Biographical Sketches
CHARLES G. HAMILTON
It is interesting to know that the old Hamilton homestead is still in possession of a member of the family and that the representative who occupies the place wears worthily the honored name he bears and is accounted one of the leading and most esteemed citizens of the community. Only 5 years of age when he came to Jackson county, his entire life, almost, has been passed here, and with its agricultural interests he is prominently identified.
Charles G. Hamilton was born in Boyle county, Kentucky, on the 15th of July, 1844, and in 1849 was brought by his parents to Fort Osage township. He was reared to the labors of farm life and has always been engaged in the tilling of the soil and the other duties which fall to those who follow this honorable calling. He acquired his education in the common schools of the neighborhood and assisted his father in the cultivation of the fields until after he had attained his majority. He lived here through the period of the civil war, and retains a vivid impression of the horrors inseparable from warfare.
On the 12th of October, 1869, Mr. Hamilton was united in marriage to Miss Mollie Hall, a daughter of T. G. Hall, of Fort Osage township, and a lady of many excellencies of character that endeared her to a large circle of friends. They began their domestic life on the old home place, dear to our subject from the associations of his boyhood and the abode of his parents; but after a few years, thinking to improve his financial condition, Mr. Hamilton removed with his family to Texas, where for 3 years he engaged in stock raising. He afterward followed the same pursuit in Dade county, Missouri, for 2 years, and then returned to his present farm.
Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton became the parents of 2 children: Christine, who was born December 30, 1871; and is now the wife of Cornelius Childs; and Andrew M., born May 25, 1874. The son is still with his father, whom he ably assists in the work of the farm. A dark and heavy shadow fell over the household in 1876, for on the first of September the wife and mother departed this life. She was a woman of many noble qualities, a member of the Baptist church, and to those who knew her best, especially to husband and children, her loss was irreparable.
Mr. Hamilton still resides on the farm, which is one of the best in the county. His home is a large brick residence situated on a hill and thus commanding an excellent view of the surrounding country. His barns and outbuildings are models of convenience and the neat and thrifty appearance of everything about the place indicates the careful and intelligent supervision of the owner. He also raises a high grade of stock and his excellent business ability and enterprise have brought to him success in his undertakings. This place is indeed �home, sweet home� to Mr. Hamilton. Here he worked and played as a boy, to this abode he brought his bride and now it is hallowed to him on account of the many memories which cluster around it, memories of his kind parents, his loved wife of his children.
Religiously he is connected with the Baptist church of Buckner, while in politics he is a stalwart democrat. Those who know him best are numbered among his warmest friends, -- a fact which indicates a well spent life; and the name of Charles G. Hamilton, like that of his parents, is well deserving a place on the pages of the history of his adopted county.
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