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GEORGE W. HINES was born July 16, 1823, in Logan County, Ky., where he was reared, and in 1856 came to Ballard County, where he still retains his residence. His father, John Hines, a native of Halifax County, Va., died in 1879, at the age of eighty-three years. He was the son of Edwin Hines, of Virginia, a Revolutionary soldier, who died about 1835. Subject’s mother, Ann Duncan, was born near Lexington, Ky. John Hines was twice married, and to him, by his first wife, were born Mary (Daniel), James D., John and Bersheba (Mills). His offspring resulting from his espousal of Miss Ann Duncan are: our subject, Preston A., Elizabeth (Duvall), Dr. Daniel C., Samuel G., Julia A. (Herrington), Jane (Riley), Lucy (Bailey), and Joseph U. On May 9, 1845, subject was married to Miss Frances K. (born in 1825), daughter of George and Patty (Rice) Bailey, of Logan County, Ky.; the former, a native of Virginia, died in 1846, at the age of sixty-three years, and the latter died in 1829, aged about thirty years. The offspring of George and Patty Bailey are: Cassandra (Peart), Presley A., Caroline (Peart), Martha A. (Townsend), and Frances K. By the second wife to George were born William T., Ann M. (Gunn) and Mary E. (Dalton). To our subject and wife no children were born, but many orphans have found a hospitable home with them, and have been reared with the most tender and affectionate care, and their education has been a subject of more than parental solicitude. Our subject is a successful farmer, the owner of 700 acres of valuable land, 400 of which are well improved, the chief products being grass and livestock. In religion he is an active Methodist and in politics independent.