"The Delphi Weekly Times," Delphi,
Indiana, Page 1, February 5, 1897
DEATH OF JOSEPH HINKLE
After months of intense suffering the long and useful life of Joseph Hinkle comes to an end and he goes to try the realities of another world.
Joseph Hinkle was born in Marietta, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania on November 10, 1827. He died January 31, 1897, ages sixty-nine years, two months and twenty-one days.
On October 22, 1849, he was married to Nancy J. Cook, by which union twelve children were born to them: six sons and six daughters. The widow, eleven children and twenty-eight grandchildren still survive him. The youngest, an estimable young lady and a devoted Christian, preceded him two years ago to her heavenly home.
The surviving children are: Wesley Hinkle of South Bend; Mrs. McDonald of Crawfordsville; Anderson Benson Hinkle of Moran; James Hinkle of Iowa; William, Milton, Wilson B., Mrs. John Draper, Mrs. (Doctor) William Trobaugh, Mrs. W.L. McCarty and Miss Anna Hinkle of Cutler and vicinity.
In 1856, Mr. Hinkle and family removed to Carroll County and settled on a farm now owned by G.W. Shanklin and has since, with the exception of two years, lived in the vicinity of Cutler. At the time of his death, his home was in Cutler.
In early life he united with the M.E. Church and lived a consistent member the remainder of his life. He was a member of the Ball Hill Church, joining it in its early days. He served there in the capacity of class leader, steward and trustee.
He gave evidence in his last sickness that he was looking forward to a happier and better home. In 1864, Mr. Hinkle took the third degree in Masonry; dispensation in the Wildcat Lodge F & A. M.. He was a very faithful member of the order and was a regular attendant at their meetings as long as health permitted him to do so. The funeral was held Monday, February 1 at 11 o'clock. Reverend O.L. Prentice of that church assisted by Reverend W.P. Koutz of Cutler, and Reverend Mr. Wiley, pastor of the Ball Hill Church, conducted the services. A very large concourse of people were in attendance. The burial was under the auspices of the Masonic Fraternity.
Mr. Hinkle will be greatly missed by his numerous friends and relatives. He was a kind husband, a loving father and respected citizen in the community in which he lived. A committee appointed by the worshipful master of the WildCat Lodge No. 311,F. and A.M. report the following as an expression of sympathy and condolence on the occasion of the death of Brother Joseph Hinkle:
'Whereas it having pleased God, in his wisdom to remove form earthly cares and joys our dear brother, whose death occurred on Sunday morning, January 31, 1897 at 1:30 a.m., we as brothers of the mystic cannot pass the occasion of his funeral without committing to the records of said lodge an expression of our bereavement. The deceased was in his seventieth year at the time of his death and was an honored member of the Masonic Fraternity, for nearly a third of a century.
Resolved, That in the death of Brother Hinkle, the lodge has lost one of the worthiest members of the community in which he lived a good citizen and his family, a devoted husband and father.
Resolved, That we hereby convey to his bereaved family this testimonial of our high esteem of his character and expression of our sincere sympathy and condolence in their bereavement.
Resolved, That as a mark of respect to the deceased and of our deep sense of the loss which this lodge had sustained, a copy of the foregoing be placed on the minutes of the lodge, a copy forwarded to the family of the deceased and a copy be sent to each of the county newspapers for publication. ~J.M. Shaffer, S.W. Kirkpatrick and William Weaver