Wayne County Biographies



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Samuel B. Hindman

Samuel B. Hindman, foreman in the Wood machinery department at Gaar, Scott & Co.'s, was born near Reiley, Butler Co., Ohio, Feb. 22, 1839. He attended the district school till thirteen years of age and afterward he attended an academy two winters. He was apprenticed three years at the druggists' trade and three years at the trade of wagon and carriage makers. In 1860-'61 he manufactured wagons in Wilmington, Ohio, and in 1864 be engaged in the same business in Marysville, Cal. In 1864 he returned to Wilmington, Ohio, and worked as a journeyman till 1868, when he became foreman of a carriage wheel factory. He occupied this position till 1875, after which he engaged in the grocery trade two years, and Dec. 1, 1877, he was appointed to his present position. Sept. 12, 1861, he was married to Samantha A. Mills. They have one son — William D., born in Wilmington, Ohio, in 1865. Mrs. Hindman is a member of the Methodist church. His father, Andrew Hindman, was born in 1799 in Cumberland County, Pa., and in 1815 emigrated with his parents to Butler County, Ohio. He graduated from the Cincinnati Medical College in 1821 and the same year he began practicing medicine at Brownsville, Ind. In 1828 he removed to Richmond where he followed his profession till 1834. He was also engaged in the manufacture of horn combs, in connection with a Mr. Hamlin. He was married in 1821 to Margaret Trembly, who was born in 1799 in !New Jersey and came to Butler County, Ohio, with her parents in 1806. She is of French and English parentage.

Source:
History of Wayne County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884. Volume 2