Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889 [page 594-595] FRANK M. HINMAN, locomotive engineer on the Illinois Central Railroad, now residing at Cherokee, Iowa, was born in the State of New York, Allegany County, January 18, 1855. He is the oldest of three sons of SHERWOOD D. and CLARISSA (RANDALL) HINMAN, natives of the State of New York. In the spring of 1862 SHERWOOD D. HINMAN removed with his family to Wisconsin, where they remained many years, and where the mother died in March, 1876. She was a devoted wife and mother, and was beloved by all who knew her. In making his move to the West the father felt con- fident of being able to give his sons a better start in the world, and like many another fond parent he has had the pleasure of seeing his children grow to be prosperous and successful factors in the upbuilding and development of some community in the great West. FRANK M. was reared in the State of Wisconsin, and passed his younger days on a farm. He received his education in the common schools. At the age of twenty-seven years he began his career as a railroad man. He was first a fireman of the Illinois Central Railroad, and while acting in this capacity he began studying the locomotive and its operation. When he was considered competent to take charge of an engine, than which none other is more fraught with dangers and responsibility, he was promoted to that position. He has been found a most efficient and faithful per- son, and the interests of the company have not suffered in his hands. Mr. HINMAN was united in marriage to Miss IDA E., daughter of C. A. DURKEE, Esq. He first came to Cherokee in 1884, and took charge of his engine February 17, 1885. He owns some valuable property in Cherokee, and in 1889 he erected a neat and substantial residence with modern conveniences, and is comfortably situated. ===========================================================================