Marshall-Brown County KS Archives Biographies.....Hamler, James Arthur 1882 - living in 1917
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JAMES ARTHUR HAMLER.

    Among the prominent business men and well-known residents of Summerfield,
Marshall county, is James Arthur Hamler, the efficient assistant cashier of the
State Bank of that city, who was born on a farm near Hiawatha, Brown county,
Kansas, on October 23, 1882, the son of Howard and Eliza (Dieffenderfer) Hamler.

    Howard Hamler was born in the state of Pennsylvania in 1853 and is of German
ancestry. He is the son of Daniel Hamler and wife, who were natives of
Pennsylvania, and there received their education in the public schools and were
later married. They continued to reside in that state until 1875, when they came
to Kansas and established their home in Brown county, where they became
prominent in agricultural enterprises. The son, Howard, also engaged in farm
work in this section of the state, and came here from his former home in
Pennsylvania, after his marriage in 1875, to Eliza Dieffenderfer, who was born
in Pennsylvania in 1857. Daniel Hamler and his sons purchased land in Brown
county, Kansas, when they came to the state. They later developed the farms and
made them among the best in the county. Howard Hamler engaged in general farming
and stock raising in the county, until some years later and then moved to
Seneca, where he retired. He later moved to Manhattan in 1900, so that he might
give his children a better opportunity to obtain an education. He is still the
owner of one hundred and sixty acres of good land and a splendid home in Manhattan.

    Howard and Eliza Hamler are the parents of the following children: Nora E.,
James Arthur and Harry T. Nora E. received her education in the public schools
and later studied in the University of Campbell, at Holton, Kansas. For a number
of years she was a successful teacher, before her marriage to Mr. Anderson; of
Oneida; Harry T. received his primary education in the public schools and later
completed the course of study at the Manhattan Agricultural College and is new a
successful farmer and stockman near, Belpre, Edwards county, Kansas.

    James Arthur Hamler received his education in the common schools of Nemaha
county, and later graduated from the Kansas Wesleyan Business College at Salina
in 1901. After completing his education, he was connected with the bank at
Burlington, Colorado, for one year, and then came to the bank at Summerfield in
the year 1902. In addition to his duties as assistant cashier of the State Bank
of Summerfield, he is associated with F. G. Bergen in the real-estate and
insurance business. He has two hundred and forty acres of splendid land in Texas
and is the owner of a beautiful home in the city of Summerfield. At the time of
a contest in their home city in 1915, Mr. and Mrs. Hamler were awarded a silver
cup for having the finest home in the place. They take the greatest interest in
the upkeep of the place, not for the sake of winning prizes, but because they
enjoy the pleasures of a beautiful and well-kept home. The house is a six-room
structure, finished in white, with hard-wood floors and bath, and has every
modern convenience, including both hard and soft water in all parts of the
house. The place was built with the idea of beauty and comfort, and is an
evidence of the best thought and attention. Much beauty has been added to the
place in the well-kept lawn, in which many varieties of flowers and shrubbery
are grown and surrounded with the finest trees.

    On October 26, 1914, James Arthur Hamler was married to Effie Beavers, who
was born in Marshall county and is the daughter of D. H. Beavers, who is a
well-known and successful grain buyer of Home City, Kansas. Mrs. Hamler received
her education in the public schools of Marshall county, and later studied music
at the Hiawatha Academy of Music, after which she completed the course in music
at the University of Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Hamler have long been prominent in the
social and the religious life of the community, and Mrs. Hamler is active in the
musical circles of the home city.

    Politically, James Arthur Hamler is indentified with the Republican party
and has ever taken an active interest in all local affairs, and being a man of
ability, and a representative citizen of the city, he has had much to do with
the civic life of the town. Since 1906 he has served as city treasurer and his
administration has been one of continued success. He has always given the
affairs of the office the same care and attention that he gives to his own
business, and by his management of the city's financial affairs, he has won the
confidence and approval of the people. Fraternally, Mr. Hamler is a member of
the -Ancient Free and Accepted Masons at Summerfield, He has attained the
Scottish-Rite degrees, holding his membership at Kansas City, Kansas. He is also
a prominent member-of the Knights of Pythias at Summerfield. He takes much
interest in his lodge work, and is recognized as one of the working members of
the orders to which he belongs.

    Although a young man, Mr. Hamler has by his active life accomplished much in
the social and financial life of the community in which he lives and where he is
recognized as one of the prominent and substantial men of the county. His
conservative and careful attention to business, has won for him the confidence
of the people with whom he is associated. His interests are with the people of
Marshall county and his every effort is for the betterment of the district in
which he lives.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

History of Marshall County, Kansas: its people, industries, and institutions
by
Emma E. Forter

Indianapolis, Ind.: B.F. Bowen & Co. (1917)

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