Clark, Robert Carlton, Ph.D. "History of the Willamette Valley Oregon."  Vol. 2.
Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company, 1927. p. 14.

ISAAC HOMER VAN WINKLE

     Isaac Homer Van Winkle has given his state able and appreciated service in
the office of attorney-general for many years. Well grounded in the basic
principles of the law, and in touch with the latest court opinions and
precedents, he has shown his eminent qualifications for this responsible
position, the duties of which he has discharged in a manner that has won for him
added prestige as a skilled and competent lawyer. Mr. Van Winkle is a native son
of the Willamette Valley, having been born on a farm near Halsey, Linn county,
on the 3d day of December, 1870. His parents, Isaac Newton and Elizabeth A.
(Pearl) Van Winkle, were natives of Kentucky and Ohio respectively, his mother
being a daughter of James Pearl, who crossed the plains to Oregon in 1852 and
took up a donation claim in Linn county. The paternal grandfather, Isaac Van
Winkle, came overland to this state in 1859 and settled in Linn county, where he
spent his remaining years. His son, Isaac Newton Van Winkle, was engaged in
mining in Idaho for awhile, but subsequently bought land near Halsey, Linn
county, Oregon, where he created a good farm, which he operated for many years,
but finally retired and moved to Portland, where his death occurred in 1917, his
wife dying in Salem in 1920.
 
     Isaac H. Van Winkle secured his elementary education in the public schools
and then entered Willamette University, where he was graduated with the degree
of Bachelor of Arts in 1898. Having determined to devote his life to the legal
profession, he entered the college of law of Willamette University and was
graduated in 1901, being at once admitted to the bar. He entered upon the
practice of his profession in Salem, where he has remained to the present time,
gaining a place in the front rank of the able and successful lawyers of the
Marion county bar. In 1904 Mr. Van Winkle served as a law clerk in the
attorney-general's office, and in 1910 was appointed assistant attorney-general,
holding the office until 1913, when he resumed the private practice of his
profession. In 1915 Mr. Van Winkle was again appointed first assistant
attorney-general and held that position until 1920. when he received an
appointment as attorney-general, to which office he was elected in the fall of
that same year. He discharged his duties in a manner that attracted the
favorable attention of the electors of the state and in 1924 he was elected to
the office and is the present incumbent. During his official tenure many vitally
important matters have claimed his attention and have been handled in a manner
that has won for him general commendation, stamping him as an able and erudite
lawyer.
 
     On September 3, 1902, Mr. Van Winkle was united in marriage to Miss Leila
V. Parish, who was a daughter of Dr. William H. Parish, of Monmouth, Oregon, and
whose death occurred on November 29, 1918. To this union was born a daughter,
Rosalind A., who was graduated from the Salem high school in June, 1927, and in
the fall entered Willamette University. Mr. Van Winkle has always been an ardent
supporter of the republican party and from young manhood has been interested in
public affairs. While still in school he served as deputy assessor of Linn
county. He is a member of the Woodmen of the World and the Artisans, and
maintains professional affiliation with the Oregon State Bar Association and the
American Bar Association. His life success has been based on the principle of
doing well whatever he has undertaken and today he commands the respect of his
professional colleagues and the confidence of the public.

*******************

Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in December 2014 by Diana Smith. Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.