Bio: Winkley, Charles (1881) 
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Surnames: Winkley, Huckbody, Higgins

----Source: The History of Northern Wisconsin (Marathon County, Wis.) 1881, page 569

CHARLES WINKLEY, proprietor Winkley House, Wausau. He settled in this place in the latter part of July, 1851. His first work was by the month, and he then went to making shingles and logging on a small scale, which business he followed, more or less, for fifteen years. Then he built a part of the Winkley House, lived there and kept hotel, and was in the lumber business until 1868. In that year he finished the hotel. He was born in Lincolnshire, England, Sept. 1, 1829. He was married, Dec. 30, 1850, in England, and emigrated to America, Jan. 1, 1851. His wife's maiden name was Susanna R. Huckbody; she was born in Lincolnshire, England, June 24, 1830. They have had six children — Letitia A., who was married to Mr. G. A. Higgins, in September, 1874, she is now living near Waverly, Bremer Co., Iowa; John T. Winkley, married in December, 1880, and living with his father in the hotel, where he was born; four have died — Mary E., Charles J., Sarah A. and Charles Winkley, Jr.