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Hamilton, Edward – Hamilton, Kate Waterman

Hamilton, Edward

soldier, lawyer, journalist, was born in Culpeper county, Va. He served in the Mexican war, and in recognition of his service was appointed secretary of the territory of Arizona in 1850.

Hamilton, Edward John

educator, clergyman, author, was born in 1834 in Ireland. He is a presbyterian clergyman; and professor of philosophy in the state university of Washington. He is the author of The Human Mind; Mental Science; The Modalist, or the Laws of Rational Thought; and a New Analysis in Fundamental Modes, a short treatise in ethics.

Hamilton, Edward La Rue

lawyer, congressman, was born Dec. 9, 1857, in Berrien county, Mich. He was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican.

Hamilton, Elizabeth

was born Aug. 9, 1757, in Albany, N. Y. She rendered assistance to her husband in his labors, counseled him in his affairs, and kept his papers in order for him, preserving the large collection of manuscripts, which was acquired by the United States government in 1849. She died Nov. 9, 1854, in Washington, D. C.

Hamilton, Frank Hastings

educator, surgeon, author, was born Sept. 10, 1813, in Wilmington, Vt. He was a distinguished surgeon of New York city; and for many years professor in Bellevue hospital. He was the author of Strabismus; Fractures and Dislocations; Military Surgery; Principles and Practice of Surgery; and Surgical Memories of the War of the Rebellion. He died Aug. 11, 1886, in New York city.

Hamilton, Hamilton

artist, was born April 1, 1847, in England. He is distinguished in landscape and genre, both in oil and water-colors, and also as an etcher. Among his chief works are The Sisters; Little Sunbeam; and The Messenger.

Hamilton, James

philanthropist, lawyer, was born Oct. 16, 1793, in Carlisle, Pa. He labored assiduously in the cause of education and was for many years a trustee of Dickinson college. He died Jan. 23, 1873, in Carlisle, Pa.

Hamilton, John

congressman. He was at one time high sheriff of Washington county, Pa., was a representative in congress from that state, from 1805 to 1807. He died Aug. 31, 1837, at his home.

Hamilton, John Church

lawyer, author, was born Aug. 22, 1792, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is a lawyer in New York city; and the author of Memoirs of Alexander Hamilton; History of the Republic; and The Prairie Province. He edited his father's works. He died July 25, 1882, in Long Branch, N. J.

Hamilton, John Mcclure

artist, was born in 1853 in Philadelphia, Pa. His most important painting is Le rire, which was exhibited in the National academy in New York in 1877, and at the Paris exposition in 1878.

Hamilton, John William

clergyman, author, was born March 18, 1845, in Weston, W. Va. He is a methodist clergyman who founded the People's church in Boston; and the author of Memorials of Jesse Lee; Lives of the Methodist Bishops; and People's Church Pulpit.

Hamilton, Kate Waterman

author, was born in Schenectady, N. Y. She is an Illinois writer of Sunday-School and other fictions. Among them are, The Old Brown House; Frederick Gordon; Wood, Hay, and Stubble; Rachel's Share of the Road, a Novel; and The Parson's Proxy.