Lincoln County TN Archives Biographies.....Hamilton, William 1836 - 
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HAMILTON, MORTON, WYATT, MONTGOMERY, TELFORD, MASSEY



William HAMILTON, farmer, was born near his present residence in 1836, and

is the son of David M. and Elizabeth (MORTON) HAMILTON. The father was a

native of South Carolina, born in 1809, and was of Scotch-Irish lineage.

He came to Tennessee in 1811 with his father, John HAMILTON, who settled in

the Twelfth District, bought property, and remained until his career ended,

about 1813.  While chopping a tree it suddenly split and flew back,

striking Mr. HAMILTON and killing him instantly.  His wife returned to

South Carolina in a short time to look after his unsettled business, going

and returning on horseback through unbroken forests, bivouacking out of

nights along the route.  David M., our subject's father, lived in Lincoln

County at the time of his marriage, which occurred in 1831.  He lived in

different parts of Lincoln County, but the last five years of his life were

passed in the Fourteenth District.  He owned 160 acres of land, and may

properly be classed as one of the early settlers.  He died in 1845, in the

prime of life.  The mother of our subject was born in Lincoln County,

Tenn., in 1813, and was of Irish extraction.   Her father, Alexander

MORTON, was a native of Ireland.  He came to Lincoln County at a very early

date, and was one of the first white men in the county.  Since the death of

her husband Mrs. HAMILTON has lived with her children, and for the past

eighteen years has lived with her son William.  There were five children,

four of whom are living.  William was reared at home, and received a

practical education in the public schools.  October 22, 1857, he married

Elizabeth E. WYATT, daughter of Thomas WYATT.  Mrs. HAMILTON was born in

Lincoln County in 1835, and the result of her marriage was the birth of two

children:  David Knox and Mollie (wife of John MONTGOMERY).  After marriage

Mr. HAMILTON resided on the old home-place until 1868.  In 1870 he had the

misfortune to lose his wife, and January 8, 1878, he wedded Mrs. Anna

(TELFORD) MASSEY, daughter of William TELFORD.  The second Mrs. HAMILTON

was born in 1857, in Marion County, Ill., and this marriage resulted in the

birth of one child, Cora Agnes.  In 1872 Mr. HAMILTON purchased 100 acres

of land in the Twelfth District, where he has since resided.  He is one of

the farmers of Lincoln County who is possessed with modern ideas of

cultivating the soil.  He is a Republican in politics, and he and wife are

members of the United Presbyterian Church.



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From Goodspeed's "History of Tennessee"

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