HINMAN, JOHN B., was born Sept. 12, 1804, in Madison county, N. Y., came to Sangamon county, Ill., with his uncle, Henry Kinney, Sen., arriving May 6, 1822, in what is now Loami township. He was married Dec. 25, 1824, to Jane Smith, who was born Dec. 11, 1802, on Long Island, N. Y., and came to Sangamon county in Sept., 1822, with her sister, Mrs. Julia Colburn. They had eight children in Sangamon county--

EMILY, born March 3, 1826, married, Feb. 5, 1846, to George Dill, who was born June 2, 1825, in Preble county, Ohio. They had eight children--EMMA C. died in her sixth year. HENRY H. married Alice Wilson, have one son, and live in Curran township. SARAH J. married Martin Shelton. See his name. JOHN B., AMOS S., SUSAN A., JULIA M. and GEORGE W., live with their parents, in Chatham township.

LOLA A., born Aug. 15, 1827, married Joseph Sweet, have seven children, and live in Chatham.

DICEY, born Dec. 1, 1829, married Samuel Dill, and live in Girard, Illinois.

NANCY, born Jan. 25, 1832, married Abraham Dill, had five children; one was killed by a runaway team. The other four live with their parents, east of Auburn.

JULIA A., married Joshua Henderson, had two children, and mother and both children are dead.

JOHN B., Jun., died, at ten years of age.

SMITH J. married Jan. 1, 1859, to Melvina Catlett, who was born in Garrard county, Ky., have four children, and live in Chatham township.

CALVIN A., married Laura A. Emmons, of Preble county, Ohio, have two children, and live one mile east of Loami.

John B. Hinman and his wife reside one mile east of Loami, where they settled in 1832.

Mrs. Lola Hinman, the mother of John B., came to Sangamon county with him, in May, 1822, and died in September of the same year.