Born in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, January 12, 1817. By occupation he was a farmer and minister; he was the owner of 160 acres of land, all under cultivation. At the age of eleven years his parents, Samuel and Sarah moved to Trumbull county, Ohio, where he has reared to manhood, and remained until coming to Linn county, Iowa, in 1844, and made his home in that and Cedar county until coming to this county in 1864. He has been twice married, first in 1846 to Miss Emily Weeks, a native of Ohio. His first wife died at Linn County, Iowa. He was again married April 23, 1863, to Mrs. Aris McKinsey, the widow of Wm. McKinsey, a native of Vermont. Mr. Hindman was the minister of the Methodist Church. Mr. Hindman is a self-made and self-educated man and has never depended on the ministry for a livelihood. In 1872 he was chosen a member of the Fifteenth General Assembly of Iowa.