Doc. Hinkley - Dentist

         Doc. graduated from University of Michigan School of Dentistry in 1893.  His dental office was located upstairs in the former Olney Bank Building, located on the corner of Main and Center Streets, as one of the early business occupants.  (This bank has changed ownership through the years and has also been known as Van Buren State Bank, First of America Bank, and currently known as National City Bank)   In 2002, the upper floor of the bank building remains unoccupied by tenants.  The lettering  Dentist remains on the west front-upper floor window of the bank building, as does the memory of a dentist who refused to give up his practice until his permanent retirement from this earth in the 1970s.  

         The Van Buren Historical Society replicated Doc. Hinckley's office and it is on display at the Van Buren Historical Museum on Red Arrow Hwy, just east of Hartford. 

         Roy M. Davis has interesting comments in his book, Paw Paw River Times & People, Volume 1, and his latest book,  Paw Paw River Days and Nights, about Doc. Hinckley, his practice, his wife, Jennie, and the house he lived in until his death.  Both books are available at the Hartford Public Library.