Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Smith Hall Hamilton    
       Also known as: Hall Hamilton 1
                Born: May- 9-1868          in Ritchie Co, WV  2
                Died: Nov-24-1927          in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  2
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  3
              Census: 1910                 in Leadsville District, Randolph Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1910                 commercial traveler (dry goods)  
              Father: C. T. Hamilton 
              Mother: Mary J. Cole 
Other spouse 2
                Wife: Clara A. Wilson   1  
       Also known as: Clare Wilson 1
             Married: Apr-17-1895          in Harrison Co, WV  
                Born: ca 1868              in Ritchie Co, WV  4 (see note 1)
                Died: May-29-1898          in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  3
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  3
              Census: 1880                 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Father: Hiram Wilson   (1838 - 1926) 
              Mother: Mandane E. Lowther   (1842 - 1911) 
           F Child 1: Clara A. Hamilton      
                Born: May-23-1898          in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  5,6
              Census: 1940                 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV   (see note 2)
              Census: 1930                 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV   (see note 3)
              Census: 1900, 1910, 1920     in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  

Sources:
(1) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 250. 
(2) Headstone. 
(3) Findagrave.com. 
(4) 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union Twp). 
(5) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(6) 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Age 2 in 1870 Census would put birth in about 1868, but birth date on
headstone appears to be Mar 8 1863.
Note (2) Listed as one of many inmates at the Weston State Hospital for the
Insane.
Note (3) In household of cousin Blanche (Wilson) Ross and her family.







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