Submitted by
Vicki Ebert

HINKLE - Died, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. A. Riehl, 311 west Bridge avenue, Monday, April 6, at 4:20 p.m. Philip Hinkle.
Philip Hinkle was born in New Britain township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, July 14, 1836. They moved to Hinkleton where he spent his boyhood. He enlisted in the three months service, Lincoln’s first call, on April 26, 1861, in the Doylestown Guards. He later re-enlisted in the 104th Pennsylvania and organized a company and received his commission as first lieutenant. He was ill of typhus fever for weeks in Washington, D. C. during his enlistment. He was married to Alcesta K. Stokes Oct. 25, 1861, and at the close of the war they moved west, locating at Topeka, Kansas, thence to Emporia and finally at Florence in 1874, where they spent the rest of the time until coming to Blackwell, Okla., to be with their children. Four children were born to them, Harry S. Hinkle of Arkansas City, Kan, Edward Hinkle, deceased and buried in Topeka; Mrs. J. A. Riehl, at whose home he passed away, and Chas. Hinkle of Blackwell, Okla. Mr. Hinkle united with the Presbyterian church late in life but was a consistent member and a true Christian. He failed in health some time ago but his last illness was of long duration, having been bedfast since Nov. 15. He died Monday afternoon, April6, 1914, at 4:20, quietly and peacefully as he had so often prayed to do. Funeral at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. A. Riehl, 311 west Bridge avenue, Thursday morning at 10 o’clock. Friends of the family are invited. Interment in I. O. O. F. cemetery. The G. A. R. Post 62, of Blackwell will have charge.