Husband Judge William A. Hindman 1
AKA: Judge W. A. Hindmans,2 William Hineman 3
Born: 15 Feb 1853 - Monroe Twp, Clarion Co, PA 1
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Died: 15 Jul 1912 4
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Father: Alexander Hindman ( - ) 5 6
Mother: Hannah Frampton ( - ) 2
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Wife Margaret "Maggie" Shallenberger 3 4
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Father: John Lloyd Shallenberger (1829- ) 3 4 7 8
Mother: Melinda McConaughy (1830- ) 4 7 8 9
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1 M Wayne W. Hindman 4
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General Notes: Husband - Judge William A. Hindman
He was educated in the local schools of Clarion County, Pennsylvania, and at Reid Institute, Reidsburg, which he attended during the winter seasons while working on the farm in the summer time. Being a bright and ambitious youth he made great progress in his studies, and after he had acquired all the knowledge that could be imparted to him in these local institutions, he entered Lewisburg College, later Bucknell University, where he remained for a considerable portion of a year. Desiring to adopt the legal profession, in which his brother had proved so successful, he began to read law in the office of the latter at Clarion, and was admitted to the Clarion bar, January 26, 1876, the year in which his brother died. From that time until January 1, 1912, he was actively engaged in the practice of law and was one of the leading lawyers of the county.
In 1878, two years after he was admitted to the bar, Judge Hindman was elected district attorney and served two terms, being the youngest man who ever filled this office in the county. His practice grew rapidly and he was employed on almost every important case in Clarion County for many years, and in the adjoining counties his activities in his profession were held in the highest esteem. His remarkable keenness of insight, and his ability as a lawyer and judge, won for him the confidence of his associates on the bench, and made him one of the most deservedly popular men in his profession. In the year 1901 he was nominated by the Democratic party, of which he was a member, for the office of judge of the eighteenth judicial district, being defeated, however, by the opposing candidate. He was a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, and engaged in practice before the superior and supreme courts of the state, and before the circuit and district courts of the United States. His ability as an attorney of great attainments was well recognized throughout all western Pennsylvania.
Judge Hindman established the firm of W. A. and W. W. Hindman, his son being the junior partner, and continued thus in business together until January, 1912, when the elder gentleman retired. Besides his legal distinction, Judge Hindman was also a keen, far-sighted and conservative business man, and a safe and trustworthy counsellor in all matters of business and civic affairs. During the later years of his life he was very active in the development of the county and its resources, advancing farm interests and operations in lumber, gas and oil. He was a member of the board of directors of the Citizens' Trust Company of Clarion, of which he was one of the organizers, and was well informed in financial matters, being a careful and judicious financier and chary of taking unwise risks. He resigned his directorship on becoming judge.
It was not until November 1911, that he was elected judge of the various courts of Clarion County, but in this short while, for his death occurred in 1912, his opinions and decisions indicated that he would have given distinguished services to his state and county in the position to which he had been elevated.
He was for many years a prominent member of the Baptist church, of which at the time of his death he was serving as trustee. In social circles he was exceedingly popular, being among the most democratic of men and courteous and kindly toward all with whom he came in contact. He was also a prominent Mason, being a member of Clarion Lodge, No. 277, Free and Accepted Masons; Eden Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Clarion; Pittsburgh Commandery, No. 1, Knights Templar; Zem Zem Temple of the Mystic Shrine, Erie, Pennsylvania; Clarion Tent of the Maccabees.