CHARLES GILBERT HINDS
The ancestors of the subject of this sketch, on both the
paternal and maternal sides, were of good old Colonial stock,
having come to this country about the year 1650. Several
members of the family were soldiers in the War of the
Revolution. Henry Hinds, the father of Charles, was an early
pioneer in the state of Minnesota, coming here in 1854 and
settling at Shakopee, where he has ever since resided and
practiced law. He was born at Hebron, New York, in 1826:
graduated from the Albany Normal College in 1850; took up the
study of law in the Cincinnati Law School and graduated from
that institution in 1852. In 1853 he was married to Mary F.
Woodworth, the mother of the subject of this sketch. The
following year Mr. Hinds came to Minnesota and opened a law
office at Shakopee. He has held many offices of public trust.
He was one of the leading lawyers of the Eighth Judicial
District up to the time of his retiring from active practice
in 1884. In the early days he acted as the county attorney of
Scott County and judge of probate. He was a member of the
lower house of the legislature from Scott County in 1878, and
was made a member of the board of managers in the impeachment
of judge Page, making the closing argument for the board
before the senate. In 1879 and 1881 he served in the state
senate.
Charles Gilbert Hinds was born August 31,
1866, at Shakopee, Minnesota. He received his early education
in the common schools of Shakopee, and in 1883 entered the
state university, taking a special course for two years. In
1885 he entered the law department of the University of
Michigan, graduating with a degree of LL. B. in 1887. He
received his certificate of admission to the bar on his
twenty-first birthday, and immediately began the practice of
his profession in his native town—Shakopee—where he has
remained. In 1894 he was elected county attorney of Scott
County. In politics Mr. Hinds is a Democrat.He is a Mason, a
member of the A. O. U. W., of which he is Grand Foreman of the
state, and the M. W. of A. He is also a member of the legal
college fraternity of the Phi Delta Phi.September 25, 1888,
Mr. Hinds was married to Maude Plumstead, of Shakopee. They
have two sons, Frank H. and Frederick
C.
CHARLES GILBERT HINDS
The ancestors of the subject of this sketch, on both the
paternal and maternal sides, were of good old Colonial stock,
having come to this country about the year 1650. Several
members of the family were soldiers in the War of the
Revolution. Henry Hinds, the father of Charles, was an early
pioneer in the state of Minnesota, coming here in 1854 and
settling at Shakopee, where he has ever since resided and
practiced law. He was born at Hebron, New York, in 1826:
graduated from the Albany Normal College in 1850; took up the
study of law in the Cincinnati Law School and graduated from
that institution in 1852. In 1853 he was married to Mary F.
Woodworth, the mother of the subject of this sketch. The
following year Mr. Hinds came to Minnesota and opened a law
office at Shakopee. He has held many offices of public trust.
He was one of the leading lawyers of the Eighth Judicial
District up to the time of his retiring from active practice
in 1884. In the early days he acted as the county attorney of
Scott County and judge of probate. He was a member of the
lower house of the legislature from Scott County in 1878, and
was made a member of the board of managers in the impeachment
of judge Page, making the closing argument for the board
before the senate. In 1879 and 1881 he served in the state
senate.