Mary Melcina Pumphrey is the daughter of Ann Hively and Rezin Wells Pumphrey. She was born 4 March 1852 in Whitley county, Indiana. She died 5 May 1933 at age 81 in Whitley county, Indiana. She is buried at Eel River Cemetery, Allen, Indiana.

• On 18 November 1875, she married Nelson Hyndman in Whitley county, Indiana. He is the son of John Hyndman and Lucy Jackson. He was born 24 September 1847/1848 in Eel River, Allen, Indiana. He died 21 November 1912 at age 64/65. He is buried at Eel River Cemetery, Allen, Indiana.

Children of Mary Melcina Pumphrey and Nelson Hyndman:

1. Ruah Elizabeth Hyndman was born 12 November 1876 in Indiana. She died in 1896 at about age 19 in Indiana. She is buried at Eel River Cemetery, Allen, Indiana.
2. Robert Hyndman was born about November 1879 in Indiana. He probably died about 1881 at less than age 2 in Indiana. He is buried at Eel River Cemetery, Allen, Indiana.
3. Florence Alverda Hyndman was born 7 November 1881 in Allen county, Indiana.
4. James Anthrom Hyndman was born 18 March 1886 in Eel River, Allen, Indiana.

Sources

Mary:

• Birth, Death and Burial from her headstone.
• Marriage from the Whitley County Marriage index [Mary M. Pumphrey (bride) and Nelson Hyndman (groom) married November 18, 1875 by Stephen H. Clark, M.G., Book 2:498].

Nelson:

• Birth (1847) from his biographical sketch contained in Valley of the upper Maumee River : with historical account of Allen County and the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana : the story of its progress from savagery to civilization.. Madison, Wis.: Brant & Fuller, 1889, page 305.
• Birth (1848), Death and Burial from his headstone.
• Death. His imminent death is reported in a newspaper article in the Fort Wayne News, Fort Wayne, IN, 22 Nov 1912.

Census Listings

The individuals in this family appear in the following census listings.

• Mary: 1860 census. Smith, Whitley, IN p. 129.
• 1880 census. Eel River, Allen, IN p. 2.
• 1900 census. Eel River, Allen, IN p. 11.