HAMILTON, J. D. M.

HAMILTON, RICE, VAN VALKENBURG

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 4/19/2019 at 14:50:54

MADISON TOWNSHIP.
P. O. FORT MADISON

HAMILTON, J. D. M., attorney, of the firm of Van Valkenburg & Hamilton ; was born in Pittsburgh, Penn., July 18, 1850 ; when he was 6 years old, his parents removed to Iowa and located at Fort Madison ; his father, John S. Hamilton, was an attorney ; was member of the State Legislature in Pennsylvania, and in this State. He was killed by an accident ; in the fall of 1856, the subject of this sketch attended school here, then entered Knox College, where he received his collegiate education ; after graduating he studied law with Hon. J. Van Valkenburg, and attended the St. Louis Law School, where he completed his legal studies, and was admitted to the bar March 10, 1875, since when he has been associated with Mr. Van Valkenburg in the practice of his profession. He was elected to the State Legislature in the fall of 1877, his term of office expiring Jan. 1, 1880. He married Miss Mamie M. Rice of Keokuk, Feb. 28, 1878.

Source: BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY IOWA
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1879

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879