Biography of Sheldon H. Hine, page 991/992/993/994.  History of DeKalb 
County, Indiana; B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, 1914.



Sheldon H. Hine

Specific mention is made in the following paragraphs of one of the 
worthy citizens of DeKalb county, Indiana---one who has figured in the 
growth and development of this favored locality and whose interests 
have been identified with its progress. Additional interest also 
attaches to his career from the fact that practically his entire life 
has been passed within the border of this county. 	Sheldon Horatio 
Hine, one of the best known citizens of Waterloo, Indiana, was born on 
March 22, 1849, in Erie county, Ohio, the son of Horatio Sheldon and 
Cynthia (Brooks) Hine, who also were born and reared in Erie County.  
Horatio Sheldon Hine was a son of Sheldon Horatio Hine, who had come 
from Connecticut and settled in Erie county. Th subject of this sketch 
has a son, Horatio Sheldon, and the latter has a son, Sheldon Horatio.  
Thus it will be seen that five generations the two given names of the 
eldest son in each family have been reversed.  Sheldon H. Hine lived 
until twelve years of age in Erie and Lake counties, Ohio, having spent 
much of his time with his grandfather Brooks in the latter county.  At 
the age of twelve years he came with his father to Sedan, DeKalb 
county, Indiana, where the father had settled about a year before. The 
date of the subject’s arrival here was Christmas day, 1861.  At Sedan 
his father was engaged in the lumber business and farmed, and had also 
for a few years run a grist mill. Here the subject was reared to 
manhood and eventually took his father’s place in the mill and on the 
farm where he worked for ten years.  He then bought a farm in the west 
part of Grant township on the township line, where he lived until 
March, 1902, when he moved to Waterloo, and where he has since resided.  
Here, on April 1, 1902, when the rural routes were established from 
Waterloo, he became a mail carrier and is still following this 
vocation.  He sold his farm in the west part of Grant township to his 
son, Maynard, but still retains the part of his father’s estate in 
Richland township. His life has been characterized by the strictest 
integrity of motive and action, and he is one of the most popular rural 
route carriers of DeKalb county, faithful to the duties of his 
position. Religiously, Mr. Hine is a member of the Presbyterian church.  
He has for many years taken an active part in public affairs and at the 
age of twenty-four years was elected justice of the peace of Richland, 
discharging the duties of that responsible office to the entire 
satisfaction of those who elected him.  When Henry Hines died during 
his term of office as county treasurer, about two months after assuming 
the office, the subject of this sketch was appointed to fill the 
unexpired term, thus serving as county treasurer for nearly two years.  
He has given a life-long support to the Republican party, in whose 
ranks he has been an effective and earnest worker, and in many way he 
has exhibited a commendable interest in the welfare of the community, 
withholding his support from no movement which has for its object the 
benefit of his fellow men. On December 25, 1870, Sheldon Horatio Hine 
married Catherine A. Houser, who was born in Fairfield township, this 
county, the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Gonser) Houser.  Her 
parents were from northeastern Ohio and came to DeKalb county, Indiana, 
about 1838 or 1840, being among the pioneer settlers of Fairfield 
township. The father farmed there most of his life, but for about two 
years was also engaged in the mercantile business at Fairfield Center.  
By this union Mr. Hine became the father of six children, of whom four 
are living and two died in infancy. Those living are as follows: 
Horatio Sheldon Hine, born on August 19, 1872, was reared on the farm 
and attended school at Waterloo.  He farmed a few years, and when about 
twenty-eight years old he went west and was employed at various places, 
taking the keenest interest in his observation of the country through 
which he passed. Returning to DeKalb county, he was married here in 
1905 to Maude Warner, daughter of Jesse H. and Almina (Walters) Warner, 
who are represented elsewhere in this issue.  Mr. Hine is a builder and 
contractor, and also substitutes in winter as rural mail carrier. He 
has had two children, one son who died in infancy, and one, Sheldon 
Horatio Hine, now living.  He is a member of the Independent Order of 
Odd Fellows. Clyde L, the second son, was born March 31, 1874. He 
attended the Waterloo public school and graduated with the class of 
1895.  He belonged to Company I, Third Regiment Indiana National Guard, 
being sergeant-major to Colonel Kuhlman.  He competed a course in 
dentistry in Indianapolis, graduating in June, 1904. On December 28, 
1903, he was married to Delia, daughter of Michael and Flora Kiplinger, 
who was a graduate of Waterloo schools in the class of 1900.  They have 
three children, Cleo K., Maynard K. and Maude.  They live in Tuscola, 
Illinois, where he is successfully engaged in dentistry. Maynard Hine, 
the third son of Sheldon Horatio Hine and wife, was born on January 2, 
1876, at Sedan, DeKalb county, Indiana, and lived on the home farm 
during his boyhood years, attending the high school, where he was 
graduated in 1897.  In that year he went to Auburn and helped his 
father in the county treasurer’s office during a part of the latter’s 
term.  He became a corporal of Company I, Third Regiment Indiana 
National Guards, and during the Spanish-American war he went to the 
front with his company, which became a part of the One Hundred and 
Fifty-third Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was with the 
regiment until the close of that brief war.  He returned home and 
thereafter for several years was employed on the home farm. In 1901 he 
married Mabel Scattergood, and at that time began farming for himself. 
In February, 1912, Maynard Hine bought fifty-eight acres of his 
father’s old home place and is engaged in the operation of that land, 
as well as some other land adjoining.  He and his wife are both members 
of the United Brethren church.  Mrs. Mabel (Scattergood) Hine was born 
east of Waterloo, Grant township, DeKalb county, and is a sister of 
George Scattergood, who is represented elsewhere in this work.  When 
she was four years old her parents moved to the east part of Richland 
township, this county, where she lived until her marriage. Lula Hine, 
the daughter and youngest child, was born May 3, 1880. She graduated 
from Waterloo public school and attended the Normal school at 
Valparaiso for one year.  After teaching a few years she became the 
wife of R. C. Smith, of Tuscola, Illinois, who is a real estate agent 
of that city.  Mrs. Catherine Hine died on Jun 10, 1910, and on June 1, 
1913, Mr. Hine married Mrs. Bertha (Closson) Knott, who was born and 
reared in the southern part of Steuben county, Indiana, and was a 
teacher in the public schools for more than twenty years.  Her parents 
were early settlers of Steuben county and were people of respectability 
and prominence.  Mrs. Hine is now librarian of Waterloo. Her first 
husband, John Adams Knott, died about twenty-five years ago, about five 
years after their marriage, which was without issue. 	Personally, the 
subject of this sketch is a man of clean moral character and marked 
business ability, which was evidenced in the successful management of 
his farming enterprises, and now he is numbered among the earnest and 
respected citizens of the section of the county in which he lives, his 
daily life being evidence of the high motives which control his 
actions.



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