| SamuelHindman |
SAMUEL HINDMAN was born in Richland County,Ohio, January 24, 1834; his father, Elijah Hindman, was born in AlleghenyCounty, Pennsylvania, November 4, 1798, a son of Samuel Hindman, whosenativity is not positively known; the year of his birth was 1763, and afterhis marriage he emigrated to Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, where he wasone of the pioneers; he was a cooper by trade and followed that vocationuntil his death; he was married to Letitia McClinithan, a native of Alleghenycounty, Pennsylvania. Elijah Hindman was married in Allegheny County andresided there until 1833: in that year he emigrated with his wife and fourchildren to Ohio, making the journey overland with a four-horse wagon;he located in Richland county, on a tract of timber land which he occupieduntil 1838, he again started westward, coming to Illinois and settlingwhere Rushville township, Schuyler county, now is; here he improved a tractof land and passed the remainder of his life. He married Anna Mace, a daughterof John Mace, a native of London, England, who emigrated to America andfought in the war of the Revolution. Mrs. Hindman, the mother of our subject,resides with a daughter in Rushville township, at the advanced age of ninety-oneyears. Samuel Hindman, Jr., was four years old when his parents removedto Illinois. Here he grew to manhood, among the vicissitudes and privationsof frontier life; the mother carded and spun the cloth with which the childrenwere dressed, and they lived from the products of their land; Mr. Hindmanrelates that on one occasion his father sold a load of wheat at twenty-fivecents a bushel, and at the same time paid thirty-seven and one-half centsa yard for calico. He received his education in the pioneer schools, thefurniture and house being constructed in the most primitive style; in earlyyouth he began to assist in the cultivation of the land, and has sincefollowed farming.In 1859 he determined to make a trip to Pike’sPeak, but at Fort Kearney the party met many returning with discouragingreports; Mr. Hindman then changed his course, going to Coffey county, Kansas,whence he returned home after an absence of three months. He had once beforestarted to the West, in 1855, accompanied by his brother John; their destinationwas Kansas, and they traveled via the Illinois, Mississippi and Missouririvers to Richfield, Missouri, at which point his brother died of cholera;Mr. Hindman pushed on to western Missouri, but on account of his brother’sdeath he came back.
He was married November 8, 1876, to Julia(Ward) Mathews, a native of Washington county, Pennsylvania, and a daughterof James Ward, and a granddaughter of Thomas Ward, a native of England,who passed his life in the British kingdom. James Ward married Nancy Hamilton,a native of New Jersey and a daughter of Richard Hamilton. Mrs. Hindmanwas first married in 1853 to Thomas H. Mathews, a son of James and Sarah(McIntire) Mathews; he died in 1873; one child was born of this union,Lemonia H. Mr. and Mrs. Hindman have one child, Juniata. Mr. Hindman inheriteda part of the old homestead, and has devoted his life to agricultural pursuits.
Biographical Review of Cass, Schuylerand Brown Counties, Illinois, Biographical Review Publishing Co., Chicago,1892, page 552.
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