Woodbury County IA Archives Biographies.....Hamilton, C. C. 1863 - 
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Author: Iowa Its History and Tradition

IOWA
ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION
VOLUME III
1804-1926
 
C. C. HAMILTON

The state of Iowa has reason to feel proud of her bench and bar from  the 
earliest days of the history of the commonwealth to the present time, and on 
the roll of distinguished citizens in this field of endeavor there is reason for  
reverting with gratification to the career of Hon. Charles C. Hamilton of 
Sioux  City, judge of the fourth judicial circuit of Iowa.  Born at Macon City,  
Missouri, on the 12th of January, 1863, he is a son of James H. and Amelia  
(Carlin) Hamilton, the father a native of Louisville, Kentucky, and the mother  
of Erie, Pennsylvania.  In early life they moved to Macon City, Missouri,  
where they became acquainted and were married.  The father was engaged in  
mercantile business there during the Civil war but in 1865 moved to Omaha,  
Nebraska, remaining there until 1868, when he came to Sioux City.  Here he 
conducted a photographic studio from 1868 to 1897, when he retired from active  
business, and died in the following year, at the age of sixty-nine.  His  wife 
survived him about twenty-one years, passing away in 1919, at the age of  
seventy-four.

Charles C. Hamilton obtained his elementary education in the public  schools 
of Sioux City and then entered the law school of Iowa State University,  from 
which he was graduated in 1868, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws.  The same 
year he began practice in Sioux City but about a year later he  accepted the 
position of official court reporter for this district.  He  served in that 
official capacity continuously until 1920, a period of  thirty-three years,
when, on the resignation of Judge J. W. Anderson, he was  appointed to succeed
him as judge of the fourth judicial district, in which  position he is still 
serving, having been twice regularly elected to the office.  His career on the 
bench has been such as has reflected additional prestige  on his name and has 
earned him the commendation and praise of the members of the  bar generally.

On June 20, 1885, Judge Hamilton was united in marriage to Miss Lyda  DuBois, 
who was born and reared in Sioux City, and they had two children - one  who 
died in infancy and Clarence J., who is now serving as official court  reporter 
under his father.  Judge Hamilton is a member of Sioux City Lodge  No. 112, 
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks.  He is a director of the  Sioux City 
Country Club, a director of the Sioux City Boat Club, a member of the  Sioux
City Gun Club, one of the largest gun clubs west of the Mississippi river,  the 
Loblolly Club of Sioux City, and the Sioux City Chamber of Commerce.  Personally 
Judge Hamilton is a man of unquestioned integrity of motive and  action, candid 
and straightforward in all of his relations with his fellowmen,  and 
intensely public spirited in his attitude towards all movements calculated  to
advance the best interests of the city and county.  He enjoys marked  popularity
in the circles in which he moves and has long been numbered among the  
representative men of his community, his official record reflecting credit upon
 the legal history of Iowa.

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