Hamilton, H. L. Portland Mills farmer section 6 ; son of james and Hannah C Hamilton nee Ramsay ; was born in Winchester, Clark Co., Ky October 4 1811. His parents settled in this county in 1834 ; he came three years later to Russell Township, was married October 13 1838 to Mary V McPherson born May 25 1817 by whom he had two children — Robert Duncan born April 19 1842, J Randolph born July 22 1844. He was married again in 1847 near Judson, Parke County to Mrs Barnes nee Nancy Todd born July 10 1820 (and had) one child Nancy Mabel born May 16 1857. Mrs Hamilton is the only child in a family of twelve living the others with the exception of a sister who lived to the age of forty-eight years died of consumption in early life. Her parents were the victims of the same disease, her father died at the age of sixty-eight , her mother at forty-eight. Mrs Hamilton is now in her sixtieth year and in good health which she attributes to a liberal daily use of cold-water baths for the last twenty-seven or eight years. She has raised or had under her care at different periods of her life some seventeen or eighteen orphans. Mr Hamilton is a kind husband, a good neighbor and an enterprising man. (1)
He is buried in Forest Park Cemetery Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, USA (2)
1). Atlas of Putnam Co., Indiana : to which are added various maps, history, statistics. Available here
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