JAMES B. HAMILTON was born September 24, 1854, in Nottingham township, Washington county. He is a son of Henry Hamilton, who was born in 1816, in Nottingham township, and received his education in the schools of the home neighborhood. After leaving school Henry learned the blacksmith's trade, and followed that vocation until 1869, when he began to carry mail from Bentleyville to Pittsburgh. He continued in this business four years, then followed huckstering along the river. In 1847 he was united in marriage with Margaret A. Morrow, who was born in 1828, in Allegheny county, Penn., and seven children were born to them, namely: Margaret (deceased), David, Carrie (Mrs. Nelson, deceased), James B., Alexander, Jane (Mrs. Smith), and William. The father of this family died June 21, 1886, and was followed by the mother on October 24, 1890. James B. Hamilton attended the schools of the county, and learned afterward the blacksmith's trade of Henry Watson, in Houstonville. On November 6, 1881, he was married to Miss Minnie B., daughter of Simon C. Wolf, a prosperous blacksmith and ex-soldier of Washington county. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton have had born to them children as follows: Simon W., William Glen, Lulu M. and Paul. Mr. Hamilton has continued to follow his trade, and is a very successful business man.

Text taken from page 1077 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed March 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project. Published March 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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