Hinckley, Arthur Tappan

Hinckley, Arthur Tappan

Male 1830 - 1888  (58 years)

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  • Name Hinckley, Arthur Tappan 
    Born 9 Feb 1830  Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 30 Oct 1888  [1
    Buried Hampton National Cemetery, Hampton, Hampton City, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I35959  Sackett | Descendants of Capt. Richard Sackett
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2013 

    Father Hinckley, Asahel,   b. 11 Feb 1794, Thetford, Orange County, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jul 1844  (Age 50 years) 
    Mother Skinner, Philinda,   b. 23 Mar 1795, Bolton, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Aug 1870, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 7 Sep 1817  Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Children 4 children 
     1. Hinckley, Sarah Maria,   b. 25 Oct 1818,   d. 20 Apr 1892  (Age 73 years)
     2. Hinckley, Nelson G.,   b. 20 Aug 1820, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Mar 1905, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     3. Hinckley, Eliza Jane,   b. 19 Oct 1822,   d. 1 Jan 1898  (Age 75 years)
     4. Hinckley, Arthur Tappan,   b. 9 Feb 1830, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Oct 1888  (Age 58 years)
     
    Family ID F9180  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 9 Feb 1830 - Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Hampton National Cemetery, Hampton, Hampton City, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Capt. Arthur T. Hinckley was born in Hartford Feb. 9, 1830, and passed his early life in that city. In 1854 he was appointed (by Col. N. G. Hinckley, quartermaster-general) armorer at the State arsenal, holdingithaft position until 1862, and in many ways proving his eminent fitness therefor. In 1861, at the first call for volunteers in the Civil war, he took enlistment papers from Adjt.-Gen. 'Villiams, and, making his headquarters at the armory of the old Hartford Light Guard, in a few days recruited a full company-Company A, 1st Regiment Conn. V. I.which was accepted at midnight, the adjutant-general keeping his office open for that purpose, and was the first company raised for the war accepted by thc State. Mr. Hinckley was elected lieutenant, and went into camp at New Haven with the command, but before muster-in he resigned and returned to his position at the State arsenal, at the instance of Quartermaster-General Hatheway and the earnest personal request of Gov. Buckingham, who remarked that "àò: this critical time he would be of more service there than at the front." After remaining another year at the arsenal he was, on july 9, 1862, authorized by Adjt.-Gen. \\/Villiams to enlist another company for the Federal service. He opened an office, and recruited a full company, of which he was elected captain, and which was mustered in N ov. ii, 1862, as Company B, 25th Conn. V. I., Col. G. P. Bissell. The regiment saw active service, and Capt. Hinckley participated in Gen. Banks' expedition to New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Port Hudson, lie and his company receiving the highest commendation in that campaign. He returned with the regiment to Hartford, was mustered out and honorably discharged. However, it soon became apparent that the Captain's general health was impaired, and a chronic disease developed which eventually caused his death. As his health required constant medical aid, he chose to avail himself of the beneñts to be had at the National Soldiers' Home at Hampton, Va. He died Oct. 30, 1888, and was laid to rest in the National Cemetery at Hampton.
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      Find A Grave Memorial
      Arthur T Hinckley
      Birth: unknown
      Death: Oct. 30, 1888

      Burial:
      Hampton National Cemetery, Hampton, Hampton City, Virginia, USA
      Plot: , 6049

      Imported from: US Veteran's Affairs
      Record added: Mar 04, 2000
      Find A Grave Memorial# 3084497

  • Sources 
    1. [S543] Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com), Memorial# 3084497 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S135] Barbour Collection of Vital Records, Families of Hartford, Connecticut (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1394] Commemorative Biographical Record of Hartford County, Connecticut: Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, and of Many of the Early Settled Families, Volume 1, ( J.H. Beers & Co.), 230 (Reliability: 2), 21 Jun 2016.
      (VI) Asahel Hinckley, father of Nelson G., was born Feb. 11, 1794, in Thetford, Vt., and came to Hartford in 1810. He was a printer by trade, and worked in the office of The Hartford Courant at a period when the "art preservative of all the arts" was very different from what it now is. He not only set up the type, but was also accustomed to "pull" the entire edition of the paper on a hand press, and ink the form with the old-fashioned "balls." In 1820 he commenced the dry-goods and millinery business on Main street, near Church; his store for many years was known in Hartford as the leading one in that line. ln 1854 his son Nelson G. succeeded to the business.

      On Sept. 7, 1817, Asahel Hinckley married Philinda Skinner, of Bolton, Conn., daughter of Eldad and Maria (Sackett) Skinner. Eldad Skinner's father, Asahel Skinner, married Sarah Trumbull, daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Brown) Trumbull, and sister of Rev. Benjamin Trumbull, D. D., the famous historian. Benjamin, Sr., father of Sarah Trumbull, was a son of Benoni Trumbull, brother of joseph, who was the father of the famous "Brother Jonathan" Trumbull. Children were born to (VI) Asahel and Philinda Hinckley as follows: Sarah Maria, Oct. 25, 1818, died April 20, 1892 (she married Lorenzo Lane, of Chicopee, Mass.); Nelson G. is mentioned below; Jane Elizabeth, Oct. 19, 1822, died Jan. 1, 1898 (she married Oliver Woodhouse); Arthur Tappan is mentioned below. Asahel Hinckley died July 23, 1844; Philinda, his wife, died Aug. 24, 1870.


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