Ephraim Warren Hamlin worked on his father's farm until he was 16, attending school in the winter, until he became ill and was unable to attend any longer. He then continued his education at home and by the time he was a young man he possessed a good knowledge of the "elementary branches of education." He became a clerk in the store of his brother Oliver, at Salem, until 1822. Then he left for Bethany, Penn., took a job with his brother-in-law, Daniel Baldwin, and learned the hatter's trade. Three years later he bought the business and married Damaris F. Day, Jan. 12, 1826 in Bethany, Wayne Co., Penn.
He became a merchant at Bethany in 1840-52 and later engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was a "useful and honored citizen." For fifty years, there was "scarcely any improvement in society" that he had not "inaugurated" or was not actively involved in. "His life and name, like a golden thread, gleams through the records of the temperance organizations of the county and is linked with every step in advance, taken by the [Episcopalian] church of which he was a communicant and in whose board he was senior warden at his death." The town records of a meeting held in Honesdale in Feb. of 1834, to start a bank, shows him on a committee to draft a resolution to the Legislature for the charter of the Honesdale Bank, as a result it was incorporated 1836 and he became one of it's first board of directors, a position he held until his death. He was active in the movement to build the Jefferson branch railroad to Honesdale and personally instrumental in disposing of a large amount of stock for its construction. He was held in high esteem, and called the "father of the Wayne Co. Agricultural Society," which he was instrumental in organizing in 1861, and was also a member of the Board of Directors until his death. On his retirement from the presidency his associates adopted a resolutions expressing "appreciation of his services" and presented him with a gold headed cane, inscribed with a token of their regards. He was also a trusted and honored member of the Democratic party. He was repeatedly called to head it's ticket in elections, and "universally led it to victory." He was the deputy treasurer of Wayne Co. in 1832, treasurer 1833-34, member of the Legislature from Morgan and Wayne Counties in 1838, re-elected in 1839, State Senator in 1851, Postmaster in Bethany from 1829-38, and 1840-51. He was twice defeated as a candidate for Congress. "In every station of life he commanded confidence." In 1876, he and his wife celebrated their fiftieth anniversary in the house where they began their life together.
He became a merchant at Bethany in 1840-52 and later engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was a "useful and honored citizen." For fifty years, there was "scarcely any improvement in society" that he had not "inaugurated" or was not actively involved in. "His life and name, like a golden thread, gleams through the records of the temperance organizations of the county and is linked with every step in advance, taken by the [Episcopalian] church of which he was a communicant and in whose board he was senior warden at his death." The town records of a meeting held in Honesdale in Feb. of 1834, to start a bank, shows him on a committee to draft a resolution to the Legislature for the charter of the Honesdale Bank, as a result it was incorporated 1836 and he became one of it's first board of directors, a position he held until his death. He was active in the movement to build the Jefferson branch railroad to Honesdale and personally instrumental in disposing of a large amount of stock for its construction. He was held in high esteem, and called the "father of the Wayne Co. Agricultural Society," which he was instrumental in organizing in 1861, and was also a member of the Board of Directors until his death. On his retirement from the presidency his associates adopted a resolutions expressing "appreciation of his services" and presented him with a gold headed cane, inscribed with a token of their regards. He was also a trusted and honored member of the Democratic party. He was repeatedly called to head it's ticket in elections, and "universally led it to victory." He was the deputy treasurer of Wayne Co. in 1832, treasurer 1833-34, member of the Legislature from Morgan and Wayne Counties in 1838, re-elected in 1839, State Senator in 1851, Postmaster in Bethany from 1829-38, and 1840-51. He was twice defeated as a candidate for Congress. "In every station of life he commanded confidence." In 1876, he and his wife celebrated their fiftieth anniversary in the house where they began their life together.
Ephraim Warren Hamlin worked on his father's farm until he was 16, attending school in the winter, until he became ill and was unable to attend any longer. He then continued his education at home and by the time he was a young man he possessed a good knowledge of the "elementary branches of education." He became a clerk in the store of his brother Oliver, at Salem, until 1822. Then he left for Bethany, Penn., took a job with his brother-in-law, Daniel Baldwin, and learned the hatter's trade. Three years later he bought the business and married Damaris F. Day, Jan. 12, 1826 in Bethany, Wayne Co., Penn.
He became a merchant at Bethany in 1840-52 and later engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was a "useful and honored citizen." For fifty years, there was "scarcely any improvement in society" that he had not "inaugurated" or was not actively involved in. "His life and name, like a golden thread, gleams through the records of the temperance organizations of the county and is linked with every step in advance, taken by the [Episcopalian] church of which he was a communicant and in whose board he was senior warden at his death." The town records of a meeting held in Honesdale in Feb. of 1834, to start a bank, shows him on a committee to draft a resolution to the Legislature for the charter of the Honesdale Bank, as a result it was incorporated 1836 and he became one of it's first board of directors, a position he held until his death. He was active in the movement to build the Jefferson branch railroad to Honesdale and personally instrumental in disposing of a large amount of stock for its construction. He was held in high esteem, and called the "father of the Wayne Co. Agricultural Society," which he was instrumental in organizing in 1861, and was also a member of the Board of Directors until his death. On his retirement from the presidency his associates adopted a resolutions expressing "appreciation of his services" and presented him with a gold headed cane, inscribed with a token of their regards. He was also a trusted and honored member of the Democratic party. He was repeatedly called to head it's ticket in elections, and "universally led it to victory." He was the deputy treasurer of Wayne Co. in 1832, treasurer 1833-34, member of the Legislature from Morgan and Wayne Counties in 1838, re-elected in 1839, State Senator in 1851, Postmaster in Bethany from 1829-38, and 1840-51. He was twice defeated as a candidate for Congress. "In every station of life he commanded confidence." In 1876, he and his wife celebrated their fiftieth anniversary in the house where they began their life together.
He became a merchant at Bethany in 1840-52 and later engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was a "useful and honored citizen." For fifty years, there was "scarcely any improvement in society" that he had not "inaugurated" or was not actively involved in. "His life and name, like a golden thread, gleams through the records of the temperance organizations of the county and is linked with every step in advance, taken by the [Episcopalian] church of which he was a communicant and in whose board he was senior warden at his death." The town records of a meeting held in Honesdale in Feb. of 1834, to start a bank, shows him on a committee to draft a resolution to the Legislature for the charter of the Honesdale Bank, as a result it was incorporated 1836 and he became one of it's first board of directors, a position he held until his death. He was active in the movement to build the Jefferson branch railroad to Honesdale and personally instrumental in disposing of a large amount of stock for its construction. He was held in high esteem, and called the "father of the Wayne Co. Agricultural Society," which he was instrumental in organizing in 1861, and was also a member of the Board of Directors until his death. On his retirement from the presidency his associates adopted a resolutions expressing "appreciation of his services" and presented him with a gold headed cane, inscribed with a token of their regards. He was also a trusted and honored member of the Democratic party. He was repeatedly called to head it's ticket in elections, and "universally led it to victory." He was the deputy treasurer of Wayne Co. in 1832, treasurer 1833-34, member of the Legislature from Morgan and Wayne Counties in 1838, re-elected in 1839, State Senator in 1851, Postmaster in Bethany from 1829-38, and 1840-51. He was twice defeated as a candidate for Congress. "In every station of life he commanded confidence." In 1876, he and his wife celebrated their fiftieth anniversary in the house where they began their life together.
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