When David Franklin Hinds was born on 25 January 1882, in Western Grove, Newton, Arkansas, United States, his father, William Henry Hinds, was 41 and his mother, Mary Jane Baughman, was 40. He married Addie James on 26 October 1905, in United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States for about 20 years and Election Precinct 6 Artesia, Eddy, New Mexico, United States in 1940. He died on 3 December 1961, in Heber, Imperial, California, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, El Centro, Imperial, California, United States.