Eli Hamrick
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Eli Chapman Hamrick (1868 - 1945)

Eli Chapman "Rimfire" Hamrick
Born in Webster, West Virginia, United Statesmap
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Died at age 77 in Webster, West Virginia, United Statesmap
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Biography

Eli Hamrick was born in Appalachia, in West Virginia.
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Eli Hamrick is buried in Kelly Ben Hamrick Cemetery.
Eli was born in 1868. He was the son of Benjamin Hamrick and Naoma Mollohan. He passed away in 1945.[1]

Nickname

Eli Hamrick was employed at the Webster Springs, WV hotel. Part of his job was to prepare/dress chickens for the hotel. One day, an employer asked him, "Hamrick, how do you kill those chickens?" Eli replied, "With a Rimfire rifle, by God." [2]

Prototypical Mountaineer

Eli "Rimfire" Hamrick was known as the prototypical West Virginia Mountaineer. He was an avid hunter and fisher. He was also known as an expert hunting guide to the many Land and Coal Barons that frequent the area and wilderness in and around Webster County, WV.


Rimfire and his brother Ellis both posed for the West Virginia Mountaineer statue that stands on the grounds of the West Virginia State Capitol. [3] The statue was unveiled in December 1912.

Posthumous Article.

Occupations

A large reason for Rimfire being considered a prototypical Mountaineer was due to the many occupations he had. Rimfire owned a jewelry, watch repair, and gunsmith shop in Webster Springs. He was also the County Game and Fish Warden. Later in life, he was appointed fire warden including manning the fire tower on Turkey Mountain... an area he knew well from being a hunting guide.

When he ran, and eventually lost, for Senate of West Virginia, in 1932, his slogan was "You put him at the capitol in bronze, now put him there in person"? [4]

Marriage

At age 52, Eli Chapman Hamrick married Zella Cogar in 1920 in Webster Springs, WV.[5] They did not have any surviving children. Rimfire is listed as "divorced" on his death certificate.

Death and Burial

Rimfire died on April 1, 1945. He died of complications of old age when he was 77 years old. [6]

He is buried in the Kelly Ben Hamrick Family Cemetery in Webster Springs, WV. [7]

Sources

  1. ↑ A source for this information is needed.
  2. ↑ The Rimfire Nickname
  3. ↑ Rimfire Hamrick Biography
  4. ↑ Biography of Rimfire Hamrick
  5. ↑ Marriage of Hamrick - Cogar: West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-197
  6. ↑ Death Cert for Rimfire Hamrick
  7. ↑ Find A Grave for Eli Rimfire Hamrick




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