People

A W Hinman

A. W. Hinman was a physician practicing in Dundee, Illinois in the early twentieth century. He is recorded among the medical practitioners active in the community as of 1908, though further details of his background, training, and tenure in the area remain undocumented in currently available sources. A later source identifies him more fully as Albert Walker Hinman, a homoeopathic physician born on October 10, 1845, in Stillville, Oneida County, New York. (Source: *Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Kane County* (1904))

Known Activities

According to the History of Kane County, Ill. (Joslyn, 1908), Hinman was one of two physicians practicing in Dundee at the time of the volume's publication, alongside H. H. Hagerty. (Source: History of Kane County, Ill., Vol. 1 (Joslyn, 1908))

By comparison, the same source notes that Dundee had supported as many as five physicians in 1858 — including Levi A. Crabtree, R. T. Goodwin, H. Gough, R. L. Hale, and Luke Hale — suggesting a contraction in the local medical community over the intervening half-century. (Source: History of Kane County, Ill., Vol. 1 (Joslyn, 1908))

According to the Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Kane County (1904), Hinman came west in 1876, first locating in De Kalb County, Illinois. He pursued medical training at the Chicago Homoeopathic Medical College during the winters of 1876 through 1879. Prior to settling in Dundee, he practiced medicine in St. Charles, Illinois. He established his practice in Dundee in the spring of 1882. Between 1893 and 1897 he relocated briefly to Chicago before returning to Dundee. (Source: Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Kane County (1904))

Hinman married Elizabeth Gliddin of De Kalb, Illinois on November 29, 1880. (Source: Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Kane County (1904))

Timeline

Year	Event
1845	Born October 10 in Stillville, Oneida County, New York
1876	Came west; located initially in De Kalb County, Illinois; began medical training at Chicago Homoeopathic Medical College
1879	Completed winter sessions at Chicago Homoeopathic Medical College
1880	Married Elizabeth Gliddin of De Kalb, Illinois (November 29)
1882	Established medical practice in Dundee, Illinois (spring)
1893	Relocated to Chicago
1897	Returned to Dundee, Illinois
1908	Listed as a practicing physician in Dundee, Kane County, Illinois

## Sources

History of Kane County, Ill. (Joslyn), Vol. 1, 1908. Available at: https://archive.org/details/historyofkanecou01josl#offset-1207104
Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Kane County, 1904. Available at: https://archive.org/details/historicalencycl00unse#offset-4666698