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A tribute to Lorenzo Joe "Lenny" Hinchman of Floyd County, Kentucky — one of the finest minor league pitchers of the 1950s, who compiled 74 wins, two championships on two continents, four All-Star selections, and a career that took him from a one-room schoolhouse in Tram to a national radio broadcast heard around the world.
Before a voice goes silent, before a memory fades — here is how to capture the stories of the people you love, and keep them alive for generations to come.
With thousands of individuals in the family GEDCOM, records at FamilySearch and Ancestry, the 1929 Mortimer Hinchman genealogy, and the Hinchman Heritage Society chronicles, today's researchers have more tools than ever. Here's where to start.
Every family possesses stories worth preserving. Whether through books, interviews, digital archives, or websites, preserving family stories creates a lasting legacy for future generations.
On April 23, 1994, a group of Hinchman descendants gathered in Huntington, West Virginia, to formally establish the Hinchman Heritage Society — a moment that gave the family's centuries-long story an institutional home.
Without the tireless research of Mary Wilhelm Hinchman, much of what we know about the family's 400-year journey across America would be lost. Her landmark book remains the authoritative record of the Hinchman lineage.
In 1637, a young Puritan named Humfry Henchman stepped off a ship in New England, carrying little more than his faith and a determination to build a new life — and in doing so, founded one of America's oldest family lines.
The definitive genealogical history of the Hinchman family, compiled by Mary Wilhelm Hinchman, is now available for purchase on Amazon Kindle.
A remarkable archive of Henchman family papers spanning over 150 years — including diaries, letters, and photographs connecting the Australian branch of our family to relatives in America and England — has been uncovered at the State Library of New South Wales.
A practicing physician, census taker, and West Virginia legislator in the Reconstruction era, Ulysses Hinchman left a lasting mark on Logan County — including lending the final syllable of his surname to the town of Man, West Virginia, which still bears it today.
Hubert 'Curly' Hinchman of Greenfield, Indiana led all Indiana college players in scoring in 1928, played for the Chicago Cardinals and Detroit Lions in the NFL, and was rated by Detroit's coach as the second-fastest player in the entire league.
A direct descendant of our family's earliest New England settlers, Daniel Henchman became the most prominent publisher and bookseller in pre-Revolutionary America — commissioned the first English-language Bible printed in British America, founded New England's first paper mill, and counted John Hancock among his family connections.