James Thomas and Melissa were married in Cass County on July 14, 1858. To this union was born the following children: Punetta Annie, Mary Susie, Jimmie M., William Thomas, Robert Franklin, Sarah Louella, Samuel Preston, Henry Newton, Silas Shaw and Avie.
James and Melissa lived in the same house where his parents had lived.
Melissa was a small woman but very energetic. During the 17 years she lived after her husband, she lived with her children. Her hands were almost never idle. During her visits with her children and married grandchildren, she would do patching and mending. Some of the older grandchildren remember her carding her own bats and wool for spinning into yearn which she used to knit sweaters, socks, caps, etc. for then. Melissa was part Cherokee Indian and smoked a clay pipe. She grew and cured her own tobacco, sometimes blending in fig leaves for aroma.
She was in the home of her son, Rev. Samuel Preston Hamilton, when she died January 24, 1918, at the age of 77 years from pneumonia.
(History of Cass County People, by Cass County Genealogical Society)
James Thomas and Melissa were married in Cass County on July 14, 1858. To this union was born the following children: Punetta Annie, Mary Susie, Jimmie M., William Thomas, Robert Franklin, Sarah Louella, Samuel Preston, Henry Newton, Silas Shaw and Avie.
James and Melissa lived in the same house where his parents had lived.
Melissa was a small woman but very energetic. During the 17 years she lived after her husband, she lived with her children. Her hands were almost never idle. During her visits with her children and married grandchildren, she would do patching and mending. Some of the older grandchildren remember her carding her own bats and wool for spinning into yearn which she used to knit sweaters, socks, caps, etc. for then. Melissa was part Cherokee Indian and smoked a clay pipe. She grew and cured her own tobacco, sometimes blending in fig leaves for aroma.
She was in the home of her son, Rev. Samuel Preston Hamilton, when she died January 24, 1918, at the age of 77 years from pneumonia.
(History of Cass County People, by Cass County Genealogical Society)
Family Members
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Annie Hamilton Anderson
1858–1942
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Mary Susan Hamilton Lyle
1860–1933
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James Martin "Jimmy" Hamilton
1862–1935
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William Thomas "Willie" Hamilton
1866–1940
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Robert Franklin Hamilton
1868–1953
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Sarah Louella Hamilton Simmons
1870–1947
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Samuel Preston Hamilton
1872–1948
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Henry Newton Hamilton
1876–1938
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Silas Shaw Hamilton
1878–1934
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Avie Relda Hamilton Surratt
1881–1954
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