Hamilton King (1851 - 1923)

Born Aug 1851 in Yorkshire, Cattaraugus, New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Nellie A. (Locke) King — married 1883 in New York

Descendants

Died 19 Apr 1923 at age 71 in Machias, Cattaraugus, New York, United States

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Biography

Hamilton King was born in August 1851 in Yorkshire, Cattaraugus, New York to Benjamin King and Polly Kebby. He was one of 10 children. His father was a farmer. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

In 1875, Hamilton lived with his brother, Van Rensselaer King, in Yorkshire. The household included Van Rensselaer's family and their parents. ^[5]

Hamilton was a laborer on the farm of Burton Slocum in Farmersville, Cattaraugus, New York in 1880. ^[6]

In about 1883, Hamilton married Nellie Locke. Hamilton, Nellie, and their two children, Vern and Pearl, lived in Yorkshire in 1892. Hamilton was a laborer. ^[7]

Hamilton and Nellie lived in Machias, Cattaraugus, New York in 1900 with 14-year-old Vern, and 16-year-old Pearl. He was a laborer at the ice house. ^[8][9]

In 1910, Nellie and Hamilton, a farmer, resided in Yorkshire, along with their son, Vern, age 23. Nellie, age 46, and Hamilton, age 59, had been married 27 years. Nellie had given birth to three children, but only Vern was still alive at the time of the 1910 United States Census. The third child, as of yet unidentified, was born between 1900 and 1910. ^[10]

Hamilton and Nellie lived on their dairy farm in Yorkshire in 1920. ^[11] Nellie died in March 1922.

Hamilton died on April 19, 1923 from heart failure while visiting his brother, Asa King, in Machias, Cattaraugus, New York. ^{[12] [13]}

Sources

1. ↑ "New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K63X-X5J : 13 March 2018), Hamilton King in household of Benjamin F King, E.D. Western, Yorkshire, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; citing p. 283, line #11, family #26, county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 583,832.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCWH-ZL8 : 30 December 2015), Hamilton King in entry for Franklin King, 1860.
3. ↑ "New York State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVNN-ZKTB : accessed 13 April 2017), Hamilton King in household of Ben F King, , Yorkshire, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; citing source p. 41, line 32, household ID 314, county clerk, board of supervisors and surrogate court offices from various counties. Utica and East Hampton Public Libraries, New York; FHL microfilm 584,487.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M86R-23Z : 17 October 2014), Hamilton King in household of B F King, New York, United States; citing p. 10, family 94, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,408.
5. ↑ "New York State Census, 1875," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNVL-2VT : 3 April 2020), Hamilton King in household of V R King, Yorkshire, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; citing p. 10, line 27, State Library, Albany; FHL microfilm 584,492.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZZ3-9JQ : 14 January 2022), Hamilton King in household of Birton Slocum, Farmersville, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
7. ↑ "New York State Census, 1892," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ9G-M1X : 6 November 2014), Hamilton King, 1892; citing , county offices, New York; FHL microfilm 584,495.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS68-S6D : accessed 14 April 2017), Hamilton King, Machias Township, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 51, sheet 11B, family 287, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,011.
9. ↑ "New York State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVBT-9G4 : 8 May 2020), Hamilton King, Machias, Machias Village, E.D. 01, Cattaraugus, New York; citing p. 13, line 35, various county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 584,496.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5MS-K1B : accessed 14 April 2017), Hamilton King, Yorkshire, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 102, sheet 6B, family 183, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 927; FHL microfilm 1,374,940.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJK2-L1Y : accessed 14 April 2017), Hamilton King, Yorkshire, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; citing ED 104, sheet 10B, line 76, family 281, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1088; FHL microfilm 1,821,088.
12. ↑ Hamilton King Death, The Springville Journal, Springville, Erie, New York, May 3, 1923, p. 3.
13. ↑ "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGRK-87MJ : 19 October 2019), Hamilton King, 1923.