S.O.BINKLEY, fire insurance agent, Troy; was born in Maryland, Feb. 3, 1800; is a son of Jacob & Marie C. Binkley; the former was born in Pennsylvania; both are deceased, and were parents of three sons, of whom only our subject remains. He was reared in Maryland, where he received his education in the common schools, which was afterward more fully developed in seminary training; has been in active business life since he attained his maturity; in early life was engaged in chair making and ornamental painting, from which he entered fully upon the agency business in which he is now engaged, representing the well-known and reliable Cooper Company of Dayton; came to Troy in 1843, and has ever since resided there. In 1822, he married Julia A. Ream, who bore him six children, three of whom are now living, two dying in infancy. Himself and wife are members of the Methodist Church, with which they have been connected for more than half a century.