Union County, Ohio Biographies Project - Samuel Hamilton
SAMUEL HAMILTON
<> Samuel Hamilton<>, oldest son of William and
Hannah Hamilton, was born in Licking County April 5, 1814. He was
reared in Muskingum County, at farming as a pursuit, married Nancy
McMorris, of same county, moved to Union County in the year 1840, and
settled on a part of the purchase made by his father, and remained
until the year 1854, when he moved to the State of Illinois and is now
living in Marshall County, that State. He has been married the
second time, having by his first wife seven children, four sons, and
three daughters; one son is dead, one a farmer, and two lawyers; John
M., is at this writing Lieutenant Governor of Illinois. His
second wife, formerly Harriet Gray nee Rodman, died May 16, 1882, and
was buried near Zanesville. He is now in his sixty-ninth year.