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Chuck Hinman, IJMA No. 052: Reading Obituaries It's Just Me Again 052 : Reading Obituaries, Enoch F. HInman (1815-1897) The next earlier Chuck Hinman story Shopping gone wrong Is Chuck Hinman your favorite Sunday with CM columnist, as many tell us? If so, we hope you'll drop him a line by email. Reader comments to CM are appreciated, as are emails directly to Mr. Hinman at: charles.hinman@sbcglobal.net By Chuck Hinman Would you allow me to lead you in a reading experience you may never have considered before - reading obituaries. I confess to being a "people person." I enjoy knowing the highlights of a well-lived life of an old person. What better source than their obituary. Imagine my complete surprise when I found a browned and weathered newsclipping, the yellowed with age obituary of my great grandfather in an uninteresting looking book in our family's library case -- you know the kind with roll-out glass doors. It's the obituary Enoch F. Hinman born nearly 200 years ago. It traces his footsteps from Massachusetts to Nebraska where he bought land from the "reservation." The farm land Enoch acquired was south of Wymore on Hwy 77 before you get to the Welsh church (west side of the road). I remember Dad (Arley Hinman) pointing out a farm where he used to live. Dad's Dad (Lansing Hinman) lost both feet in a farm mower accident but continued farming. The obituary is crammed with tidbits that would be interesting and humorous reading even if he had not been my flesh and blood. Its style is amusing. Its language is interesting -- kinda "braggidosio." Its sound not at all like the obit of some red neck dirt-farmer. What is more interesting to me is this obituary was published in the Arbor State in 1897, the same weekly Wymore home-town paper that currently publishes my stories 113 years later. Don't miss out on interesting reading by passing over the obituary section. Enoch F. HinmanRHS: I searched for information about "leal" and found this note: A beautiful song written by Lady Caroline Nairn in the 1798 (ish) to comfort some friends whose daughter had died. "Land o' The Leal" literally means Land of The Loyal. i.e. Heaven. -Chuck Hinman Chuck wrote this February 26, 2006 and recently updated it. This version incorporates information from both versions. -Robert Stone This story was posted on 2010-03-28 08:47:21
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