History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 699. [Harrison County] [Richland Precinct] HENRY ECKLER, farmer, P. O. Richland, was born Feb. 5, 1820, in Harrison County, Ky., and is the son of John and Elizabeth (Macneese) Eckler. He lived with his parents until the age of 21, when he began working on a farm by the month, at which he continued until 1843; then rented a farm till [sic] 1847, when he bought a farm, selling the same in 1849. In 1857 he repurchased his farm by reason of failure of the buyer to pay for it. In 1858 he married Mrs. Elizabeth Hodges, who has borne him on child, John R. In 1860 he bough a farm of Wm. Warner and lived on the same until 1874. In 1876 he bought the farm of 184 acres, where he now lives. His principal productions are wheat, rye and tobacco. Himself and family are members of the Baptist Church, and he at one time was a member of the Granger organization. Politically, he is a Democrat. Mrs. Eckler was formerly Miss Elizabeth Arnold, daughter of Samuel and Rebecca (Hetch) Arnold. She is a native of Harrison County and was born March 31, 1822, and was married to Thomas Hodges, who died in 1853, and in 1858 she married Mr. Eckler, as above stated. Eckler Macneese Hodges Hetch Arnold = none http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/harrison/eckler.h.txt