Amos shinkle biography

Amos Shinkle, a long-time Covington resident, was active in the area during the mid-to-late nineteenth century.

Amos Shinkle was born on a farm at White.

When Amos Shinkle was born on 11 August 1818, in Higginsport, Brown, Ohio, United States, his father, Peter Shinkle, was 23 and his mother, Sarah Day.

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Amos Shinkle, a long-time Covington resident, was active in the area during the mid-to-late nineteenth century. His contributions are many. As a businessman, he helped to organize a bank, to build steamboats, to bring gas lighting to Covington and to build approximately 30 to 40 houses in Covington as a developer.

Shinkle’s most substantial contribution to northern Kentucky was as the guiding light behind the Covington and Cincinnati (now John A. Roebling) Suspension Bridge. A bridge, which was first envisioned as early as 1839, was recognized by civic leaders as being vital to the continued development of Covington and northern Kentucky as it would link Covington, which was northern Kentucky’s financial, commercial and mercantile center to downtown Cincinnati.

The Covington and Cincinnati Bridge Company was finally created by the Kentucky state legislature in 1846. The company floundered, however, until Shinkle became involved in 1856 as President. Shinkle was an entrepreneur and a businessman with ties on both sides of the river. He recognized the necessity of the bridge and became the driving force behind it.

The construction of the bridge began in 1856, but had to be halted due to the Civil War. At the time the bridge was finally completed

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Amos Shinkle (1818 - 1892)

AmosShinkle

Born in White Oak Creek, Brown County, Ohio

Ancestors

Son of Peter Shinkle and Sarah (Day) Shinkle

Brother of Malinda Shinkle, Charles Shinkle, Matilda Shinkle, Vincent Shinkle, Melissa (Shinkle) Alley, Uriah Shinkle, Josiah Shinkle, Melvina Shinkle and Oliver P. Shinkle

Descendants

Father of Bradford Shinkle

Died at age 74in Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, United States

Profile last modified | Created 22 Feb 2011

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Biography

Birth

Date: 11 AUG 1818

Place: White Oak Creek, Brown County, Ohio

Death

Date: 14 NOV 1892

Place: Covington, Kentucky

Sources

Acknowledgment

This person was created through the import of Terri's Family Tree.ged on 22 February 2011.

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