Elizabeth Hines

Immigrant 1800

Elizabeth "Betty" Hines was born in the 1790's, in Ireland, daughter of Richard Hines and wife Jane. In about 1800, she was brought by her parents to America in about 1800. She was a young child when the family immigrated with five of their children. Her older brother and sister remained behind in Ireland for at least a while. The Hines family settled in northwestern Butler County, PA, living in Muddy Creek, Slippery Rock and Worth townships. Richard Hines was a farmer, as were the Wimers. Betty met and married Samuel Wimer, probably in the early 1820's. Their first child, named Samuel after his father, was killed in childhood when a heavy fence rail fell on him. Over the next ten years four more children were born, the second one also being named Samuel Wimer, Jr. It is possible that Betsy was literate. The 1870 census marks that her husband Samuel Wimer could not read and write, and does not mark the rest of the family so. Never-the-less, Betsy's reported age wobbles over the years, so that her calculated birth year could be 1791, 1793, 1794 or 1797. (Mrs. W. R. Hines puts the date at 1790, but her source is not known to us.) It is likely that the home did not contain reading material, and that writing and calculating was not necessary to daily life. In one census Betsy is a couple years older than Samuel; in others, the same age. She and Samuel lived with their two youngest sons in later years, perhaps on the homestead. In their late seventies in 1870, they reside with Abner and George. By 1880 Betsy is a widow, residing with Abner and his wife Hannah, and son George is still in the household.
There are a cluster of Wimer farms in the south-central part of Worth Township - William, John, Jonathan. Some authors have believed that Christopher Wimer's land is now under the waters of Lake Arthur. Samuel Wimer however had his farm in the northern part of the township, just on the south bank of Slippery Rock Creek.

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	1790's	Ireland
Marriage			To Samuel Wimer
Death	1 Sep 1882
Burial	1882	expect Wolf Creek Cemetery

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 5            Generation 6          Generation 7
 
                     +-- Samuel Wimer 
                     |   (~1793-1871)    
 Samuel Wimer, Jr. --+                     +-- Richard Hines
 (~1826-1910)        |                     |   (1751-1854)
                     +-- Elizabeth Hines --+ 
                         (~1793-1882)      |
                                           +-- Jane [unknown]       
                                               (????-????)  
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Children

(all children with Samuel Wimer)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Samuel Wimer, Jr.	M			-never married-	"killed by a heavy fence rail falling on him"
Samuel Wimer, Jr.	M	1825/9	Worth Twp., Butler Co., PA	Elizabeth Hogue	Direct line
Mary Jane Wimer	F	1830		Dr. James W. Abernathy
Abner Wimer	M	1833		Hannah C. [unknown]
George Wimer	M	1835	Worth Twp., Butler Co., PA	-never married-

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Ireland	Birth in ~1793-94 - ~1800
Muddy Creek Twp, Butler Co, PA with parents	by 1830
Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co, PA farm on south bank of Sl. Rock Creek, directly south of Moore's Corners	1835 - 1855
Worth Twp, Butler Co, PA same farm; Worth created 1855	1855 - death in 1882

Photos

Gravestone of Elizabeth Wimer (possibly Elizabeth Hines Wimer) at Wolf Creek Cemetery, Worth Twp., Butler Co. PA

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1830 United States Federal Census, Muddy Creek Twp, Butler Co, Pa, Pg 13. Line 1 show family of Samuel Wimer: 1 male <5, 1 M 30-40, 1 female <5, 1 female 30-40. This corresponds to Samuel Wimer, Jr., Samuel Wimer, Elizabeth Hines, and Mary Jane Wimer There is also a family in Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co, with the same composition and living near Christophel Wimer. This is probably the correct Samuel.
2	1840 United States Federal Census, Slippery Rock Township, Butler County, PA, Page 8, 6th line up from the bottom lists the family of Samuel Winner as containing one male under 5 [George], one male between 10 and 15 [Abner], one male between 15 and 20 [Samuel, Jr.], one male between 40 and 50 [Samuel, Sr.], one female between 10 and 15 [Mary Jane], and one female between 40 and 50 [Elizabeth]. One member of the family is employed as a farmer. This census is not dated.
3	1850 United States Federal Census, Slippery Rock Township, Butler County, PA, Page 312, lines 17-22 lists Samuel Wimer, 53, married to Betty Wimer, 53. They are listed as living with four children: son Samuel Wimer, 22; daughter Mary J. Wimer, 20; son Abner Wimer, 19; and son George Wimer, 16. All of the men are listed as farmers. Betty was born in Ireland, everyone else in PA. Samuel Sr. is listed as unable to read or write. George is listed as having attended school in the census year. This census is dated August 6, 1850.
4	1860 United States Federal Census, Worth Township, Butler County, PA, Page 77, lines 26-30 lists Samuel Wimer, 66, married to Elizabeth Wimer, 66. They are listed as living with two children, son Abner Wimer, 26, and son George Wimer, 24; as well as a girl named Sarah E. Hodgen, 9. It is unclear what Sarah's relationship to the Wimer family is. All of the men are listed as farmers. Abner is listed as owning his own property (in addition to Samuel). Everyone except Elizabeth was born in PA; Elizabeth was born in Ireland. This census is dated 6 Jul 1860.
5	1870 United States Federal Census, Worth Township, Butler County, PA, Page 8, lines 17-21 lists Samuel Winer, 77, married to Elizabeth Winer, 79. They are listed as living with two children, son Abner Winer, 36, and son George Winer, 34; as well as a "domestic servant" named Sarah Heiddleler[?], 18. Samuel and Abner are listed as farmers. George is a "farm laborer." Abner is listed as owning his own property (in addition to Samuel). Everyone except Elizabeth was born in PA; Elizabeth was born in Ireland. Both Samuel and Elizabeth list both of their parents as being "of foreign birth." Samuel cannot read or write. This census is dated 21 Jun 1870.
6	1880 United States Federal Census, District 58, Worth Twp, Butler Co, PA pg 3. Census dated 4-5 June, 1880. Lines 45-48 list: Elizabeth Wimer, head, age 87, widow, keeping house, she and her parents born in Ireland; Abner, son, 45 married, farmer, born Pa, mother born Ireland; Hannah C., dau.-in-law, age 24, married, at home, born PA; George, son, age 43, farmer, born PA.
7	Book: History of Butler County Pennsylvania 1895, page 1240, indicates that Christopher Wimer came from Adams Co., PA, to Butler Co., PA in 1798 and settled in Worth Twp. He married Miss Snyder of Adams Co., and together they had seven children named Samuel, John, Peter, Jonathan, William, Isaac, and Rebecca. Rebecca married Thomas Kelly. Christopher's son Samuel Wimer was born in Adams Co. in 1792. He died in 1873. He married Elizabeth Hines, daughter of Richard Hines, and had four children: Samuel of Worth Twp., Mary J., deceased wife of James Abinett, Abner, and George. At the time of this publication (1895), Samuel Jr. was living with his brother George on the 210 acre farm they inherited from Samuel Sr. Page 1244 indicates that Richard Hines came to America in 1800 with his wife and five of his children: Richard, George, Eleanor, Betty, and Jane. He left two children behind in Ireland: Alexander and Susan. Richard Jr. settled in Brady Twp. and married Betsy Brandon. Two of his children were named Eli and Mrs. Mary Gibson.	transcript
8	Hines Genealogies 1751-1941 by Mrs. W. R. Hines, Slippery Rock, Pa. Pg 2. "Betsy Hines, born 1790-1882, married Samuel Wimer." She is listed as the 7th child of Richard Hines (Feb. 21 1751-1854) and Jane Hines born May 25, 1756 - 1843. The other children listed are Alexander, Mollie, Susan, Elizabeth (married James Taggart), Richard Jr., George, Jane, and Eleanor.
9	Gravestone transcriptions, Wolf Creek Cemetery, Worth Twp., Butler Co. PA. Transcribed 1988 from photos of Helen McCandless Staiger: "Elizabeth Wimer (dates illegible, possibly 1882). Could be the wife of either Samuel or William Wimer; if the wife of Samuel, then it is Elizabeth Hines. Transcribed 1991 by Elizabeth Wilson Williams: Elizabeth Wimer (remainder illegible) Samuel Wimer Pvt. 26 Pa Mil, War of 1812, April 1, 1871. Next to this stone were three small stones (footstones?), the first engraved "Samuel" (possibly the first child who died young); the second with no visible marking; the third "Father". Next to this a dark-colored obelisk engraved simply "Wimer".
10	History of Butler County, 1883 by Waterman, Watkins & Co., Chicago, p. 358, biography of Samuel Wimer. Samuel Wimer lived in Lancaster previous to 1798, but in that year he and his father started on horseback for this county. They located a farm in this township (Worth) purchased from William Elliott, a surveyor and land agent. The place is now occupied by the widow of John Pisor. The father of Samuel Wimer worked at blacksmithing. Samuel married Elizabeth Hines. Their children were Samuel (who was killed by the falling of a heavy rail from a fence upon him), Samuel, Mary Jane (now Mrs. Dr. Abernethy, of Mechanicsburg), Abner, and George (who reside near the Mercer and Lawrence County lines). Their father was a soldier in the war of 1812. His wife is still living, at the age of ninety-three years.
11	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams]	N/A