Hinds, Erastus Fitch

Hinds, Erastus Fitch

Male 1838 - 1909  (70 years)

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  • Name Hinds, Erastus Fitch  [1, 2
    Born 9 Dec 1838  Eden, Lamoille, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 1909  Clay Center, Clay County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I32326  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2022 

    Father Hinds, Eli,   b. 28 Aug 1791, Hubbardston, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jun 1872, Johnson, Lamoille County, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Wiley, Sally,   b. 15 Nov 1798, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jun 1841, Eden, Lamoille, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 10 Jan 1819  Eden, Lamoille, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Family ID F21182  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Married 11 Mar 1863  Green County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2022 
    Family ID F21189  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 9 Dec 1838 - Eden, Lamoille, Vermont, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 11 Mar 1863 - Green County, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1909 - Clay Center, Clay County, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Erastus is living at home with parents in 1850 Census in Eden, Lamoille County,Vermont.

      In 1861 Erastus moved to Oneco, Stephenson County, Illinois and he and Marywere farming there in 1870 with children Silas E and Frank E and Mary'sdaughter Sarah M Hinckley aged 12.

      Erastus served in Company B, 46th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He joined on10 Sept 1861, aged 22, he was 5'7" with brown hair, grey eyes and lightcomplexion. He was discharged 10 Dec 1862; disabled at Evansville, Indiana.

      In 1880, Erastus and Mary were farming, near his older brother Andrew in Oneco,with children Silas, Frank, Sylvanus and Byron and Elsie Smith age 17 born inIllinois.

      In 1885 Erastus and Mary were farming in Union Township, Clay County, Kansaswith their four sons.

      He applied for a Civil War Invalid Pension in Kansas on 21 Jun 1890.

      In 1895 Erastus and Mary Ann Hinds were farming with their son Frank and 4 yearold Bertie Street in Union Township, Clay County, Kansas.

      They were living in Clay Center, Kansas in 1899. In 1900 Erastus and Mary wereliving by themselves in Clay Center and Bryon and Rose Hinds were farming inUnion, Clay County, Kansas with sons Clifford and Claude near to the farm ofhis cousin Silas and Anna Hinds and their sons Lacy and Norris.

      In 1905 Erastus and Mary were retired and living in their freehold house inClay Center with J H Woodridge.

      Mary applied for a Civil War Widows Pension in 1909 in Kansas.

  • Sources 
    1. [S511] Genealogy of Ken Hinds, Hinds, Kenneth, (Name: http://members.cts.com/crash/h/hindskw/KennethHinds/surnames.html#hinds;).

    2. [S508] History and Genealogy of the Hinds Family, Hinds, Albert Henry, (Name: 1899, Portland, Maine, Thurston Print;).

    3. [S512] Civil War Pension Certificate.

    4. [S521] Wisconsin Vital Record Index, pre-1907, Wisconsin Historical Society, (Name: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/vitalrecords;), Vol 3 pg 63.