Hamilton, William W.

HAMILTON, MCKEE, ANTROBUS, EWING, ECKENBURGER, SEFTON, BUCHAN, CUMMIN, TRIEM, MCINTURE, ANDERSON

Posted By: P. Bergmeier (email)
Date: 12/10/2004 at 17:29:08

William W. Hamilton, a retired farmer of Black Hawk County, Iowa, resides in La Porte, where he is prominent in business and political circles. He was born in Decatur County, Indiana, August 24, 1835, and is a son of Samuel and Elizabeth G. (McKee) Hamilton.

Samuel Hamilton was born in Nicholas County, Kentucky, in 1796, and died in Greensburg, Indiana, in 1844. Mr. Hamilton always followed farming and met with the best results. He was a quiet, honest man, well liked by all who knew him. He had a brother, Col. William Hamilton, who served in the War of 1812. Mr. Hamilton was one of a family of six children, namely; William, Isabella (Antrobus); Samuel; Robert; Mary (Ewing) and a boy, who died in childhood. Mrs. Elizabeth (McKee) Hamilton was born in Nicholas County, Kentucky, July 2, 1807, and died at Vinton, Iowa, at the age of 76 years. Her father and mother had the following children: Elizabeth; Archibald; Margaret; David, a Presbyterian minister; Martha; Nancy; Wallace and Cynthia. Samuel Hamilton and his wife were blessed with six children, namely; Charity J., who is the wife of F.J. Sefton, of Mount Auburn, Iowa; Diorus, who died at Vinton, Iowa; William W., our subject; David A.; Mary E., (Eckenberger) who died at Portland, Oregon, April 13, 1901, and Samuel, who died at Vinton, Iowa. Mr. Hamilton was a member of the Presbyterian Church.

William H. Hamilton lived for 20 years on the farm on which he was born. In the fall of 1855, he removed to Benton County, Iowa, where he remained until 1876. In that year he located on his Black Hawk County farm. In 1886, he removed to La Porte City and built a home. Mr. Hamilton's farms consist of 440 acres, and although he does no farm work, he oversees it. Mr. Hamilton has been retired for the past 25 years and during this period he became prominent in political circles. He is a Republican, and served as a member of the Board of County Supervisors of Benton County for two years, as justice of the peace for two years, as township trustee in Black Hawk County for 14 years, and as mayor for one term. Mr. Hamilton was also a member of the City Council for 12 years, and a member of the School Board for six years. In religious views, Mr. Hamilton is liberal.

On February 23, 1869, he was married to Margaret Buchan, a native of Scotland, who came to Ohio as a child, in company with her parents. She died near Mount Auburn, Iowa, at the age of 37 years. To this couple two children were born, namely; Ida V., the wife of M.L. Cummin, and Clara E., the wife of E.E. Triem, who is a jeweler of La Porte City. In 1876 he was a second time married, taking his wife Lucinda McIntyre, who was born in Wayne County, Ohio, July 2, 1844, and is a daughter of Smith and Juliet E. (Anderson) McIntyre.

Source: History of Black Hawk County, Iowa and Representative Citizens 1873 - 1904

William Wallace Hamilton 1835-1923
Margaret Buchan 1836-1874 Wife
Lucinda McIntyre 1844-1926 Wife
Burial: Westview Cem., La Porte City, Black Hawk County, Iowa