Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Hinds, Nelson 1902
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Ionia Daily Standard, 19 Aug 1902

Funeral of Nelson Hinds.
The Large Attendance An Merited Testimonial of Esteem.

The large attendance at the funeral of Nelson Hinds, today, was a deserved
testimonial of the esteem in which he was held by many friends.  The ceremonies
and burial were under the more immediate auspices of his comrades of the G.A.R.

A brief prayer service was held at the home on North Pleasant street at 1
o’clock, whence the remains were conveyed to the Baptist church, and a public
service conducted at 2 o’clock, the discourse being by the Rev. M.L. Fox of the
M.E. church. 

The church singing was by Mrs. Geo. F. Brown and Mrs. S.G. Allured, with Miss
Leah Avery as organist.  Beside the G.A.R., there was present as an
organization, the Blacksmiths’ Union of Ionia.  The Ionia City band, of which
the son Theodore is a member, headed the funeral procession, and gave out sweet
music, as a mark of respect to deceased.  The carriers were army and company
comrades of deceased: William E. Younger, William E. Normington, Nathan Winslow,
John Roberts of Ionia, Dan. J. Hill of Clarksville, and J.H. Hamilton of Lansing.

Nelson Hinds was born at Herkimer New York, on December 22, 1834.  When but two
years old he came to Ionia county with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Philander
Hinds, and had resided here ever since, for a long period of years prior to his
death carrying on a blacksmithing business on North Third street.  On June 30,
1866, he married Emma Lockman, who died on January 19, 1899, at the age of 50
years.  Mr. Hinds was aged 67 at his death.  Five children were born to these
parents, four of whom are now living: Misses Nellie and Mary, and Theodore, who
live at the home, and John B.L., now of Kankakee, Ill.

As a resident of this community Mr. Hinds was correctly regarded as honest and
industrious, and as a farrier he was known widely throughout the county.  Ever
since the home-coming from the war he has had attacks similar to the one which
carried him off, but he always got over them and the family and friends were
hardly prepared for the sudden summons, when it came.  Death was due to
congestion of the heart and liver.

Mr. Hinds was a member of Wm. H. Borden post, and his war record covered a
period of service during the entire civil war.  He enlisted in the fall of ’61
as farrier for Co. D. Third Michigan cavalry, and in the following November left
for St. Louis.  For the next two years to the end of ’63 the regiment
participated in scores of battles and came out with a record of 2,100 prisoners
captured and having marched 10,800 miles.  Mr. Hinds reenlisted and served
another year fighting Indians in Texas, being finally and honorably discharged
on Feb. 12, 1866, at San Antonio, Texas.

Of his immediate family the survivors are: Jay Hinds of Walkerville, Oceana
county, and Herbert Hinds of this city, brothers, and Mrs. Mary B. Harrington of
Wood’s Corners, the old family home, Mrs. Marion Barry of Grand Rapids, and Mrs.
Dr. Barry of Harrietta, Mich., all of whom were present at the funeral, except
the last named.

[Transcriber's Note:  There is a notation on the obituary card that he was
buried in Highland Park Cemetery.]


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