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HENKLE, AMOS, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Warren; son of Abraham and Mary Henkle; born June 15, 1817, in Pendleton Co., W. Va.; he emigrated with his parents to Vermilion Co.. Ill., in the fall of 1829; in the spring of 1836, they came to Lee Co., locating in Van Buren Tp.; were the second family settling in the township, that of Mr. Josiah Roberts the first, who located the year previous; this was then a wilderness, with few settlers, but many red men of the forest; Mr. Henkle laid his claim the same year of his arrival, upon a part of the land he still owns. Feb. 21, 1839, he married Miss Martha McGreer, of Harrison Tp., Lee Co.; she was born Feb. 13, 1821, in Fayette Co., Ind. The year of his marriage, he built a cabin upon his claim; Nov. 11, 1848, his wife died, leaving three small children, one an infant, which soon followed the mother. Dec. 31, 1848, he married Sarah McGreer, sister of his first wife, who was born Feb. 5, 1826, in Fayette Co., Ind. His children by his first wife are Anna, born Jan. 12, 1840; John, Nov. 29, 1843, and lost one infant; by his second wife — Mary J., born Oct. 9, 1849; Albert, June 23, 1853, and Washington L., Oct. 20, 1864. His son John was in Co. A, 1st I. V. C. Mr. Henkle is one of the leading farmers in this township; has served as Justice of the Peace eight years; also as Trustee frequently. Is a firm believer in revealed religion; first belonged to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and, upon the breaking up of their Church here, united with the M. E. Church, but subsequently withdrew from them; is Republican in politics. Mr. Henkle’s portrait will be found elsewhere in this work.