The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-01-24
Death Of DIR. H.K. Hines.

DIR. H. X. Hines died at his residence
in University Park, January l9, 1902, OF
grip, rheumatism and complications.
II. K. Hines,D. d., the youngest of IL
children of James and Betsy (Round)
Hines, was born in Herkimer county,
New York, in 1928. He was brother
of Gustavus Hines, a well known Oregon
missionary. His ancestral line, on his
mothers side, clearly traced back to Ed
ward, of England, through Lawrence
Wilkinson, from whom Mr.. Hines was
the fourth descent. His grandfather
Bertram Round, was an ensign and
lieutenant in the revolutionary war.
On his fathers side, he was descend
ant of the Hopkinses,of Rhode Islands
and of the Churches of Massachusetts,
who came from England in Governor
| Winthrop's feet in 1880 and landed al
Plymouth. His early life was spent in
Oswego county, New York, to which his
family emigrated when he was three
years of age. In his l4th year he Joined
the church, and before he was l6 he was
licensed to exhort. Early in his 10th
year he was licensed to preach.
In December, 1852, he was transferred
by Bishop Waugh to the Oregon confer
ence, and the following summer crossed
the plains with an OK team, reaching
Portland October 3, 1858, to which
charge he had been appointed by Bish-
op Ames at the first session of the Ore
gon annual conference.
AS presiding elder, he had charge OF
all the state of Washington, nearly all OF
Oregon and Idaho, and his tray vels over
them made him more widely known
personally, without doubt, than any
other minister of the Pacific Northwest.
He represented the thirteenth general
conference district in the general mis-
sionary and church extension commit
tees of the Methodist Episcopal church
from 1875 to 1880, and on the resigna-
ton of J.'H. Wilbur from the same COM
mittees in 1886 he was elected by the
board OF bishops to succeed him, thus
making six years service therein.
DR.. Hines was also quite active in po-
litical life. During the days of the Sc
cession he was one of the staunch sup
porters of the Union and delivered the
first political speech coming from any
minister on the coast. He was presi-
dent of the territorial council of Wash
ington, and member of the legislature
during the sessions of 1864 and 1866. In
1876 he was republican delegate to the
national convention at Cincinnati, which
nominated RIB. Hayes for president. In
1878 he was republican candidate for
congress from this state.
Dir HinaG was married at Wvnminu
NY, in 1852, to Miss Elizabeth Graves
She was an able helper in all missionary
work land by her personal effort and en-
thusiasm organized the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union of Oregon, OF
which she was first president She was
well and favorably known throughout
the state for her many deeds of kindness
and charity. She died in January, 1889,
leaving a bereaved husband and two
children, James A. and Lua A. The
latter is now the wife of G. X. Cranston.
DIR. Hines was also professor of the
theological department of the Portland
University. His years of faithful work
have been of great service and have been
marked by ability, industry, constancy
and efficiency. His capacity for hard
work in both study and field supple
mented his ability in the pulpit, and
the promise of his early years was full
filled. The wide field covered by his la
bors and the variety OF the work to which
he had been called, enabled him to an
extent given to but few to impress him
self for good on the civil and ecclesiastc-
al affairs of the empire of the North
west