Frank Augustus Hinkey, B.A. 1895.
Born December 23, 1870, in Tonawanda, N Y
Died December 30, 1925, at Southern Pines, N. C
Father, Lewis Hinkey; partner in hardware firm of Nice & Hinkey; born in Bruhl, Mecklenburg, Germany; came to America in 1851; son of Francis and Augusta Hinkey
Mother, Mary (Nice) Hinkey; daughter of John and Mary Ann Nice, both born in Germany.
Attended Tonawanda Union Elementary School, DeVeaux College, and Phillips Andover prior to Yale. Member of the Yale Freshman Football and Baseball teams, University Football Team four years (captain Junior and Senior years; on Walter Camp's All-American Football Team four years), Psi Upsilon, and Skull and Bones.
Returned to Tonawanda after graduation and with his brother, Louis Hinkey, attempted to reestablish the family hardware business of Nice & Hinkey, but gave it up after a short time; was superintendent of Zinc Smelting Works of Lanyon Zinc Company at Iola, Kans , for a time and later was in charge of smelting plant of United Zinc & Chemical Company at Springfield, Ill ; associated with his classmate, Frank S Butterworth, in the brokerage business in New Haven for a while; afterwards associated successively with Harris, Latter & Company, stock brokers in New York City, and the DeWeese-Talbott Company (investment securities) in Dayton, Ohio.
During the later years of his life prevented by ill health from engaging in any business continuously; trustee of village of Tonawanda 1897-98; commissioner of Board of Review of Assessments 1903-05; served as end coach of the football team at Yale for several years after graduation and as head coach in 1914-15.
Married in 1912, Anna Elizabeth, daughter of Dayton Thomas, of Springfield, Ill. No children.
Death due to tuberculosis. Buried in Whitehaven Cemetery, Grand Island, N Y. Survived by three brothers, Louis, Fred, and Benjamin Hinkey, and two sisters, the Misses Clara N and Mary P. Hinkey
Source: Yale obituary.
Born December 23, 1870, in Tonawanda, N Y
Died December 30, 1925, at Southern Pines, N. C
Father, Lewis Hinkey; partner in hardware firm of Nice & Hinkey; born in Bruhl, Mecklenburg, Germany; came to America in 1851; son of Francis and Augusta Hinkey
Mother, Mary (Nice) Hinkey; daughter of John and Mary Ann Nice, both born in Germany.
Attended Tonawanda Union Elementary School, DeVeaux College, and Phillips Andover prior to Yale. Member of the Yale Freshman Football and Baseball teams, University Football Team four years (captain Junior and Senior years; on Walter Camp's All-American Football Team four years), Psi Upsilon, and Skull and Bones.
Returned to Tonawanda after graduation and with his brother, Louis Hinkey, attempted to reestablish the family hardware business of Nice & Hinkey, but gave it up after a short time; was superintendent of Zinc Smelting Works of Lanyon Zinc Company at Iola, Kans , for a time and later was in charge of smelting plant of United Zinc & Chemical Company at Springfield, Ill ; associated with his classmate, Frank S Butterworth, in the brokerage business in New Haven for a while; afterwards associated successively with Harris, Latter & Company, stock brokers in New York City, and the DeWeese-Talbott Company (investment securities) in Dayton, Ohio.
During the later years of his life prevented by ill health from engaging in any business continuously; trustee of village of Tonawanda 1897-98; commissioner of Board of Review of Assessments 1903-05; served as end coach of the football team at Yale for several years after graduation and as head coach in 1914-15.
Married in 1912, Anna Elizabeth, daughter of Dayton Thomas, of Springfield, Ill. No children.
Death due to tuberculosis. Buried in Whitehaven Cemetery, Grand Island, N Y. Survived by three brothers, Louis, Fred, and Benjamin Hinkey, and two sisters, the Misses Clara N and Mary P. Hinkey
Source: Yale obituary.
Frank Augustus Hinkey, B.A. 1895.
Born December 23, 1870, in Tonawanda, N Y
Died December 30, 1925, at Southern Pines, N. C
Father, Lewis Hinkey; partner in hardware firm of Nice & Hinkey; born in Bruhl, Mecklenburg, Germany; came to America in 1851; son of Francis and Augusta Hinkey
Mother, Mary (Nice) Hinkey; daughter of John and Mary Ann Nice, both born in Germany.
Attended Tonawanda Union Elementary School, DeVeaux College, and Phillips Andover prior to Yale. Member of the Yale Freshman Football and Baseball teams, University Football Team four years (captain Junior and Senior years; on Walter Camp's All-American Football Team four years), Psi Upsilon, and Skull and Bones.
Returned to Tonawanda after graduation and with his brother, Louis Hinkey, attempted to reestablish the family hardware business of Nice & Hinkey, but gave it up after a short time; was superintendent of Zinc Smelting Works of Lanyon Zinc Company at Iola, Kans , for a time and later was in charge of smelting plant of United Zinc & Chemical Company at Springfield, Ill ; associated with his classmate, Frank S Butterworth, in the brokerage business in New Haven for a while; afterwards associated successively with Harris, Latter & Company, stock brokers in New York City, and the DeWeese-Talbott Company (investment securities) in Dayton, Ohio.
During the later years of his life prevented by ill health from engaging in any business continuously; trustee of village of Tonawanda 1897-98; commissioner of Board of Review of Assessments 1903-05; served as end coach of the football team at Yale for several years after graduation and as head coach in 1914-15.
Married in 1912, Anna Elizabeth, daughter of Dayton Thomas, of Springfield, Ill. No children.
Death due to tuberculosis. Buried in Whitehaven Cemetery, Grand Island, N Y. Survived by three brothers, Louis, Fred, and Benjamin Hinkey, and two sisters, the Misses Clara N and Mary P. Hinkey
Source: Yale obituary.
Born December 23, 1870, in Tonawanda, N Y
Died December 30, 1925, at Southern Pines, N. C
Father, Lewis Hinkey; partner in hardware firm of Nice & Hinkey; born in Bruhl, Mecklenburg, Germany; came to America in 1851; son of Francis and Augusta Hinkey
Mother, Mary (Nice) Hinkey; daughter of John and Mary Ann Nice, both born in Germany.
Attended Tonawanda Union Elementary School, DeVeaux College, and Phillips Andover prior to Yale. Member of the Yale Freshman Football and Baseball teams, University Football Team four years (captain Junior and Senior years; on Walter Camp's All-American Football Team four years), Psi Upsilon, and Skull and Bones.
Returned to Tonawanda after graduation and with his brother, Louis Hinkey, attempted to reestablish the family hardware business of Nice & Hinkey, but gave it up after a short time; was superintendent of Zinc Smelting Works of Lanyon Zinc Company at Iola, Kans , for a time and later was in charge of smelting plant of United Zinc & Chemical Company at Springfield, Ill ; associated with his classmate, Frank S Butterworth, in the brokerage business in New Haven for a while; afterwards associated successively with Harris, Latter & Company, stock brokers in New York City, and the DeWeese-Talbott Company (investment securities) in Dayton, Ohio.
During the later years of his life prevented by ill health from engaging in any business continuously; trustee of village of Tonawanda 1897-98; commissioner of Board of Review of Assessments 1903-05; served as end coach of the football team at Yale for several years after graduation and as head coach in 1914-15.
Married in 1912, Anna Elizabeth, daughter of Dayton Thomas, of Springfield, Ill. No children.
Death due to tuberculosis. Buried in Whitehaven Cemetery, Grand Island, N Y. Survived by three brothers, Louis, Fred, and Benjamin Hinkey, and two sisters, the Misses Clara N and Mary P. Hinkey
Source: Yale obituary.
