HAMILTON, G. A.

HAMILTON, BRADLEY, SMITH, TREAMPLE, REDMAN, HOLLINGSHEAD, MCCONNELL

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 1/18/2014 at 00:23:53

Biography ~ G. A. Hamilton

"Biographical and Historical Record of
Ringgold and Decatur Counties, Iowa"
(Lewis Publishing Company (1887)), pp. 474-75:

G. A. HAMILTON, retired farmer, Leon, was born in Butler County, Ohio, March 8, 1825. His father, Robert Hamilton, was a native of Pennsylvania, and his mother, Eleanor Hamilton, was a native of Ohio. They were the parents of nine children, four of whom are living - G. A., Jonathan, Joseph, and Ellen, now the wife of Daniel Bradley of Indiana. The parents died in Montgomery County, Indiana. Mr. Hamilton was reared on a farm and has followed that vocation through life.

He came to Iowa in 1847, settling in Polk County. He came to this (Decatur) County in 1851, and was the third settler in Long Creek Township. He first entered eighty acres of land in that township, and now owns a valuable farm there of 460 acres, all in good state of cultivation, with good buildings. He commenced life a poor man; but with energy, perseverance and economy, and the assistance of his excellent wife, he has obtain a competency.

Mr. Hamilton was first married in Polk County, in 1849, to Lydia Smith, and they were the parents of six children, four of whom are living - Ellen, wife of Jerome Treample, has two children; Sarah A., wife of Walter Redman, has two children, Carrie A. and John, May E., wife of Frederick Redman, has two children, Lettie and Frank. Mrs. Hamilton died in 1865, and in 1866, Mr. Hamilton married Isabel Hollingshead, born in 1825, daughter of James and Nancy (McConnell) Hollingshead, natives of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Hamilton had a brother, John, who died in the army, and a daughter, Emma, who died in infancy. He owns considerable property in Leon, and addition to his residence. He is one of the prominent and influential men of Decatur County.

Transcribed by Sharon R. Becker, January of 2014