died un married at the age of about sixty-fiveyears, at Vinton; she had cared for her mother during her later years.Lucinda married 0. J. Williams, who resides at Guthrie, Oklahoma; shedied over twenty years ago. Ellen died when about one year old. Henry C. Henkle was reared in Illinois and Iowa, and has been aresident of the latter state since 1856. He received a common schooleducation, and in July, 1862, enlisted in Company D, Twenty-eighthIowa Infantry. He became ill while in camp before they left the state,and went to a hospital at Keokuk, Iowa, where he remained until March,1863, and then re-enlisted in the Mississippi Marine Brigade. He wasable to do this on account of a special order of the War Departmentwhich authorized Brigadier-General A. W. Elliott to recruit a brigade,and authorized him to arm and equip a fleet designed to open and keepopen the Mississippi river. They had seven boats which patrolled theriver, subject to the orders of the commanding officer of thedepartment. Mr. Henkle served until February, 1865, when by specialorder of the War Department they were discharged, although they hadenlisted for three years. But one other man served from Benton county,George W. Black, now a physician in the state of Washington, and hewas Mr. Henkle's bunkmate. Mr. Henkle was never injured seriously,although he had a bullet go through his cap and hair. At the close ofthe war he returned to Benton county and took up farming. Mr. Henkle owns three hundred and fifty acres in sections 17 and 20,Jackson township, and some two hundred acres of this are under thedirect management of his son Hays, who lives on the farm, in a finehome. Mr. Henkle made most of the improvements himself, and is anintelligent farmer. He has been very successful and enjoys the respectand confidence of his neighbors. He has always voted the Republicanticket, the first time for Lincoln in 1864, and he has, as aninteresting souvenir, a duplicate of that ballot. He has served in alltownship offices, and for twenty-one years has held the office ofjustice of the peace. He is a member of P. M. Coder Post, No. 98,Grand Army of the Republic, of Vinton. In 1876 Mr. Henkle married Rebecca Wilson, born May 14, 1854, inPennsylvania; after her mother's death, May 16, 1868, she, with abrother James, now of Cass county, Iowa, came in February, 1869, toBenton county, Iowa, since her home. She is a daughter of Samuel andMary (Douglass) Wilson; her father visited Benton county in 1870, butreturned to Pennsylvania, where he remarried, and died about 1897. Mr.Henkle and his wife have two children, Hays W., and Blair Blaine. Haysmarried Doris McBride, daughter of Mrs. Mary McBride, now a residentof Garrison. Blair lives at home, and is unmarried. Mrs. Henkle was one of fourteen children of two families having thesame father; the others are: Miriam C., who married Harry Chamberlin,and resides in Pennsylvania; James E., now a resident of Cass county,formerly lived in Benton county a number of years; Julia M., whomarried Samuel Henderson and lives in Pennsylvania; Eliza J., whomarried John Stephens and lives in Pennsylvania; Salena M., whomarried Peter Hornish, and died in Pennsylvania, July 9, 1909; SamuelS., who died several years ago; John M., a railroad man of Altoona,Pennsylvania; Isabella M., who married John Hicks, and died in 1906 inPennsylvania; Ira D., a real estate dealer of Longmont, Colorado;Emma, who died young; Nancy E., who married Martin Hammon and lives inPennsylvania; Caroline G., who married Charles Miller and resides inVinton; and Lucetta J., who died in infancy. MERRITT C. HENKLE, a progressive stock farmer of Jackson township, wasborn in Kankakee county, Illinois, August 19, 1852, and is a son ofAsa S. and Anna (Michaels) Henkle, given mention at length elsewherein this work, in connection with Henry C. Henkle. He accompanied hisparents and the rest of the family to Benton county, Iowa, in 1856,and since has been a resident of the county. He received his educationin the common schools and remained at home until twenty-three years ofage; since then he has farmed for himself. He first purchased a farmof eighty acres in section 36, Bruce township, which he operatedtwelve years. He traded for his present home in March, 1895. He paidfor this farm fifty dollars per acre, the highest price which had thenbeen paid for land in that section; the farm had previously changedhands for the consideration of six dollars per acre, and is now worthone hundred and twenty-five dollars per acre. He has made manyimprovements, including a deep well, a large hay and cattle barn, anda hog house. He makes a specialty of horses, and for the pasttwenty-five years has been raising the Norman horse, owning now somefourteen head. He owns one hundred and sixty acres in section 6,Jackson township, which has been his home since 1895. He has been verysuccessful, is industrious and energetic, and is considered one of therepresentative, substantial farmers of the community. Politically Mr.Henkle has always been a staunch Republican, and is now townshiptrustee. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, of Garrison,and he and his wife belong to the United Brethren church. Mr. Henkle married, in Kankakee county, Illinois, Mary D. Smith, bornin Kankakee county, September 13, 1859, daughter of Thomas H. A. andLouisa (Noteman) Smith, early residents of Illinois, who came fromUtica, New York. Her father died in Illinois, in September, 1877, atthe age of forty-one years, and her mother spent her declining yearsin Benton county, where she died January 6, 1898, in her sixtiethyear. Thomas H. A. Smith was born June 22, 1836, at Eden, Erie county,New York, and his wife was born January 18, 1838, in Otsego county,New York. They had seven children, namely: Mary D., Mrs. Henkle;Hattie A., of Vinton; Charles G., of Chicago; Edwin H., of Vinton;Viola, wife of George Miller, of Taylor township; and Carrie G., wifeof George Stickney, of Taylor township. One child died in infancy. Mr. Henkle and his wife had children as follows: Mina L., Charles M.,Ethel 0., Mary L., Walter H., Derlie G., and Glenn W. Mina L., bornSeptember 30, 1877, is the wife of Charles E. Donnels, of Shellsburg,Iowa; they have three children, Lois, Leta and Clair. Charles M., bornAugust 3, 1880, travels in the employ of a lumber company, and residesat Rapid City, South Dakota. Ethel 0., born September 8, 1885, is thewife of A. A. Brown, of Sheldon, North Dakota, and has one son, Carl.Mary L., born August 21, 1887, died March 11, 1888. Walter H., bornMay 6, 1889, died February 23, 1891; Derlie G., born July 25, 1891,died February 12, 1892. Glenn W., born May 9, 1893, lives at home.

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