Captain Joseph K Hamilton, a resident of New Bethlehem and a leading and influential citizen of Mahoning township, is a son of Samuel and Rebecca (Brunton) Hamilton and was born in Mifflin Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
James Hamilton (grandfather) was a native of Ireland, and lived and died in the land of his birth. One of his sons, Samuel Hamilton (father), learned the trade of cabinet maker and emigrated from Ireland to Pennsylvania, where he settled in Mifflin Township, Allegheny County. He purchased a farm of three hundred acres of land, and gave his entire attention to farming. He cut timber and built a grist and saw-mill, which he ran for several years. He then turned his attention again to agricultural pursuits, which he followed until his death, which occurred in 1848, when he was in the seventy-sixth year of his age.
He was a whig and afterwards a republican and was for a number of years justice of the peace for Mifflin Township. He was a member of the United Presbyterian church, with which he had united in Ireland. His first wife either died at sea or soon after arriving in America and left three children. Mr. Hamilton married for his second wife Rebecca Brunton and to their union were born six children, five sons and one daughter.
Joseph K Hamilton was reared on a farm, and after receiving a common-school education worked on his father's farm until April 1, 1855, when he removed to Mahoning township, where he purchsed his present farm of two hundred and fifty acres of land, which he cultivated until the fall of 1890, when he retired from active life. Since then he has resided in a comfortable and pleasant residence, which he built in New Bethlehem.
On November 13, 1861 he enlisted in Co. D, 103rd Regiment, Pa Volunteers of which he was elected Captain.
His twin sons, Samuel and John, enlisted as privates in the same company. The captain and both his sons were taken down, at Yorktown, Virginia with fever, of which Samuel died June 1, 1862. Captain Hamilton was compelled to resign on April 9, 1862 on account of physical disability resulting from his attack of fever.
On March 4, 1841, Captain Hamilton married Eliza Eyman of Mifflin township, Allegheny County, Pa., and to their union were born twelve children, of whom only two sons and two daughters are living. After the death of Mrs. Hamilton, on May 28, 1881, he married on March 16, 1883, for his second wife, Mrs. Catherine Ridgeway, a daughter of Joseph Hines, of Clarion County. She was one of thirteen children, and one of her brothers, John enlisted in 1861, in Co. E 62nd regiment, Pa Vols, was wounded at Hatcher's run and again at Gettysburg, where he was captured by the Confederates, but re-captured by the Union forces before he had been taken from the battlefield.
By her first husband, Mrs. Catherine Hamilton had seven children, five sons and two daughters:
Clarissa A wife of W M Cribbs of Dubois
John
M E Ridgeway living at Driftwood, Pa
Cassius
Frankie
Ida, wife of Harvey Kuntzelman
Joseph
Captain Joseph K Hamilton was a whig until 1856, when he became one of the first republicans in the county. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, of which he has served as clerk. He has always been industrious, prominent and successful in whatever business he has been engaged and now enjoys the fruits of his many years of honest toil.
Much of the info from:
Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia
of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania
Samuel T. Wiley, Historian & Editor
John M. Greshan & Co.
Philadelphia, 1891
James Hamilton (grandfather) was a native of Ireland, and lived and died in the land of his birth. One of his sons, Samuel Hamilton (father), learned the trade of cabinet maker and emigrated from Ireland to Pennsylvania, where he settled in Mifflin Township, Allegheny County. He purchased a farm of three hundred acres of land, and gave his entire attention to farming. He cut timber and built a grist and saw-mill, which he ran for several years. He then turned his attention again to agricultural pursuits, which he followed until his death, which occurred in 1848, when he was in the seventy-sixth year of his age.
He was a whig and afterwards a republican and was for a number of years justice of the peace for Mifflin Township. He was a member of the United Presbyterian church, with which he had united in Ireland. His first wife either died at sea or soon after arriving in America and left three children. Mr. Hamilton married for his second wife Rebecca Brunton and to their union were born six children, five sons and one daughter.
Joseph K Hamilton was reared on a farm, and after receiving a common-school education worked on his father's farm until April 1, 1855, when he removed to Mahoning township, where he purchsed his present farm of two hundred and fifty acres of land, which he cultivated until the fall of 1890, when he retired from active life. Since then he has resided in a comfortable and pleasant residence, which he built in New Bethlehem.
On November 13, 1861 he enlisted in Co. D, 103rd Regiment, Pa Volunteers of which he was elected Captain.
His twin sons, Samuel and John, enlisted as privates in the same company. The captain and both his sons were taken down, at Yorktown, Virginia with fever, of which Samuel died June 1, 1862. Captain Hamilton was compelled to resign on April 9, 1862 on account of physical disability resulting from his attack of fever.
On March 4, 1841, Captain Hamilton married Eliza Eyman of Mifflin township, Allegheny County, Pa., and to their union were born twelve children, of whom only two sons and two daughters are living. After the death of Mrs. Hamilton, on May 28, 1881, he married on March 16, 1883, for his second wife, Mrs. Catherine Ridgeway, a daughter of Joseph Hines, of Clarion County. She was one of thirteen children, and one of her brothers, John enlisted in 1861, in Co. E 62nd regiment, Pa Vols, was wounded at Hatcher's run and again at Gettysburg, where he was captured by the Confederates, but re-captured by the Union forces before he had been taken from the battlefield.
By her first husband, Mrs. Catherine Hamilton had seven children, five sons and two daughters:
Clarissa A wife of W M Cribbs of Dubois
John
M E Ridgeway living at Driftwood, Pa
Cassius
Frankie
Ida, wife of Harvey Kuntzelman
Joseph
Captain Joseph K Hamilton was a whig until 1856, when he became one of the first republicans in the county. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, of which he has served as clerk. He has always been industrious, prominent and successful in whatever business he has been engaged and now enjoys the fruits of his many years of honest toil.
Much of the info from:
Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia
of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania
Samuel T. Wiley, Historian & Editor
John M. Greshan & Co.
Philadelphia, 1891
Captain Joseph K Hamilton, a resident of New Bethlehem and a leading and influential citizen of Mahoning township, is a son of Samuel and Rebecca (Brunton) Hamilton and was born in Mifflin Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
James Hamilton (grandfather) was a native of Ireland, and lived and died in the land of his birth. One of his sons, Samuel Hamilton (father), learned the trade of cabinet maker and emigrated from Ireland to Pennsylvania, where he settled in Mifflin Township, Allegheny County. He purchased a farm of three hundred acres of land, and gave his entire attention to farming. He cut timber and built a grist and saw-mill, which he ran for several years. He then turned his attention again to agricultural pursuits, which he followed until his death, which occurred in 1848, when he was in the seventy-sixth year of his age.
He was a whig and afterwards a republican and was for a number of years justice of the peace for Mifflin Township. He was a member of the United Presbyterian church, with which he had united in Ireland. His first wife either died at sea or soon after arriving in America and left three children. Mr. Hamilton married for his second wife Rebecca Brunton and to their union were born six children, five sons and one daughter.
Joseph K Hamilton was reared on a farm, and after receiving a common-school education worked on his father's farm until April 1, 1855, when he removed to Mahoning township, where he purchsed his present farm of two hundred and fifty acres of land, which he cultivated until the fall of 1890, when he retired from active life. Since then he has resided in a comfortable and pleasant residence, which he built in New Bethlehem.
On November 13, 1861 he enlisted in Co. D, 103rd Regiment, Pa Volunteers of which he was elected Captain.
His twin sons, Samuel and John, enlisted as privates in the same company. The captain and both his sons were taken down, at Yorktown, Virginia with fever, of which Samuel died June 1, 1862. Captain Hamilton was compelled to resign on April 9, 1862 on account of physical disability resulting from his attack of fever.
On March 4, 1841, Captain Hamilton married Eliza Eyman of Mifflin township, Allegheny County, Pa., and to their union were born twelve children, of whom only two sons and two daughters are living. After the death of Mrs. Hamilton, on May 28, 1881, he married on March 16, 1883, for his second wife, Mrs. Catherine Ridgeway, a daughter of Joseph Hines, of Clarion County. She was one of thirteen children, and one of her brothers, John enlisted in 1861, in Co. E 62nd regiment, Pa Vols, was wounded at Hatcher's run and again at Gettysburg, where he was captured by the Confederates, but re-captured by the Union forces before he had been taken from the battlefield.
By her first husband, Mrs. Catherine Hamilton had seven children, five sons and two daughters:
Clarissa A wife of W M Cribbs of Dubois
John
M E Ridgeway living at Driftwood, Pa
Cassius
Frankie
Ida, wife of Harvey Kuntzelman
Joseph
Captain Joseph K Hamilton was a whig until 1856, when he became one of the first republicans in the county. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, of which he has served as clerk. He has always been industrious, prominent and successful in whatever business he has been engaged and now enjoys the fruits of his many years of honest toil.
Much of the info from:
Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia
of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania
Samuel T. Wiley, Historian & Editor
John M. Greshan & Co.
Philadelphia, 1891
James Hamilton (grandfather) was a native of Ireland, and lived and died in the land of his birth. One of his sons, Samuel Hamilton (father), learned the trade of cabinet maker and emigrated from Ireland to Pennsylvania, where he settled in Mifflin Township, Allegheny County. He purchased a farm of three hundred acres of land, and gave his entire attention to farming. He cut timber and built a grist and saw-mill, which he ran for several years. He then turned his attention again to agricultural pursuits, which he followed until his death, which occurred in 1848, when he was in the seventy-sixth year of his age.
He was a whig and afterwards a republican and was for a number of years justice of the peace for Mifflin Township. He was a member of the United Presbyterian church, with which he had united in Ireland. His first wife either died at sea or soon after arriving in America and left three children. Mr. Hamilton married for his second wife Rebecca Brunton and to their union were born six children, five sons and one daughter.
Joseph K Hamilton was reared on a farm, and after receiving a common-school education worked on his father's farm until April 1, 1855, when he removed to Mahoning township, where he purchsed his present farm of two hundred and fifty acres of land, which he cultivated until the fall of 1890, when he retired from active life. Since then he has resided in a comfortable and pleasant residence, which he built in New Bethlehem.
On November 13, 1861 he enlisted in Co. D, 103rd Regiment, Pa Volunteers of which he was elected Captain.
His twin sons, Samuel and John, enlisted as privates in the same company. The captain and both his sons were taken down, at Yorktown, Virginia with fever, of which Samuel died June 1, 1862. Captain Hamilton was compelled to resign on April 9, 1862 on account of physical disability resulting from his attack of fever.
On March 4, 1841, Captain Hamilton married Eliza Eyman of Mifflin township, Allegheny County, Pa., and to their union were born twelve children, of whom only two sons and two daughters are living. After the death of Mrs. Hamilton, on May 28, 1881, he married on March 16, 1883, for his second wife, Mrs. Catherine Ridgeway, a daughter of Joseph Hines, of Clarion County. She was one of thirteen children, and one of her brothers, John enlisted in 1861, in Co. E 62nd regiment, Pa Vols, was wounded at Hatcher's run and again at Gettysburg, where he was captured by the Confederates, but re-captured by the Union forces before he had been taken from the battlefield.
By her first husband, Mrs. Catherine Hamilton had seven children, five sons and two daughters:
Clarissa A wife of W M Cribbs of Dubois
John
M E Ridgeway living at Driftwood, Pa
Cassius
Frankie
Ida, wife of Harvey Kuntzelman
Joseph
Captain Joseph K Hamilton was a whig until 1856, when he became one of the first republicans in the county. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, of which he has served as clerk. He has always been industrious, prominent and successful in whatever business he has been engaged and now enjoys the fruits of his many years of honest toil.
Much of the info from:
Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia
of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania
Samuel T. Wiley, Historian & Editor
John M. Greshan & Co.
Philadelphia, 1891
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