Amos Clifford Shinkle

A. Clifford Shinkle Succumbs;

Short Illness Proves Fatal

To Prominent Businessman

A. Clifford Shinkle, a leading figure in Cincinnati banking and business circles, died yesterday morning at his residence, 1811 Madison Road, after a short illness. He was 66 years old.

With Mrs. Shinkle, he returned to Cincinnati only last Wednesday having passed the winter, since January, at Sea Island, Ga.

Mr. Shinkle began his business career in January, 1898, as a member of Shinkle, Wilson and Kres Company, wholesale grocers, in Cincinnati. The firm . . . [illegible text] . . . changed its name to the Titus and Martin Company, of which Mr. Shinkle was Vice President. He was also Vice President of the Dixie Terminal Company, Vice President of the Black-Clawson Company, Hamilton, Ohio, President of the . . . [illegible text] . . . Company, and, since 1908, President of the Covington and Cincinnati Bridge Company.

Mr. Shinkle was President of the Central Trust Company from 1911 to 1936; President of Equitable Fire Insurance Company from 1927 to 1942, and President of the Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio from 1934 to 1943. He was also a President and Director of the Loring Andrews Company and Past President of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, Commercial Club, Commonwealth Club, Cincinnati Music Hall Association, and American Toll Bridge Association. He served on the Cincinnati Board of Health from . . . [illegible text] . . ..

In World War I, Mr. Shinkle was Treasurer of the Cincinnati Chapter of the Red Cross, inspector for Ohio of the American Protective League and Lieutenant Colonel in the Home Guard.

He was a director on various boards, including the American Book Company, New York, Fifth-Third Union Trust Company, Cincinnati, Tobacco Warehouse Company, and the Brownell Company, Dayton, Ohio.

Mr. Shinkle maintained a residence at Watch Hill, R. I., where he was active in various civic associations. In Cincinnati he was a member of the Queen City Club, Camargo Club, Commercial Club, Commonwealth Club, and Riding Club. He was a member of New York City's Banker's Club and Racquet and Tennis Club.

Mr. Shinkle was born in Covington on October 25, 1877. His grandfather, Amos Shinkle, was engaged in the steamboat business between Cincinnati and New Orleans and was the prime mover in the construction of Suspension Bridge linking Cincinnati and Covington. Three generations of the Shinkle family were Presidents of the Covington and Cincinnati Bridge Company which operates the span.

Educated in private schools, Shinkle later attended the University of Cincinnati.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Frances Hinkle Shinkle; three daughters, Mrs. S. J. Dorsel, Miss Frances Shinkle, and Miss Kate Shinkle, all of Cincinnati, a son, A. Clifford Shinkle, Jr., in service at Camp Maxey, Texas, a brother, Bradford Shinkle, Jr., St. Louis shoe manufacturer, and two grandchildren.

Funeral arrangements, which are in charge of the Wiltsee funeral home, await the arrival of Mr. Shinkle's son. Burial will be in Spring Grove.