"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
BROWN TOWNSHIP AND MOORESVILLE
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JOHN W. HINSON was born at Mooresville, Ind., on January 2, 1842, and is the
eldest of eleven children born to his parents, WILLIAM H. and MARY (PUTNER)
HINSON, of North Carolina. His early live was spent upon the farm, and his
education acquired at the Mooresville High School. On August 15, 1861, he
enrolled in Company C, Thirty-third Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served
until September, 1865, having veteranized with his regiment in 1863. He
took part in many hard-fought battles, and at Kenesaw Mountain, June 29,
1863, as a result from a shot fired from a Mississippi rifle, lost his right
leg above the knee. December 27, 1869, he was married at Mooresville to
MARGARET ELLIOTT, who died October 9, 1881, having borne him three
children--VIOLA, MAUDE (deceased), and ETHEL E. Mr. Hinson was elected
Assessor of Brown Township in 1866, and held the office about five years.
In 1869, he was appointed Postmaster of Mooresville, and has since been the
incumbent of that office. To his present wife--FLORA B. ROSEBERRY--he was
married at Coffman, Mo., August 1, 1883. Mr. Hinson owns both residence and
business property in Mooresville, and while, with reference to worldly
goods, he is comfortable generally, nothing has been given him. He is a
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics a Republican
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