Ichabod Henkle
July 25, 1903; Oregonian, p 4
Corvallis, July 24

   Ichabod Henkle, aged nearly 93 years, a pioneer of 1853, and in his time a well known figure in the promotion of wagon road and railroad enterprises in Benton County, died at 6 o'clock this morning, at his home four miles west of Philomath.

   Mr. Henkle was one of the original promoters of the Corvallis & Yaquina Bay Wagon Road Company.  He was a stockholder in the enterprise, and  was one of the original incorporators.  He was also a stockholder and promoter of the Willamette Valley & Coast Railroad Company, which built the railroad line from Yaquina to the present terminus in the Cascades.  In the Willamette Valley & Coast Railroad Company he was a member of the board of directors.  This company purchased locomotives and ten miles of railroad iron for the track.  The iron was, however, of very light weight, and was never used extensively in the construction of the road.

   Mr. Henkle was born in Pendleton County, West Virginia, October 10, 1810.  While yet a child he went with his parents to Fayette County, Ohio, where he resided until 1849.  In the latter year he removed to Iowa, and from the latter state, on April 4, 1853, with his wife and four children, he started on the long trip for the Pacific Coast.  After a journey of six months by ox team, he reached Butte Creek, Clackamas County, in October of the same year.  Two or three weeks later he came to Benton County, and settled on the farm, four miles west of Philomath, on which he resided to the day of his death.

   He is survived by Jacob Henkle and Jack Henkle brothers, Mrs. Mary King, a sister, and by several children, among whom is J. E. Henkle, of Philomath.  The funeral occurs from the family home at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, and the interment will be in the family cemetery on the well known Henkle farm.