Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William 
Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, 
Chicago, 1882. Cass County.

JAMES M. HINCHEE, merchant, Philadelphia; was born in Sangamon 
Co., Ill., March 11, 1843. William W. Hinchee, the father of our 
subject, a farmer by occupation, was born in Kentucky, Feb. 22, 
1818; and died Feb. 14, 1880; his wife, Margaret Ray, a native of 
Sangamon County, Ill., is still living, being now about sixty 
years of age; of their eight children, our subject is the eldest. 
James M. received an ordianry education in the schools of his 
native county, and on the breaking out of the late war, enlisted 
in Co. K, 33d Ill. Volunteer Infantry. Capt. C.E. Lippincott under 
Col. C.E. Havey, remaining in service four years and three months, 
during which time he participated in the siege of Vicksburg, and 
the battles of Raymond and Champion Hill. After leaving the army 
he engaged in farming; in 1870 engaged in bridge building in 
connection with farming, and in 1874 came to Philadelphia, where 
he followed carpentering till July, 1881, when he entered the 
mercantile business in partnership with J.J. Higginson, whose 
interest he bought out in March, the following year, and has since 
conducted the business on his own account. In Cass County, Ill., 
Nov. 21, 1867, he married Mary E. Clark, a native of that county, 
born Aug. 29, 1846, who has borne him six children: Ada V., 
Norval, William E., Alice, Martha, and an infant unnamed. Mrs. 
Hinchee is a daughter of Rev. William and Elizabeth (Warnack) 
Clark, the latter deceased. Mr. Hinchee is a Republican.

Hinchee Ray Lippincott Havey Clark Warnack
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Sangamon-IL KY