Show sweethearts YET wit AND MRS PHILIP HINT HINES OLDEST COUPLE IN OHIO he is and she Is 06 96 years old they havo have been married and happy nearly fourscore four score years dela delaware tre ohio nov SS 28 the most eted man led couple in ohio and probably the oldest in n the united states stales 19 mr illanes deed aged beals and its his kite rebekah hine 96 the correspondent of tills paper called upon the couple whole they have resided for or many tears ears lit in brown this delaware county and for or several hours enjoyed listening to the relation of tile the Inel incidents dents that go to matte make up the history or of their lives mrs illanes was bom boin in that part of 0 ohio that Is now known as lilt alt vernon where abere in a little cabin built 0 of rough logs rooted roofed over mith great slabs for ill shins ingler let her parents sir mr and lire kachler resided alth their heir ive I 1 children mrs nines hines was itis their third child slie she sald said her parents were fru fit people indu arious and successful the chil childred drei recel Ned both le ie ligion 4 and secular at the knees ot of their mother and father under the light ot of the little greased rap rag which lay lit in one side of a pan and afforded alfor ded ILI ail tile the light of the household ld when she g grew re trong trone enough to make tile the trip she went to school four our miles through the b woodland alonar the very paths made inalle t 0 by bear deer wolf bolf and other wild beasts whose footprints were almost warm so recently had they licen been mule many times did the copperhead chase her to her home where micro she found refuge agaisse all attacks in tho the r THE OLDEST MARRIED COUPLE IN THE WORLD ai N I 1 11 e i I 1 I 1 A 11 I 1 P 01 1 F k V 1 I 1 I 1 M 5 all lal I 1 I 1 rj tt I 1 I 1 N i al 1 I V it F v 10 A I 1 A r li j kl I 1 r 1 V I Q X 1 1 71 I 1 t or 1 t A R t N V 17 ii 1 I 1 55 1 k P va 1 1 8 p 11 ajl P 0 1 I 1 I 1 i AIN I 1 1 I mh Y I 1 ft 4 1 I 5 1 1 1 I 1 II 1 1 q ti I 1 4 1 1 99 9 0 I 1 i 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 airs 71 s rebekah nines hines aged 06 years philip hinesh hines aged years strength of tt 0 halt half dozen brothers while residing in this cal calin cabin in she completed her c arlen education and ami just as a soon na as religious gatherings wore ere called she was one of the cillitto at figures she has always been a methodist Bleth odIst AND THEY WERE MARRIED lilien quite youns young she became acquainted quain ted with philip hines a young shoemaker from maidland and locatell located v hei c now la their acquaintance into love suit and the couple were married when m lien sha was just IS 13 there wore horn born of this marriage it A family of hearty children richard hines lodo ledo union county and john and A alt if of I 1 this ills county all mell to lo do and prosperous fathers fai mcra ali mis a hines Is a rental kahly kably well pre served woman she sh is five feet eleven inches weighs perhaps pounds has deep brown ryes eyes hair hair well mell with till pay gray p ay once 4 a beamut ful albuin her step Is quick and decided and her face ili ii marked by the absence of kieR her conversation Is entertaining and intelligent possessed essed of SL a remarkable memory site she related many interesting facts 0 of her life history and the rapid growth of the country of which she ehe lias has personal observation slip has jav livid d in alit chii section nelly neaily a century mr and mrs kilnes were residents of 0 richland county where here they won about them a a larre lares circle of friends mrs miless hiness health Is viry vi ry good she lie having neither ache nor pain save pave a slight rhou rheu matte tinge choie who to know this woman best state that she has lived it life of usefulness and lias has proved herself woith yot the crown that awaits her mr arr phillip nines hines wila years yeara old august 12 1890 ile he Is considered the oldest resident of the slate and beyond I 1 EL a doubt tile the oldest lit husband is band in the united states slates lie he was born in maryland and I 1 in n early boyhood took a rancy fancy rany fany Y to tile the b hoots and shoes made by his uncle philip hines whose naine hf 1 bears beam ills uncle thinking lie alaine would aull 1 make a success of tile trade taught it 1 t to film and in a few years lie wa q making footgear fort for the lie sterner sex and belles of the neigeib neighborhood flood when in tile the prime of its ills yo youth u th lie he moved to knox county 0 anil and opened a shop lie ile emal was 1 the youngest ron of EL a family of I 1 fie children i kilren and was considered one of the mot most industrious then in his neighborhood X hen he located in knox county n he was ur rounded by indian camps and with wild beasts he came in contact almost constantly lie made friends friend with the indians indian whose favor he won nut boniv for himself but tor for ills his sweetheart rebekah kachler IN DEFENSE OF UK HIS COUNTRY when the war broke out phillp philip laid don down it ills his hammer and pegging awl I 1 and came to delaware and joined tile the eighteenth regulars leg ulars ile hc was as then 71 ceals old I 1 he le entered camp chase in tills city and served nerved as cook lie he was not until nine years ago g 0 and he is doubtless the layt apt geteian n n discharged whon when the wor war clos closed it he u as on a furlough but in order to draw his allowance lie he was compelled to get a discharge lit in regular order as these funds are only given to c r 4 honorably discharged contrado Coin rado hill ca Is 1 in rood good health on august mh mr nines hines attended the annual harvest home picnic P lenic held at ash aimley le Y 0 at aich which place 0 A it and civic c 0 1 met to lo make the day tile memorable m eol as ble last year a special was earned out to his honor contribute to by prominent men over the he state it 11 i on all lila ills birthday every one knows mr ilium lie having in g lived IV I 1 bi irra yr rutn ascole scole denla lie Is in good god health call i and Is a irlin of tie ic ruark awe mv and rhonn the iho of liln him mind as ag avell fl a b the physical furm form that has haa r stood t alie lie wear and worry over a century ilia entire face li lit a Tiet 0 of lines placed there by the lie hanki of 0 birne diw I 1 Is a jolly old fellow and now can entertain a coterie of his friends sit 08 well as aa tiny any one ilia his memory la Is good and he gets about with fairly decided sir and mis alta Ill alnea tiva when to kelher get her do not fall all to elicit comments aher wherever ver they go BO on account of 0 their age oga life experience and ability to litand land the wear art and tear of so BO many cores beores of years aliey love lost loat none of 0 their old ilme affection for each other and a as mr BIT lines bays Y our ur love lor for one another la Is carni and shall never wane valle pittsburg pitta burg dispatch |