NOTE: This handwritten identification is likely in error.
Whom We Suspect
Subjects are (reportedly) Mable HINTON & Cassie HINTON, yet that is unlikely.
Subjects may be surnamed Hinton and could be daughters of 6th son Thomas or 9th son Frank, whose whereabouts were in 1907, and to date, remain unknown.
Identified by name on back of photo in handwriting of an older sister of John Henry HINTON. Johnny's sisters are: Dorothy Mae HINTON, m1. RHODES, m2. COUTTS, aka Aunt Dora (1894-1980); Lulu Isabel HINTON, m. BURRIL, aka Aunt Lula, 1897-1987); Stella Ann HINTON, m. LOUCKS, aka Aunt Stella, (1900-1925).
Photographic subjects' given names are apparently incorrect.
About the Photo
Photographer: P. H. Grinter, Independence, Missouri.
Date: Unknown
(Probably after 1907)
Handwriting in blue ink on back of photograph (underscore ( _ ) indicates an unknown letter or mark.) states the following:
Mable & Cassie Hinton
Uncle Al_ Hinton
Papas brothers Daughters.
Both are dead now.
Our Cousins.
This is a postcard photo, which were popular in the late 1800's and early 1900's. It has no stamp and no postage cancellation mark.
Original photo postcard measures about 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches and is in a 4 1/2 x 8 1/4 inch tri-fold cardboard folder.
Postcard has a divided back, and is in good condition in comparison to others in this collection.
Studio postcard photograph popularity, according to A Brief History of Postcard Types, waned after the 1930's.
The above source states:
"The use of the word "POST CARD/POSTCARD" (as one or two words) was granted by the government to private printers on Dec. 24, 1901. Writing was still not permitted on the address side....
Divided Back Era (March 1, 1907 to 1915) (Golden Age): Postcards with a divided back were finally permitted on March 1, 1907. The address had to be written on the right side of the back of the postcard while the left side was reserved for writing messages."
"Persifer Herschel Grinter, or Persifer Grinter (1850~1947), 'the photographer on the north side of the Independence square,'" is listed in files of the Kansas City, Missouri, Library.
What Else We Know
Mabel and Cassie Hinton (daughters of "Uncle Al") were born, lived, and died in the Jackson, Michigan, area (not near Independence, Missouri).
Allen and Ella Youngs Hinton
Cassie HINTON and Mable HINTON are daughters of Ellen Jane Youngs and Sturges Allen Hinton, commonly known as Ella and Allen S. Hinton.
Mabel Hinton Baker, c. 1920
Cassie Hinton Warren, c. 1920
04/06/2003 update:
In addition to daughters "Cassie", aka Ruth Cassie HINTON, and "Mable", aka Mabel May HINTON, Allen and Ella Youngs HINTON, had a daughter Gertrude Irene HINTON, and a son, Floyd Allen HINTON.
(See the HINTON HIDEOUT for further details on this 3rd son and family.)
Our Reasoning
We believe these photo subjects were incorrectly identified. (They may be daughters of another of the 9 Hinton sons.)
In 1900 the Al Hinton family lived in Jackson, Michigan, as did at least 2 of the other sons of Thomas HINTON and Selina O'NEILL. Al's family, after his 1907 death, remained in the Jackson area.
These photo subjects were likely in Independence, Missouri, at the time of this photo. (My research shows that P. H. Grinter was not a traveling photographer.)
An "Al" HINTON, and brothers William, Charles, and James, are mentioned in the May 15, 1891, Tawas Herald newspaper notice of death of their father, Thomas HINTON. (We are 99% sure these are our Hinton boys.)
Minnie Ann NORTH, wife of Charles HINTON had uncles, cousins, and other relatives that moved to and lived in Missouri. (This may or may not have any bearing.)
Descendants of Gertrude I. Hinton (3rd daughter of Al & Ella Youngs Hinton) have discovered a photo of a man identified in pencil as "Tom" taken in Centerville, Iowa, about 20 miles north of the Missouri border. The photo subject is likely 6th son, Thomas Hinton, b. 1861-1862. (This may or may not have any bearing.)
Comments
At least 6 (six) of the Hinton sons, including my great-grandfather Charlie HINTON, were born in Clinton County, New York, 3-4 miles from the Canadian border. According to baptism records, one (Sturges Allen) was born on the other side of the border, in Hemmingford, Quebec, Canada. (Census records, with the exception of 1880, state Allen was born in New York.)
Census enumerations found on the 9 Hinton sons are listed in this Timeline.
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