James Madison Hamilton (1840 - 1928)

Born 13 Jan 1840 in Farmington, Monongalia Co., WV

Ancestors

Son of Henry Fielding Hamilton and Mary (Wood) Hamilton

Husband of Malissa Helen (Martin) Hamilton — married 15 Jul 1866 in Fairmont, Marion Co., WV

Descendants

Died 15 Jul 1928 at age 88 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV

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MILITARY, CIVIL WAR: James M. was a Confederate soldier in the 20th VA Cavalry, captured by the Union 6 November 1863, and sent to the ATHENEUM "Lincoln's Bastille" in Wheeling, WV, then to a prison camp in Cumberland, MD. Then Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, where he took the oath in April 1865 when the war was over, and released. His brother Elmus was also captured, and sent to Clarksburg. Elmus enlisted in the Union Army to get out of prison. James M did not. Their grandmother, Clarissa Fleming Hamilton, died 5 November 1863, the day before James was captured.

DOCUMENT: May 22, 2008, Ancestry.com -Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865: image number 29887 Confederate: Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War 1861-1865: W. S. Genl Field Hospital Dpt of the Cumberland: Hamilton, James M, Privt, 20 Va Cav, Co. B, Captured Marion Co. WV Nov. 6 1863, Transferred to- Camp Chase [Ohio} Jan 16, 1865.

Sources

• Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA testing. James W Hamilton and Gerry Hamilton match on 37 out of 37 markers (see YSearch IDs 6HZCF and PKW5Q) thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their MRCA James Hamilton born 1783.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA testing. Tim Hamilton and James W Hamilton match on 36 out of 37 markers (see YSearch IDs GBWKK and 6HZCF) thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their MRCA James Hamilton born 1720.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA testing. John (Hamilton) Hunter and James W Hamilton match on 36 out of 37 markers (see YSearch IDs 3UYN5 and 6HZCF) thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their MRCA James Hamilton born 1720.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA testing. James W Hamilton and Neil Hamilton match on 36 out of 37 markers (see YSearch IDs 6HZCF and PAKUB) thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their MRCA James Hamilton born 1720.

To date at least 10 descendants of Hamilton-1422 covering each of his 3 sons have completed a Y DNA test of some degree and a summary of these results is attached to the profile of Hamilton-1422 as "Y DNA Test Results of his Descendants".

• United States Census, 1860, database with images, FamilySearch, James Hamilton in entry for Henry F Hamilton, 1860.