History of Daviess County, Kentucky, Inter-State Publishing Co., 
Chicago, 1883.  Reprinted by McDowell Publications, Utica, KY, 1980.  p. 
629.

WILLIAM WINKLER, born in Washington County, Ky., Oct. 3, 1801, is a son 
of Adam Winkler, a native of North Carolina, who settled in Washington 
County during the Revolutiou [sic], and in 1812 brought his family to 
Daviess County and settled in the woods in Knottsville Precinct.  
Indians and wild animals were plenty, but at that time, though the 
Indians were peaceable.  Adam Winkler lived to see many changes in this 
county before his death.  William Winkler married Eliza Adams.  Of their 
twelve children but three are living--Hiram, William and Joseph F.  Mrs. 
Winkler died June 14, 1844, and June 18, 1846, Mr. Winkler married Alcy 
Hale, who died Dec. 16, 1881.  Mr. Winkler has been a hard-working man 
and is now, in his eighty-second year, enjoying a peaceful old age.

Winkler Adams Hale
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Washington-KY NC

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