BIOGRAPHIES:  William H. HAMILTON, Durand, Pepin Co., WI

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Submitted by Nance Sampson, Pepin Co. Archives File Manager on 19 November 2004
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William H. Hamilton, farmer, P. O. Durand, was born at Salem,
Washington county, N. Y., May 21, 1827, and is the oldest and only
surviving son of James and Elizabeth (Blossom) Hamilton.  His paternal
grandfather, James Hamilton, Sr., was of Scotch descent, and his
maternal grandfather, John Blossom, was a native of Vermont.  James
Hamilton, Jr., was born at Salem in 1801, and died at Durand in 1875,
and Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton, also a native of Salem, died here in 1882.
Our subject received but little schooling, and in 1840, he removed with
his parents to Genesee, Waukesha county, Wis.  In May, 1850, he married
Amelia, daughter of George and Martha Winslow, who was born at
Onderslam, near the city of Alford.  Their children are:  James W.,
Jane E. (Mrs. E. J. Baker), Mary A. (Mrs. W. B. Ward), and William H. 
In 1857 Mr. Hamilton removed to Lima township.  He purchased part of
his present farm in 1875, and now owns over 200 acres, well stocked and
improved.  Mrs. Amelia Hamilton died here September 12, 1887.  Since
the death of her husband, in 1885, Mrs. Jane E. Baker has resided with
her father; she has one son, Edwin O.  James W. Hamilton was born at
Genesee, Wis., September 26, 1851.  He attended the district school and
La Crosse Business college, and at seventeen began teaching.  In 1884
he kept a grocery store at Durand.  December 25, 1889, he married Lena
Nelson, who was born at Pepin.  They have one child, William H.  Since
his marriage, Mr. James Hamilton has resided on his father's farm, to
the care of which he gives his entire attention.

-Transcribed from the "Historical & Biographical Album of the Chippewa
Valley Wisconsin, 1891-2," page 711.


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