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Submitted: 7/3/07 • Approved: 7/4/07 • Last Updated: 4/10/18 • R7654-G7652-S3
George M. Hinckley D.O.B. 29 April 1821 Laona, Chautauga County, NY.
Died. 18 Oct. 1885 DuQuoin, IL.
Buried. 22 Oct. 1885
Philena (Ross) Hinckley D.O.B. 1827, Mass.
Died. 19 Aug 1919 DuQuoin, IL
George M. Hinckley died from an injury received in being thrown from a carriage, while attending a funeral. He was born in Laona, New York, the only son of George and Harriett Hinckley. The family was of Englilsh descent and in 1635 or 1638, settled at Barnstable in what was known as Plymouth Colony. In 1840 George Milford came to this state and lived with his uncle, Hiram Hinckley, in Old Du Quoin. He leaves a wife and two sons. (Du Quoin Wkly, Tribune, Oct 1885)
George Mildford Hinckley..b. 29 Apr 1820, Laona, Chautuga County, New York; d. 18 Oct 1885, Du Quoin, Perry County IL. Bur. Old Du Quoin Cemetery. He was a merchant. His parents were George and Harriet Brooks Hinckley. He was married in Perry County, IL on 21 Nov 1843 to Philena A. Ross, b. 1827 in Massachusetts to Arad L and Cynthia Burpee Ross; d. in Du Quoin, Perry County, IL. Bur Old Du Quoin Cemetery.
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