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Biography of Fred S. and Allie Mae Wells Hamilton
Presented at the 31st Annual Hamilton Reunion
Downsville United Methodist Church
Downsville, Louisiana
August 6, 1989


	Fred S. Hamilton was born May 20, 1889 in Downsville, La.  He passed away 
December 8, 1968.

	He graduated from LSU, Baton Rouge, in 1913, receiving a degree in Agriculture 
after paying his own college expenses, starting in his freshman year.  While attending 
LSU, he was a catcher on the varsity baseball team.  He lived to attend his fiftieth class 
reunion.

	After leaving LSU, he went to the Normal College in Natchitoches to design a 
dairy and build a dairy herd.  He had previously helped to design the old dairy on 
Carrolton Avenue in New Orleans, but had nothing to do with the milk bottle shaped 
water tower.

	He loved his fellowman, but the love of his life was Allie Mae Wells.  They were 
married in the home of her parents in El Dorado, Arkansas.  After more than fifty years 
of marriage, he still endearingly called her sweetheart.

	A planter of farmer in North Louisiana, he was small in stature but strong in his 
mind and spirit.  A very industrious man, he cared for the needs of many in the 
community during the depression.  His example of honesty and hard work influenced 
many.

	He liked to play as well.  He knew good horses, good dogs, 
wild game of every species; and he was an excellent woodsman.
	Like his mother before, he was an active member of the Alabama Presbyterian 
Church in Sibley, Louisiana.

	He and Allie Mae had three children, James Edward, known as many as "Red", 
Fredna Louise, and William Henry, known as Billy.  His grandchildren called him Pop.  
His nieces and nephews called Uncle Fred, but some lovingly called him Uncle son.  He 
had twenty-three descendants.  His first great grandchild, Eddie Guice, was the first fifth 
generation descendant of James Meriwether Hamilton.  Bradley Barkley began our sixth 
generation.

	Fred Hamilton left his family a rich heritage in the things that contribute to a good 
life.



OBIT--RUSTON DAILY LEADER, December 9, 1968 

MR. HAMILTON OF DOWNSVILLE DIES SUNDAY     

       Mr. Fred S. Hamilton, 79, retired farmer and cattleman from Downsville died at 11 
p.m. Sunday at Lincoln General Hospital following a short illness.      

       The deceased was a native of Downsville and was a member of Alabama 
Presbyterian Church.     

        Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Alabama Presbyterian Church 
with Rev. Lee Grisso and Rev. Richard May officiating.     

        Burial will take place in Alabama Church cemetery, near Downsvlle under the 
direction of Spears Funeral Home of Ruston.      

       Survivors include his wife Mrs. Allie M. Hamilton of Downsville; two sons, J.E.
 Hamilton of Downsville; Dr. William H. Hamilton of Alexandria; one daughter, Mrs. Fredna
 Dowell of Baton Rouge; one brother Joe J. Hamilton of Downsville; two sisters, Mrs.
 Mattie Lou McGehee of Downsville and Mrs. Mary Hinton of Downsville; nine
 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. 

**** Family legend says the "S" in Fred S. Hamilton's name stood for "Sally." The Hamilton 
family Bible only lists him as Fred S. 
	


OBIT—

ALLIE MAE WELLS HAMILTON    

         Services for Mrs. Allie Mae Wells Hamilton, 90, of Downsville, were held at 11:00 
a.m. August 14 in the Downsville Baptist Church.  The Reverend Richard May officiated.  
     
          Burial was in the Alabama Presbyterian Church cemetery in Sibley under the 
direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Ruston.    

        Mrs. Hamilton was a member of the Downsville Baptist Church and taught on every 
level in its Church Sunday School and Training Union, and served 18 years as teacher
 for the Adult Ladies Sunday School Class.  From 1944-45, she served as a District II 
officer for the Women's Missionary Union (W.M.U.).  From 1952-57, as State W.M.U. 
Mission Study Chairman, and from 1960-66, as W.M.U. State Stewardship Chairman.  
She also served on the Allocations Committee of the State W.M.U.      

       Mrs. Hamilton, died Sunday, August 12, 1984 in the Naomi Heights Nursing Home in 
Alexandria.  She was born October 23, 1893, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J.E. 
Wells of El Dorado, Ark.  She was married on December 23, 1915 and is preceded in 
death by her husband, Fred S. Hamilton and a son, J.E. "Red" Hamilton, both of 
Downsville.      

       She is survived by a daughter,  Mrs. J. Willard Dowell of Baton Rouge; a son, Dr. 
William H. Hamilton of Alexandria; nine grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and two 
sisters, Mrs. W.O. Price and Mrs. Louis Byrnes, both of El Dorado, Ark.    

        Pallbearers were Jimmy Dowell, William H. Hamilton, Jr., Fred M. Hamilton, Eddy 
Guice, Harry Hinton, and W. Fred Hamilton, Jr.    

       Honorary pallbearers were Mrs. Dorothy Bass and Mrs. Ovie Golden. 

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