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... Among the very earliest settlers in Fugit, who came to the township in 1820, 1821, 1822 and 1823, we mention the following: ... Cyrus and Thomas Hamilton ...
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... Thomas Hamilton was born August 25, 1798 ; married to Juliann Donnell February 23, 1820; died June 16, 1880. ...
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... THOMAS HAMILTON, the second son of Robert and Mary (Eward) Hamilton, remained in Kentucky until the family removed to Decatur County in 1823. He had been out during the summer before to prepare a cabin and get ready for their arrival. Soon after his marriage to Juliann Donnell, which was on the 23d of February, 1826, he settled on the farm adjoining Kingston, where he resided during the remainder of his days. He united with the Sand Creek Presbyterian Church on its organization, in December, 1823, and was chosen a Ruling Elder September 26, 1829, which position he held through all the various experiences of that society until the day of his death. For several years before that occurrence, he had been incapacitated for church duties, yet he was prompt in his attendance at its services, and such was the general respect for him that no one thought of superseding him in the eldership. He was once or more chosen as a Justice of the Peace, though not by his own seeking. He was one of the first advocates of the temperance cause, and was strongly opposed to slavery ; yet such was the good opinions of his neighbors and church-fellows that he never made a known enemy. During the many controversies of his church, he maintained a firm hold upon, the respect of all parties.
His children were:
- Louisa, born December 25, 1826 ; married to T. L. Donnell ; died, January 19, 1854.
- Samuel Horace, born February 28, 1831, now deceased.
- Thomas Clark, born March 10, 1840, now deceased.
Thomas Hamilton died June 16, 1880; Juliann, his wife, died August 13, 1855. In writing of his wife, Mr. Hamilton says: "Her death was the sorest trial of my life and I can truly say of her as a wife and mother, she had no equals and fewer superiors; in the Christian character, she was exemplary and consistent." He was liberal with his means and time; did more, perhaps, than any other man to build up and sustain the Kingston Church; during a long life of usefulness, he labored zealously and faithfully for the church, donating the ground on which it stands. Such a life is worthy of emulation. ...
