History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 802.
[Bourbon County]  [Paris and Precinct]

JOHN T. HINTON, furniture dealer and undertaker, of Paris, is descended
from an old and well respected family who trace their genealogy back to
English ancestry.  Three brothers, William, Spencer and Henry, emigrated
from the "mother country" and settled in Lancaster County, Va., shortly
after the war of the Revolution.  Of these, William was the great
grandfather of John T.  Two sons were born to William, viz: Richard and
John; the former was the grandfather of our subject; he married Miss Mary
Ingram, and to them were born five sons and four daughters; of the former,
Richard E., was the father of John T.  His parents dying about the year
1812, he was left dependent upon his own resources; he came West in 1817,
and first located in Jessamine County, Ky., but soon changed his home to
Danville, Kentucky, where he learned the trade of a hatter; he remained
in Danville about five years, and then removed to Paris, Bourbon County,
arriving in August 1822; he was born April 10, 1797 and is yet well
preserved for one of his years.  In October 1823, he was married to Miss
Betsey Maston, who was born and raised in Baltimore, Md., she was the
daughter of John Maston, a sea captain who was lost at sea.  To Richard
E. Hinton were born eleven children, viz: Richard, Joseph, William, James,
John (deceased infant), John T., Loretta, George, Mary, Charles and Taylor.
Of these George and Joseph died while in the Confederate Army.  There are
now living of the eleven only William and John T.  The latter was born
in Paris, Jan. 19, 1837, and has since been a resident of his native
place.  He received a good business education and in 1860 embarked in
the furniture trade and undertaking business, which he has since
continued with marked success.  Though in 1863 he lost everything by
fire, he immediately rebuilt and continued the business.  Gradually
climbing to the position of one of the leading business men of the town,
he was for a number of years a member of the City Council, and in 1880
he was honored by being elected Mayor of the city of Paris, and re-elected
in 1881.  He has also taken an active interest and been a member of the
Board of the Agricultural and Mechanical Association.  April 10, 1860,
Mr. Hinton was married to Miss Elmetia, daughter of Henry Hamilton.  She
died Jan. 24, 1874, leaving four children: W. O., Edward, Albert and John
T.  His present wife is the daughter of Elisha and Kittie (Thomas) Brown.
Mr. and Mrs. Hinton are members of the Christian Church.  He is a member
of the community whose loss would be deeply felt, and is now enjoying the
fruits of a well established business, which is wholly the result of his
own energy, industry and good financiering.

Hinton Ingram Maston Hamilton Thomas Brown
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Jessamine-KY Boyle-KY Lancaster-VA MD

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