Southampton-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Hines, Robert, 1822 

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ROBERT HINES

1775 - 1822

   We were not appraised, until the moment of putting our last paper to press, 
of the loss which this district of country had suffered, and the sad affliction 
which has fallen on one of the most amiable and respected families known to us 
- We allude to the death of Robert Hines, Esquire, Attorney at Law, late of 
Smithfield, and a short time since, a resident of this own. He departed this 
life, at Smithfield, on Saturday evening, 2nd inst. At 6 o’clock. We are not 
informed of the precise number of days here below, but a long and intimate 
acquaintance with him, enables us to assert with confidence, that he had lived 
long enough to build up, in the extensive circles of his association, a 
reputation worthy of the philanthropic impulses that regulated his conduct, and 
to entwine himself so closely around the best affections of his friends and 
acquaintances, that the wound inflicted by the reverence, an only be healed by 
the oblivious baisom of time.

   In his profession as a Lawyer, Mr. Hines was of very respectable standing, 
and, as in the capacity of Commonwealth’s Attorney, his vigilance and fidelity 
knew no compromise with vice and immorality, (while the claims of humanity were 
never disregarded), so in the discharge of his duty to his clients, he was 
punctual, zealous and indefatigable. In his daily inter course with society, he 
exhibited the polished gentleman, the kind of benevolent friend and neighbor, 
and in all his dealings was open, ingenuous, and inflexibly just. As a father 
he presented a model of affectionate solicitude for the welfare of his 
offspring, of diligence and perseverance in useful acquirements, blended with 
wholesome discipline and indulgence; as a husband he was worthy the imitation 
of all who sustain this connection; and as a master he was humane and 
indulgent. In fine, we know of no man, who, in our judgment fulfilled the 
duties of life in a manner more becoming, or more exemplary. My the 
consolations of a merciful Providence be liberally extended to his numerous 
family, under their severe bereavement.


[Robert HINES, 1775 - 1822, 
 interred in Poplar Grove Cemetery, 
 donated obit, newspaper unknown] 

[obit donated by Jeffrey A. Hines  (JAHines@cox.net), 
 file transcribed by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
 and re-formatted by File Manager.] 

[Courtesy of the Southampton Historical Society]