William Alexander Hindman

William Alexander Hindman

• Father: Adolphus J. Hindman b. May 1854

• William Alexander Hindman was born on 5 May 1885 in Texas.
• He married Mary Alexander Cosnahan, daughter of Hugh Mercer Cosnahan and Amanda Muckelroy, on 9 January 1907.
• Hugh Mercer Cosnahan appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Kaufman, Kaufman County, Texas, at Mulberry Street. Other members of the household included William Alexander Hindman, Louise R. Cosnahan, Mary Alexander Cosnahan and Jennie Louise Hindman.
• He was a bookkeeper with a drygoods establishment.
• William Alexander Hindman registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Bryan County, Oklahoma, while living with Mary at 224 West Beach in Durant (occupation and employer indecipherable0.
• William Alexander Hindman died on 10 January 1931 at age 45 in Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas, at 1906 Collins at his residence. Cause of death was poisoning by carbolic acid. . His death was officially witnessed by Mary Alexander Cosnahan.
• He was interred at Kaufman County, Texas.
• The following appeared on 12 January 1931 in The Dallas Morning News: The body of W. A. Hindman, who died suddenly Saturday afternoon at his home in Wichita Falls, was brought for burial to his former home [Kaufman] Sunday night. Mr. Hindman was the eldest son of the late A. J. Hindman, a member of one of the earliest and most prominent families of Kaufman. The Rev. John E. Roach will conduct the funeral service at 10 o'clock Monday morning from the Methodist Church, with burial in the City Cemetery. Mr. Hindman is survived by his wife, formerly Miss Mary Cosnahan of Kaufman, a daughter, Jennie Hindman, a teacher in the city schools of Wichita Falls, two brothers, Carroll Hindman of Kaufman, Frank Hindman of Houston, and two sisters, Mrs. Jim T. Boggs of Kaufman and Mrs. J. F. Finnigan of Midland.

• Last Edited: 3 Oct 2008