Sherman David Hamilton was born in 1866, in Iowa, United States, to Joseph and Nancy (Newland) Hamilton. He married Zoah "Zoe" May Groves on 1 October 1889, in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States. They were the parents of Otto, Perry, Nora, and Bertha. He homesteaded north of Rifle, Colorado. He died in 1945, at the age of 79, and was buried in Rifle, Colorado.
Fact: Residence (1870) Jefferson Township, Polk, Iowa, United States
Fact: Residence (1880) Wright, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
Fact: Residence (1900) Rifle, Garfield, Colorado, United States
Fact: Residence (1910) Austin, Garfield, Colorado, United States
Fact: Residence (1920) Austin, Garfield, Colorado, United States
Fact: Residence (1930) Rifle, Garfield, Colorado, United States
Fact: Burial (1945) Rifle, Garfield, Colorado, United States of America
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1870 Census: "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDV5-JYQ : 11 June 2019), Sherman Hamilton in entry for John Hamilton, 1870. Jefferson Township, Polk, Iowa, United States.
1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDL8-7FG : 14 August 2017), David Sherman Hamilton in entry for J M Hamilton, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 187, sheet 135D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0361; FHL microfilm 1,254,361.
1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQMH-F6G : accessed 17 April 2017), Shem Hamilton, Precincts 8-10 Rifle, Parachute, Roan Creek, Garfield, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 40, sheet 1A, family 4, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,123.
1910 Census: "United States Census, 1910," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK47-ZVC : accessed 25 June 2015), Sherman Hamilton, Austin, Garfield, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 46, sheet 8B, family 158, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,133.
1920 Census: "United States Census, 1920," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX2T-XXK : accessed 25 June 2015), Sherman Hamilton, Austin, Garfield, Colorado, United States; citing sheet 1B, family 18, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,164.
1930 Census: "United States Census, 1930," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X74W-S8N : accessed 25 June 2015), Sherman Hamilton, Rifle, Garfield, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0031, sheet 3B, family 91, line 86, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 242; FHL microfilm 2,339,977.
1940 Census: "United States Census, 1940," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR6Z-1QN : accessed 25 June 2015), David Hamilton in household of Earl Johnson, Rifle, Election Precinct 21, Garfield, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 23-31, sheet 5A, family 130, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 463.
Homestead:Hamilton, Sherman U.S. Department of the Interior: Bureau of Land Management General Land Office Records. Accessed 11 September 2021.
Homestead:Hamilton, Sherman U.S. Department of the Interior: Bureau of Land Management General Land Office Records. Accessed 11 September 2021.
Marriage:"Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KNQW-KN8 : accessed 25 June 2015), Sherman Hamilton and Zoah M Groves, 01 Oct 1889, Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States; citing no. , State Archives, Denver; FHL microfilm 1,690,084.
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