Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Hamilton, John Francis 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

Hamilton, John Francis, who for years has been catering to a high-class trade 
as a grocer and meat man, understands how to meet adequately the demands of 
his patrons, and is able to give excellent goods at the lowest possible market 
prices.  He is recognized as one of the leading business men of Morris, and 
his reputation for square dealing and straightforward methods is fully 
sustained.  He was born at Ormstown, Quebec, Canada, June 9, 1854, a son of 
William and Jane (Sadler) Hamilton, natives of Canada, of Irish ancestry.  
They married in Canada and became farming people.  Their eight children were:  
John Francis; Robert, who is of Denver, Colo.; Anna, Mrs. Remington of Morris; 
Eliza, Mrs. James Davidson of Denver, Colo.; Margaret, Mrs. William Richel of 
Gaylord, N. D.; Frances, Mrs. Allen Richel of Los Angeles, Cal.; and William 
T. and Bismark are of Kansas City, Mo.

John Francis Hamilton worked on farms for others until he was seventeen years 
old, after which, until 1876, he engaged in that line of business for 
himself.  In that year he began handling meats, with his cousin, Henry F. 
Hamilton, at Morris, continuing there until 1884, when he sold his interest to 
his partner, and went to Breckenridge, Colo., and opened a meat market.  This 
he sold a year later to his brother, and started a grocery and meat business 
at Omaha, Neb., which he conducted for some years, in conjunction with 
partners, but in 1901 sold and returned to Morris, where, in partnership with 
his brother-in-law, he has conducted his present business.

On January 8, 1876, Mr. Hamilton married Isabell Todd, born at Orangetown, 
Quebec, Canada, a daughter of James and Mary Todd, also natives of Canada.  
Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton have had children:  William H., who is of Denver, Colo.; 
Earl R.; and Mabel B., and Melvin J., both of whom are at home.  Mr. and Mrs. 
Todd had these children:  Mary J., who married a Mr. Chase, is now deceased; 
Sarah J., who is Mrs. Charles Hopper of Cortez, Colo.; Annie G., who is Mrs. 
James Arthur of Canada, and Mrs. Hamilton.  The family belongs to the 
Presbyterian Church.

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Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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