U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Hamilton, Adolphus (b. 1839) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Barbour County, West Virginia, From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by Hu Maxwell The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va., 1899 Page 402 Adolphus Hamilton; born in Monongalia County, on Decker's Creek, 1839, son of John J. and Matilda (Castola) Hamilton, was married January 3, 1867, in Barbour County, to Elizabeth S., daughter of Jeremiah and Nancy (Irons) Harvey. Children, Wade Hampton, Okey Johnson, Maude, George, Agustus F. He is a member of the United Brethern Church, a Democrat and a farmer, residing on Sandy Creek. He attended school at Evansville, Preston County. His wife died in 1892. He served in the Union army as a wagoner, from 1861 to 1864, when he was taken prisoner by Mosby's men and was incarcerated in several southern prisons, including Andersonville. In the latter part of the year he was exchanged and came home in broken health. He worked on the railroad for one year and then began farming. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1900 Census, Barbour County, WV Cove District, ED:2, Sheet 19A Lines 38-40; Enum-Dwelling #353, Enum-Family #356 HAMILTON, Adolphus (head) born-Oct-1839, Wd, WV-WV-WV, Farmer ", Maude (dau) born-Aug-1873, age 26, WV-WV-WV ", Gusta F. (dau) born-Aug-1878, age 21, WV-WV-WV (his son, Wade H. age 31 and family are in the next household) 1910 Census, Barbour County, WV Cove District, ED:3, Sheet 4A Lines 1-3, Enum-Dwelling #63, Enum-Family #66 HAMILTON, Adolphus (head) 70, Wd, WV-WV-WV, Farmer ", Maude (dau) 36, single, WV-WV-WV ", Augusta F. (dau) 31, single, WV-WV-WV (his son, Wade H. age 41 and family are in the next household) If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Barbour County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/barbour/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------