Nancy E. Forbes Hinkle (1865-1915)

FORBES, HINKLE

Posted By: Volunteer Paul French
Date: 1/14/2007 at 21:34:40

OBITUARY

Mrs. Nancy E. Hinkle was born in Iowa, August 15, 1864, and died at her home in Saguache Thursday morning, February 18, 1915. The funeral services were held in the Methodist church in the afternoon and the body was shipped to Keosauqua for interment.

Mrs. Hinkle came to Colorado in 1893 and was married to Lewis Hinkle about twenty years ago. She leaves to mourn her departure her husband, father and four brothers. She had been ill for about three months when death finally believed her suffering.

Mrs. Hinkle was an energetic, conscientious woman and was engaged in the hotel business in Saguache for a number of years.

Her father, Andrew Forbes, accompanied the remains on their way east. [unable to tell if this is the end of the article or if the article was cut off]

Source: undated newspaper clipping with no source cited contained in “Family History” of the Barker, Sherod, and Forbes families and descendants compiled by Bernadine Forbes Clark, December 1980.