Born 2 January 1863 in American Fork, Utah County, Utah Territory. Son of John Hindley and Jane Robinson. Married Annie Chipman, 13 December 1883; five children. The youngest, Jean Hindley, was born five months before Hindley was called to serve in the British Mission. Set apart, 9 September 1898; traveled to the mission field with his sister-in-law Eliza Chipman. Returned from mission, 14 November 1900. Died 19 December 1947 in Salt Lake City.[1]
[1] John R. Hindley entry, no. 638, Missionary Department, Missionary Registers, 1860–1959, Book C, 79, Church History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City (hereafter CHL); Jean Stubbs Hindley entry, American Fork Ward, Utah Stake, Record of Births, p. 14, in American Fork Ward, Record of Members Collection, 1836–1970, CHL; Eliza Chipman, Journal, 17 Sept. 1898, Eliza C. Christensen, Papers, 1872–1986, bulk 1898–1910, CHL; “Former Am. Fork Bishop Dies at Salt Lake,” American Fork (UT) Citizen, 24 Dec. 1947, [8].