J. D. Hinkley, engaged in farming on section 4, Jasper Township, Carroll County, was born in the State of Indiana, the date of his birth being April 13, 1856. His parents, Rufus and Jenette, were natives of Massachusetts and Ohio respectively. They immigrated to Iowa about the year 1869, when they settled in Benton County. Mr. Hinkley, of this sketch, was reared to agricultural pursuits, and has always followed the avocation of a farmer. He remained on the home farm with his parents till becoming of age, when he began to do for himself. He left Benton County in 1872, coming to Carroll County, Iowa, when he settled on section 9, of Jasper Township, and subsequently removed to his present farm on section 4, Jasper Township. Mr. Hinkley was united in marriage to Miss Mary Stallman, a daughter of Charles and Kate Stallman, who were natives of the State of New York, and in 1876 settled in Carroll County, Iowa. To Mr. and Mrs. Hinkley have been born four children. Politically Mr. Hinkley affiliates with the Republican party.

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