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RUFUS W. HINKHOUSE was born in Hagerstown, Maryland, August 17, 1850, and died in West Liberty, Iowa, December 2, 1933. Burial was in Oak Ridge Cemetery, West Liberty. His parents were Frederick and Hanna (Hunick) Hinkhouse. The family migrated to Iowa in 1853 and settled in Sugar Creek Township, Cedar County. Rufus attended public school and Wilton Normal School. He followed farming in Cedar County for many years. He became prominent in business activities. Among other enterprises he helped organize two banks in Wilton, one at Atalissa, and one at Downey, being president of the one at Downey. For six years he was a member of the Cedar County Board of Supervisors, the most of the time being its chairman. In 1895 he was elected representative, and served in the Twenty-sixth General Assembly, and also in the Twenty-sixth Extra. In 1909 he removed to West Liberty.