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Hines, Joseph

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1835 - 1917

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Joseph Hines correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 400
Overview Joseph Hines was born 25 December 1835 in Hardwick, Vermont, to Nathan Hines and Martha (Griffin) Hines. By the time he was 18, in 1854, he was working for a Mr. Page, selling patent medicine (pills) throughout Wayne, Bradford, and other northern counties in Pennsylvania. Later, Hines was a druggist and stationer in Athens, Pennsylvania; by 1884, he had bought the business from a Dr. H. L. Gibbs. He was elected burgess of Athens in 1894. Hines died 15 June 1917 from pneumonia....
Dates: 1854 - 1866