HINES BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri ==================================================================== HINES, Vincent Kelly - b: 1815 Warren Co, KY source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 582 residence: Windsor Twp Vincent Kelly Hines was born in Warren County, Kentucky, August 7, 1815. His father, William Hines was born in Virginia and moved to Kentucky in an early day. His grandfather, John Hines, who lived and died in Virginia, left at his death seven sons and three daughters by his first wife, and two sons and two daughters by his second wife. Vincent K.'s mother was formerly Betsey Adams, a Virginian by birth. Young Hines commenced life on a farm, which industry he followed until 1875, when he retired and came to Windsor and embarked in the lumber business with C. C. Morse, and then with J. C. Beedy. He was also associated with J. C. Beedy and C. C. Morse. He had come to Missouri in 1866, purchased a large farm and conducted it on an extensive scale, and dealing considerably in stock, etc. In 1877 he was one of the company who started the Windsor Savings Bank, and is now one of its largest stockholders. In 1881 he opened a large dry goods store, which is managed by two of his sons. He has been a money loaner all his life, and has been very successful in his business affairs. Mr. Hines married Miss Mariah Stone January 23, 1840. She was the daughter of John Stone, of Kentucky. They have nine children living, James H., Mary F., Louisa Jane, Woodfred, Julia, Ida, Frank B. and Volney G. John W. died in 1869, aged twenty-three years. Mr. Hines in his political affiliation is a Democrat, and he is also a member of the M. E. Church South. He has taken a leading interest in all the enterprises of the town and has made his influence felt in many ways where money was needed to forward an undertaking. He is liberal to his church and its benevolences, and does much for every laudable enterprise. His judgment is seldom at fault in decisions of importance, and to this characteristic is, perhaps, due the greatest cause of his success. ==================================================================== HINES, Woodford M. - b: 1849 Warren Co, KY source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - page: 845 residence: Windsor, Windsor Twp Woodford M. Hines, rural mail carrier for route number sixteen, Windsor, Missouri, is a native of Kentucky and was born in Warren County, that State, June 23, 1849. He is the son of Vincent K. and Maria (Stone) Hines, who were parents of ten children. Both parents were born and reared in Kentucky and Vincent Hines came to Henry County, Missouri, in 1866. He engaged in farming in the vicinity of Windsor and also loaned money to the surrounding farmers. He made his home in Windsor from 1875 until his death in February, 1901, at the age of eighty-six years. Mrs. Maria Hines died on June 17, 1901, at the age of seventy-six years. The early schooling of Woodford M. Hines was obtained in a log school house in his native State of Kentucky. Coming to Henry County with his parents when fourteen years of age, he took up the life of a farmer and after he attained his majority he inherited a tract of one hundred twenty acres which he cultivated for fifteen years. He then sold out and bought land in St. Clair County, which he farmed for about seven years. For a time he was then engaged in the grocery business at Appleton City, Missouri, and also clerked in a dry goods and notions store. In 1900 he removed to Clinton and conducted a grocery store in that city until 1901. He came to Windsor in that year for the purpose of looking after his deceased father's estate. For some years he operated a grocery and meat market in Windsor, and in January, 1918, he began his duties as mail carrier on rural route sixteen, succeeding his son, Vincent K., who enlisted in the quartermaster's department of the National Army. Mr. Hines was married on February 23, 1873, to Melissa M. Stiles, a native of Johnson County, Missouri, and daughter of David and Mary (Geary) Stiles, who were natives of Kentucky and who settled in Johnson County, Missouri, as early as 1854. To Woodford M. and Melissa M. Hines have been born five children: Edward, deceased; one child died in infancy; Lottie, wife of Doctor Wall, Windsor, Missouri; Vincent K., now in the National Army service; Woodford C., an enlisted man in the United States Navy. Mr. Hines is a Democrat and he and Mrs. Hines are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Mr. Hines is owner of two hundred acres of good farm land, one hundred sixty acres of which is in Henry County and forty acres in Johnson County. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by the Henry County MOGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~mohenry/henryco.html Contact the Henry County Coordinator for comments or corrections. ====================================================================