Individual Details

Benjamin Franklin "Richard" Hines Jr.

(13 Feb 1889 - 9 May 1909)

Benjamin Franklin Hines was the only son of Dr & Mrs B F Hines. He died on May 9, 1909, at the age of 21. Ben and Sam Shelton were rowing in Shamburger Lake when the boat capsized. Sam Shelton was able to swim to shore, but Ben drowned. Prior to his death, he had been employed by the firm of Goldsteim & Brown. His obituary was published in the Daily Courier-Times on May 10, 1909 and on May 11, 1909.

Events

Birth13 Feb 1889Texas
Census (family)-shared11 Jun 1900(Dr. Benjamin Franklin Hines and Mittie Carlton) Smith County, Texas
Death9 May 1909Smith County, Texas
BurialOakwood Cemetery, Tyler, Smith County, Texas

Families

FatherDr. Benjamin Franklin Hines (1859 - )
MotherMittie Carlton (1862 - 1943)
SiblingNellie Mae Hines (1883 - 1907)
SiblingDaisie Martile Hines (1886 - 1967)
SiblingMamie Hines (1891 - 1974)
SiblingMaud Hines (1891 - )

Notes

Census (family)-shared

Ben H HindsHeadM41Texas - Physician
Mittie HindsWifeF38Texas
Nellie M HindsDaughterF17Texas
Daisy M HindsDaughterF14Texas
Richard B HindsSonM11Texas
Maud HindsDaughterF9Texas
Mamie HindsDaughterF9Texas

Burial

Inscription: Our Boy
Plot: 5

Endnotes

1. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M35Z-MMF : accessed 9 May 2017), Ben H Hinds, Justice Precinct 4 (voting precinct 7), Smith, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 105, sheet 10A, family 165, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,670..

2. Find A Grave Memorial# 63951591.