The Rev. Anthony Jacob Henckel emigrated from Germany in 1717 with his wife Mary Elizabeth and their eight children, settling in Germantown, PA near Philadelphia.

Adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain.

In 1803, Rev. Henckel’s great grandson Anthony and his wife Catherine Nancy Frey moved their family to Robertson County in northern middle Tennessee.

The War of 1812 was a conflict fought between the United States and its allies, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and its allies.

The youngest of eight - Andrew Hinkle, was born in 1815 and is recognized as the founder of Hinkle Chair Company®.

Andrew Hinkle began Hinkle Chair Company® weaving the seats using hand cut strips of various hardwoods and assembling the finished chairs. Andrew and his wife Catherine had twelve children; among them was Henry Ywell who was born in 1860 and would eventually continue in his father's footsteps.

Henry Hinkle continued in his father’s footsteps, farming during the growing season and producing ladder back chairs during the cold winter months to help support the family. Henry and his wife Eva had five children, including Willie Bell who was born in 1896.

The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States from 1861 to 1865, fought between northern states loyal to the Union and southern states that had seceded to form the Confederate States of America.

Born in 1896, Willie Bell would eventually wed Ellie Mae Clinard in 1915. They continued the family tradition of farming and making chairs, but as demand for their products grew, the family gave up farming in 1932 to produce chairs full-time.

William Winford Hinkle was born in 1917 just prior to the close of World War I and before the onset of the Spanish Flu.

World War II was the biggest and deadliest war in history, involving more than 30 countries.

 A small country store and a tobacco barn served as a makeshift factory and as production increased rocking chairs were added to the line of products.