ALABAMA DEATH RECORD:
(copied & pasted directly from record)
NOTE: marker and death certificate dates differ. According to certificate: born May 21, 1848 - died Nov. 25, 1922.
name: B. L. Hines
death date: 25 Nov 1922
death place: Alabama City, Etowah, Alabama
gender: Male
race: White
age at death: 74y 6m 4d
estimated birth date: 1848
birthplace: Ga.
marital status: Widowed
spouse's name: Carolyn Hines
father's name: Sam Hines
father's birthplace: Ga.
occupation: Textile Work
film number: 1908245
reference number: cn 27301

(Parents names have not been found as of this submission of memorial...the name "Sam" was listed as Ben's father on the death record, but Benjamin was a boarder with an unrelated family on his last census record and it is uncertain if the name Sam was accurate. Perhaps, he was a boarder with a family living near the cotton mill in Alabama City.
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Cemetery marker:
Ben Hines
died Nov. 25, 1921
(see death certificate - date varies)

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1910 Census Alabama City, Etowah Co., AL
Benjamin H. Hinds 67 (note spelling)
Caroline 62
Tom 28
Oscar 26
Jeff 19
with 2 boarders in the household
who worked at the cotton mill.
Ben, Oscar and Jeff worked at the
cotton mill. Tom was a carpenter.
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Ben and Caroline Hines children:
William Robert Hines (burial: Jefferson Co., AL)
Maggie Hines Barnard (bur: Tillison Cemetery)
Jimmy Hines
Thomas Emery Hines (bur: Tillison Cemetery)
Oscar Manco Hines (bur: Chambers Co., AL)
Mary Lelar Hines (bur: Tillison Cemetery)
John Hines
Frank C. Hines (bur: Chilton Co., AL)
Jefferson Davis Hines (bur: Forrest Cemetery)
Brice Willard Hines (bur: Tillson Cemetery)

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BEN AND CAROLINE HINES MARKERS WERE SO OVERGROWN WITH BUSHES THAT A PHOTO COULD NOT BE TAKEN OF THE MARKER. BUSHES WERE CUT AND MARKER CLEANED FOR A BETTER PHOTO OF ENTIRE STONE. ONLY THE FLAT MARKERS WERE ON THEIR GRAVES - NO UPRIGHT HEADSTONE.