Greene-Dubois County IN Archives Biographies.....Hindman, Marion 1840 - 1878 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com May 11, 2006, 3:30 am Author: Goodspeed (1884) MARION HINDMAN (deceased) was born in Dubois County, Ind., October 20, 1840, the eldest of six children born to John B. and Maria (McDonald) Hindman,who were of Irish extraction. When a small boy, he came with his parents to Greene County, where he received a fair education. He began reading medicine, but on the news of the fall of Sumter relinquished his previous intentions, and October 12, 1861, enlisted in Company I, Forty-first Indiana Reg. (Cav.) He was a faithful and fearless soldier, and a participant in some of the hardest campaigns of the late war. He was honorably discharged October 4, 1864, then returned to Greene County and embarked in the drug trade at Newberry; afterward the dry goods business: but in 1875 sold out and began dealing in stock. He was married, July 4, 1867, to Miss Margaret E. Slinkard, two children being the blessing of their union—Laura A. and Frank M. Mr. Hindman was a man of push and energy, as well as one of the county's most valued citizens. He assisted liberally in the advancement of all laudable public measures, and by industry had accumulated a comfortable income. Although a member of no church, he was a Christian in the fullest sense of the word and his death, November 5, 1878, was universally regretted. Mrs. Hindman moved to Bloomfield with her children in 1879, where she has since resided. Additional Comments: Richland Township Biographies Extracted from: HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES, STATE OF INDIANA, FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC. ILLUSTRATED. CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS. 1884. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/greene/bios/hindman415nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/infiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb