Los Angeles County CA Archives Biographies.....Hamilton, N. H. 1852 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@gmail.com December 12, 2005, 10:50 pm Author: Luther A. Ingersoll (1908) N. H. HAMILTON, M. D., one of Santa Monica's leading citizens, head of his profession, is a native of Michigan and was born at Ann Arbor, Feb. 17th, 1852. His parents, in 1854, removed to Winona, Minnesota, and here the child grew to manhood. He there passed through the grammar and high schools and returned to the place of his birth and passed through the Medical College of the Michigan University. He subsequently took a thorough course of study at the Rush Medical College, Chicago, now the Medical Department of Chicago University, from which institution he graduated in 1877 and almost immediately entered upon the practice of his profession at Grafton—a new settlement in North Dakota. The country rapidly increased in population and wealth and Grafton became a populous and very prosperous young city and Dr. Hamilton there built up an extensive practice. He remained at Grafton until 1893 and became thoroughly identified with the civic, industrial and political interests of the community. He was for fourteen years President of the United States Board of Examining Surgeons for soldiers' pensions and for a similar period held the office of County Physician. For two years he served his County as Coroner; for four years he was a member of the examining board for the insane, and nine years was secretary and superintendent of the County Board of Health. He was the first Vice President of the North Dakota State Medical Society, and served as District Surgeon for the Northern Pacific and Great Northern Railway Companies. The multiplicities of his duties and demands of his profession, coupled with the rigors of that northern climate, made such inroads upon his health that he found it necessary to make a change of location and accordingly came to California and located at Santa Monica in September, 1893. Dr. Hamilton's name in his adopted city stands for all that is good, progressive and right at all times and under all conditions. Aside from the duties of an extensive medical practice, he is District Surgeon of the Southern Pacific Railway Co., medical examiner for all the old line insurance companies in Southern California, and acts in the same capacity for the fraternal insurance organizations. He is one of the organizers of the Santa Monica Bay Hospital Company, and is president of the company; a history of which splendid enterprise may be found elsewhere in this work. Dr. Hamilton is a member of long standing of the American Medical Association, the largest association of prominent physicians in the world. He is also a member of the California State Medical Society and the Los Angeles County Medical Association. Despite his engrossing professional and business cares he has also actively identified himself with some of the leading fraternities. He is a Royal Arch Mason, a member of the Commandery and the Mystic Shrine and affiliated with Santa Monica Lodge, No. 307, F. and A. M., Chapter and Commandery, and Al Malaikah Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Los Angeles. He is also member of the Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Foresters of Santa Monica. He is a director in the Western Masons Mutual Life Association of Los Angeles and maintains a deep interest in its welfare. Dr. Hamilton is an almost life long Republican, an active and influential member of the Presbyterian church. Dr. Hamilton was married October 21st, 1887, to Miss Bertha R. Crookston, a native of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and they have three daughters—Helen, Clara and Esther. The family residence, No. 522 North Fifth Street, is one of the finest of the many beautiful homes in Santa Monica City. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Ingersoll's century history, Santa Monica Bay cities: prefaced with a brief history of the state of California, a condensed history of Los Angeles County, 1542 to 1908: supplemented with an encyclopedia of local biography and embellished with views of historic landmarks and portraits of representative people. Los Angeles: Luther A. Ingersoll (1908) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/losangeles/bios/hamilton149bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/cafiles/ File size: 4.6 Kb