Hi: Spotted these Hinds/Hines bios at Ancestry.com Regards, Nan [email protected] ------------------------------- Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 page 1314 HINDS, Asher Crosby, a Representative from Maine; born in Benton, Kennebec County, Maine, February 6, 1863; attended the public schools and Coburn Classical Institute; was graduated from Colby College, Waterville, Maine, in 1883; began newspaper work in Portland in 1884; clerk to the Speaker, United States House of Representatives, 1889-1891; clerk at the Speaker's table, United States House of Representatives, 1895-1911; editor of the Rules, Manual, and Digest of the House of Representatives in 1899 and of Hinds' Precedents of the House of Representatives 1908; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second, Sixty-third, [p.1314] and Sixty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1917); voluntarily retired from public life and resided in Washington, D.C., until his death on May 1, 1919; interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine. Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 page 1314 HINDS, James, a Representative from Arkansas; born in the town of Hebron, near Salem, N.Y., December 5, 1833; attended the common schools and the State normal school at Albany, N.Y.; moved to what was then the Far West; attended law school at St. Louis, Mo., and was graduated from the Cincinnati Law College in 1856; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in St. Peter, Minn.; district attorney for three years and served for some time as United States district attorney for the State of Minnesota; joined an expedition under Governor Sibley against the Indians on the western frontier in 1862; although a member of the Democratic Party, was a supporter of President Lincoln; moved to Little Rock, Ark., in 1865 and continued the practice of law; delegate from Pulaski County to the State constitutional convention in 1867; served as a commissioner to codify the State laws; upon the readmission of Arkansas to representation was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress and served from June 22, 1868, until assassinated near Indian Bay, Ark., October 22, 1868; interment in East Norwich, N.Y. Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 page 1314 HINDS, Thomas, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Berkeley County, Va., January 9, 1780; moved to Greenville, Miss.; served in the War of 1812 as major of Cavalry; distinguished himself at the Battle of New Orleans and was brevetted brigadier general for gallantry; unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1820; elected as a Democrat to the Twentieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William Haile; reelected to the Twenty-first Congress and served from October 21, 1828, to March 3, 1831; died in Greenville, Miss., August 23, 1840. Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 page 1314 HINES, Richard, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Tarboro, Edgecombe County, N.C.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1816 and practiced in Raleigh, N.C.; member of the State house of commons in 1824; elected as a Democrat to the Nineteenth Congress (March 4, 1825-March 3, 1827); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1826 to the Twentieth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Raleigh, N.C., and died there November 20, 1851; interment in the Old City Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C. Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 page 1314 HINES, William Henry, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Brooklyn, N.Y., March 15, 1856; moved to Pennsylvania in 1865 with his parents, who settled in Hanover Township, near Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pa.; attended the public schools in Brooklyn, N.Y., and Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pa.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in Luzerne County in 1881 and practiced; member of the State house of representatives in 1879, 1880, 1883, and 1884; served in the State senate 1888-1892; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1895); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; died there January 17, 1914; interment in St. Mary's Cemetery, Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pa. Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 page 1326 HOLT, Hines, a Representative from Georgia; born near Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Ga., April 27, 1805; completed preparatory studies; was graduated from Franklin College (now the University of Georgia) at Athens in 1824; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Columbus, Ga.; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Walter T. Colquitt and served from February 1 to March 3, 1841; resumed the practice of law; member of the State senate in 1859; Member of the House of Representatives of the First Confederate Congress 1862-1864; died while attending as a delegate the State constitutional convention at Milledgeville, Ga., on November 4, 1865; interment in Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Ga.