From the Cumberland Times, 5/16/1930; Allegany County, Maryland

MOTORIST DIES AT STEERING WHEEL
George A. Hamilton, 40, Franklin, succumbs to Heart Attack Near Home

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Westernport, Md., 5/16 - Geo. Alvin Hamilton, aged 40 years, husband of
Detta Hamilton, died yesterday at noon from a heart attack while driving
his automobile which ran into a fence at the home of Mrs. M.P. Gannon at
Franklin, WV, near his own home.  Mr Hamilton had been suffering from
heart trouble for some time and yesterday morning was complaining of not
feeling well.
Joseph Blackburn, his father-in-law, was in the car and he said he
groaned and fell under the wheel.  Melvin Grindle, an insurance
collector, who was passing, took him to the office of Dr. A.B. Kalbaugh,
Westernport, who pronounced him dead.  Besides his wife he is survived
by two children, Ethel and Lloyd, both at home; his mother, Mrs Amanda
Hamilton, Franklin; two brothers, David and William Hamilton, both of
Franklin; four sisters, Mrs. Bessie Griffith, Mrs. Florence Smith,
Franklin; Mrs. Anna Ross, Barton, Md. and Mrs. Dela Moyers, Piedmont.

This fellow would have been a distant cousin.  His father, Wm. Alexander
Hamilton III, may have been notorious in the Westernport/Barton area.
He once rode his horse into a local saloon where he attempted to
demonstrate what a quick draw he was.  In the effort, his gun stuck in
the holster and Wm. shot himself in the leg or foot.

Submitted by Connie Beachy



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