Layfayette
F.
Hamilton
Born in Marshall County, Tennessee
Ancestors 
Brother of
Alcey E. Hamilton, Victoria J (Hamilton) McQuigg, Martha Jane (Hamilton) Thompson, Jarusha M. Hamilton, Isaac Morris Hamilton, Frances A. Hamilton, Thomas W. Hamilton, Sarah D. (Hamilton) Boyd, Beauregard Hildreth [half] and Omar Hildreth [half]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Bradshaw) Hamilton
— married
about 1868 in Saline, Illinois, United States
Father of
Malissa Margaret (Hamilton) Yates, Maxie Lafayette Hamilton, Alice (Hamilton) Gilbert, James Hamilton and Jonas T. Hamilton
Died
at age 64
in Kuttawa, Lyon, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Aug 2014
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Biography
Lafayette was born 1847 in Marshall County, Tennessee to Dickson S. Hamilton and Margaret T. Bloodworth Hamilton. The family moved to Caldwell County, Kentucky before 1850. Layfayette enlisted on the Union side of the Civil War as a Private in the 17th Regiment of the Kentucky Cavalry. After the war he married Elizabeth Bradshaw and they made their home in Eddyville, Lyon County, Kentucky near the rest of the Hamilton/Hildreth families. He was listed as a farmer on the 1870 Lyon County Census. In November 1887 a military pension was issued.
Sources
Lafayette Hamilton United States Census, 1850 birth: 1847 Tennessee residence: 1850 Caldwell county, Caldwell, Kentucky, United States other: Dickson S Hamilton, Margaret Hamilton, Alcey E Hamilton, Victorius J Hamilton, Martha J Hamilton, Jarusha M Hamilton...
Lafayette Hamilton [Lafayette Hamilton] United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865 other: from 1861 to 1865 Kentucky
Name:La fayette Hamilton Military Company: H Military Regiment: 17 State: Kentucky Military Unit: Cavalry Event Date: 09 Nov 1887 Affiliate Name: National Archives and Records Administration Affiliate Record Type: Civil War Pensions Affiliate Publication Number: T289 , Affiliate Publication Title: Organization Index to
Lafayette Hamilton United States Civil War and Later Pension Index Name Lafayette Hamilton Event Type Pension Event Date 09 Nov 1887 Event Place Kentucky, United States Military Regiment 17 Military Unit Cavalry Shipping Company H File Name 952506 Citing this Record "United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NHVB-8Z8 : 24 March 2016), Lafayette Hamilton, 1887.
Lafayette F Hamilton Birth: May 16, 1847 Tennessee, USA Death: Apr. 17, 1912 Lyon County Kentucky, USA
Spouse: Elizabeth Bradshaw Hamilton (1849 - 1912) Children: Malissa Margaret Hamilton Yates (1870 - 1945)* Maxie Lafayette Hamilton (1888 - 1970)*
Inscription: A loving husband, a father dear, A faithful friend lies buried here Burial: Doom Chapel Cemetery Kuttawa Lyon County Kentucky, USA
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Layfayette by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Layfayette:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Layfayette by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Layfayette:
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