When Hiram Lafayette Hinds was born on 19 April 1880, in Boone Township, Columbia, Arkansas, United States, his father, William Henry Hinds, was 39 and his mother, Mary Jane Baughman, was 38. He married Henryetta Dunback on 27 December 1900, in Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States for about 20 years. He died on 31 October 1963, in Braggs, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in South Bethel Cemetery, Braggs, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States.