Herkimer county historical society
Sarah Helen Hinckley of the Town of Russia By sue perkins
An album full of postcards belonging to Sarah Helen Hinckley has been donated to the Herkimer County Historical Society. Sarah’s name was written on the inside cover of the album along with the date 1907. I began to wonder just who this woman was. I remembered that we did a historic house tour in the town of Russia in 1993. I looked in the architecture survey file and found a photograph taken in 1973 of the Hinckley House on Cady Road, along with a genealogy chart showing who Sarah Helen Hinckley’s parents and siblings were. I next checked the Hinckley surname file, www.fultonhistory.com, and Ancestry. Success! I had found just what I was looking for. Sarah Helen Hinckley was born on October 1, 1843, in Wilmurt, Herkimer County, New York, the daughter of Gardner (1808-1875) and Elizabeth Atwood Hinckley (18101874). Sarah had 2 brothers: Elijah and Samuel G. and three sisters: Caroline, Mary, and Emma J. The Hinckleys and their spouses are all buried in the Gravesville Cemetery. Here’s a little background on Sarah’s parents. When his fa-
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