Galen E. Hinds and Elizabeth Meece

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Husband Galen E. Hinds

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           Born: 18 Jul 1854 - Pulaski Co., Kentucky
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Mar 1939 - Normal, McLean Co., Illinois 1
         Buried:  - Waddle-Hamm Cem., Alcalde, Pulaski Co., Kentucky

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         Father: John R. Hinds (1834-1872)
         Mother: Elizabeth (Betsey) Ann Waddle (1834-1917)

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       Marriage: 18 Jan 1882 - Pulaski Co., Kentucky 2

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Wife Elizabeth Meece

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           Born: 16 Apr 1860 - Pulaski Co., Kentucky
     Christened: 
           Died: 31 Jan 1926 - Normal, McLean Co., Illinois 3
         Buried:  - Waddle-Hamm Cem., Alcalde, Pulaski Co., Kentucky

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Galen E. Hinds

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CENSUS:

<pre>1900 Pulaski Co., Ky, Rush Branch Voting Precinct, ED 104; June 18; sheet 7A
113/114
Gailen E. Hines Jul 1854 45 M18 Ky Ky Ky Farmer
Elizabeth " wife Apr 1860 40 M18/10/9 Ky Ky Ky
Addie M. " dau Apr 1884 16 S Ky Ky Ky At School
John P. " son Jan 1886 14 S Ky Ky Ky At School
Charles L. " son Sep 1889 10 S Ky Ky Ky At School
Evertt P. " son May 1891 9 S Ky Ky Ky
Bessie F. " dau Mar 1893 7 S Ky Ky Ky
Henry C. " son Nov 1895 4 S Ky Ky Ky
Joe L. " son Dec 1896 3 S Ky Ky Ky
Anna " dau Dec 1898 1 S Ky Ky Ky </pre>

He owns an unmortgaged farm. His mother lives at 121/122. His brother William P. Hines lives at 119/120, and his sister Safronia and her husband Granville Meece live at 111/112. Millard F. Waddle lives at 109/110. Millard's wife Mary C. is a 4th cousin of Gailen.

OBITUARY:

The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois), 9 Mar 1939, Thursday, pg 10:

Galen E. Hines Dies at Age of 84 Years

Galen E. Hines, 84, of 204 Packard street, died at 9 a. m. Thursday at Brokaw hospital. He had been ill only a short time.
The funeral will be held at 3:30 p. m. Friday at the West Olive Methodist Episcopal church. Burial will take place Sunday at Somerset, Ky.
Mr. Hines was born July 18, 1854, at Somerset, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hines. His wife, the former Miss Elizabeth Meece, died in 1926.
Surviving are nine children, Mrs. Mertie Hamilton and Mrs. Addie Waddle, Alcalde, Ky.; John, Everett and Clarence, Towanda; Charles and Joseph, Bloomington; Mrs. Anna Colyer, Bloomington, and Mrs. Bessie Marfell, Peoria; 28 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.
He was affiliated with the Baptist church.

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General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Meece

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OBITUARY:

Find-a-Grave Memorial # 79873391:

Obituary - The Daily Pantagraph, Bloomington, IL Feb. 1, 1926
"Mrs. Elizabeth Hines Is Claimed by Death
Mrs. Elizabeth Hines, wife of G. E. Hines, died at the Brokaw Hospital yesterday morning at 5:15 o'clock, where she had been a medical patient since Friday night.
Mrs. Hines spent her entire life on a farm near Somerset, Ky., with the exception of the last two years, which were spent with her son, Charles, 203 Packard Street.
Besides her husband she is survived by the following children; Mrs. B. F. Hamilton, in Kentucky; Mrs. William Waddle of Kentucky; John, Everett and Clarence, of Towanda; Mrs. William Marfell, of Peoria; Charles, Joe and Mrs. Virgil Colyer of this city. She also leaves 21 grandchildren. Mrs. Hines was a member of the Baptist Church in Kentucky.
The funeral party will leave tonight at 2:15 o'clock via the Big Four for Somerset, Ky., where burial will be made.

1 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 79874021.

2 Pulaski Co. Historical Society, "Pulaski Co. Marriage Records, Book 3, 1864-1886," pg 147. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

3 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 79873391.