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DR. CHARLES HINKLE, Ballard County, a leading and successful physician of western Kentucky, was born March 13, 1838, in Shelby County, Ky., where he was reared; in 1857, he came to Ballard County. His father, Col. Casper Hinkle, a native of North Carolina, was born in 1800; was taken by his parents, in 1804, to Shelby County, Ky., participated in the war of 1812, and died in 1842. He was the son of Charles, a native of Germany, a soldier in the American Revolution, who died in 1845. Casper espoused in marriage Mildred, daughter of Jesse and Betsey (Head) Oglesby, of Virginia (born in 1802, and died in 1880), and from this union sprang George, Jesse, Susan (Scott), Elizabeth (Seay), subject, and Rachel (Rollings). Subject was married January 26, 1864, to Miss Mary A., daughter of William H. and Penelope (White) Reeves, of Ballard County; she was born in 1844; her children are, William R., Hallie W., Jesse C., James W., Katie and Freddie F. Subject commenced the study of medicine, in 1859, with Dr. D. W. Yandell, of Louisville, Ky., and graduated at the University of Louisville, in 1861. He then located at his present place, where he has been since successfully engaged in the practice of his profession. He is also engaged in farming, owning 550 acres of good land, well cultivated. He is an honored member of the Masonic fraternity, and in politics is identified with the Democratic party.