WILLIAM A. CLINKINBEARD, farmer; P. O. North Middletown, was born June
24, 1820, and is a son of John and Sallie (Strode) Clinkinbeard, his
grandfather, William Clinkinbeard, emigrated from Maryland, and was one
of the first settlers of Strode's Station in Clark County. He raised
two sons and three daughters. The second son, John Clinkinbeard, was
born about the year 1795, and was married in 1819 to Sallie, daughter of
John Strode, whose father was the first settler of Strode's Station. By
this marriage there were only seventeen children, and fifteen of them
were raised to maturity. The oldest son, William A., who is the subject
of our sketch, was married Sept. 2, 1847, to Harriet B., daughter of
James W. Rice, spoken of elsewhere in this work. Our subject and Harvey
W. Rice were the first importers of Cotswold sheep to this State, they
purchased them of Col. Ware, near Winchester, Va., and was the first
stock ever shipped over the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. The sheep
cost them an average of $75 per head. Mr. Clinkinbeard and wife are
members of the Christian Church.
