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GEORGE W. SHINKLE, farmer, P. O. Hamersville, son of John L. and Malinda (Jones) Shinkle, was born in Clark Township, this county, March 23, 1848. His grandfather, Christian Shinkle, was among the early settlers of what is now Lewis Township, emigrating from the State of Pennsylvania and settling on what was known as Shinkle’s Ridge, in this county, prior to 1810. John L. Shinkle, son of Christian and father of George W., was born in Lewis Township September 25, 1810, and his wife, Malinda (Jones) Shinkle, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, September 17, 1819, her father having emigrated from the State of Kentucky. John L. is by trade a cabinet-maker, having learned that trade at Higginsport, and there followed it for a number of years. The children born to John L. and Malinda Shinkle are Louisa J., Lewis M., Letha E., Thomas J., George W. and John C. In 1847, the father of our subject removed to Clark Township, and, in connection with farming, carried on a nursery for a number of years. Himself and wife are now residents of Clark Township. In politics, he is a Republican. Our subject was reared on a farm, and received the usual district school education known to farmers’ sons, and having arrived at manhood he was united in marriage with Martha, daughter of Oliver and Barbara Crawford; April 14, 1870, and to them were born Maggie and Minerva G. The wife died October 17, 1877. On the 28th of November, 1878, Mr. Shinkle was married to Elizabeth, daughter of William and Caroline (Wood) Leach, the former a native of Kentucky, who was born in 1807, and the latter a native of Ohio. The wife of our subject was born in Lewis Township January 1, 1847. Their children are Willard E. and Silva E. Mr. Shinkle has been engaged in farming all his life, and for a number of years carried on the nursery began by his father. Both himself and wife are members of the Christian Church, and, in politics, he is a Republican.