The History of Hendricks County (Chicago: Interstate Publishing, 1885)--Franklin Township, pages 604-605
William Tincher, section 9, Franklin Township, was born in Monroe County, Ind., March 18, 1825, a son of John and Polly Tincher. His grandfather, Robert Tincher, was one of the first settlers of Clay Township, this county, and lived there till his death, his sons John, Robert, George and Obadiah also being early settlers of Hendricks County. John and Polly Tincher had a family of four children--Emeline, Rebecca, Robert and William, the latter being the only one living. The mother died in Putnam County, and the father subsequently married Mrs. Aseneth (Fox) Carter, widow of Aaron Carter, and to them were born four children--Mrs. Hannah Evans, of Illinois; Mrs. Mary J. DePew, of Marion Township; Obadiah, of Guilford Township, and John, of Morgan County, Ind. The second wife died and the father married again. His third wife survives him. He died in June, 1842, aged thirty-eight years. William Tincher was married April 6, 1845, to Martha A. Fitts, a native of Indiana, born April 6, 1829, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Fitts. Her father died in Putnam County, and her mother at her residence, in 1880. Mr. and Mrs. Tincher have eight children--John, enlisted in the war for the Union in the One Hundred and Seventeenth Indiana Infantry, and died at Knoxville, Tenn.; William H., resides in Kansas; Mrs. Eliza A. Woods, of this township; James M., of Stilesville; George W., at home; Sarah E., wife of Rev. Lewis S. Smith, a Methodist minister, now of Tippecanoe County; Harrison T., an attorney of Indianapolis; Flora A. and Charles D., at home. After his marriage Mr. Tincher lived near Coatesville till the spring of 1858, and then located on his present farm, where he owns 335 acres of valuable land. He is purely a self-made man. He was but seventeen years of age when his father died, and since then has been obliged to rely on his own resources, but energy, frugality and business tact have been rewarded, and he is now one of Franklin Township's most substantial and reliable citizens. He has served his township efficiently as Trustee. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.