Obituary of NANCY OREGON HAMILTON, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

Copied and Submitted by: Doug McBroom, 902 Kilgore Court, Allen, TX, 75013

From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.  
Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.

Many Thanks to The Times - Signal and to the LaSalle Parish Library for 
allowing the following to be added to the Archives.





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Date:  January 10, 1929

Headline:  Coroner's Mother is Called by Death; Was Beloved Lady

Local friends will regret to learn of the death of Mrs. Nancy Oregon 
Hamilton, aged 84 years, at her home in Alexandria on last Thursday night.

Mrs. Hamilton, who was the mother of Dr. Fred Hamilton, coroner of LaSalle 
Parish, was a native of Virginia.  In 1865, she was married to Dr. John 
Alexander Hamilton, to which union seven children were born.  She moved from 
Virginia in 1868 to Louisiana, the family making their home in Grant and 
Rapides parishes.

Deceased is survived by two daughters, Mrs. S. L. Conerly and Miss Mamie 
Hamilton, both of Alexandria, and three sons, Mr. Hugh Hamilton, Alexandria; 
Dr. Fred Hamilton, of Jena, La.; and Mr. Roy D. Hamilton, of Douglas, 
Arizona; nineteen grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren; one sister, 
Mrs. L. M. Groves, of Beaumont, Texas, and one brothers, Mr. Stewart Johnson 
of Slagle, La.  One daughter, Mrs. L. J. Rhinehart, and one son, Frank 
Hamilton, are deceased.