George S. Hamilton

As printed in 1912

GEORGE S. HAMILTON.

Among those who have met with a large measure of success in the active duties of life in Knox county is George S. Hamilton, owner of an excellent farmstead in the vicinity of Mt. Vernon. He comes of a splendid family, who have always been strong advocates of right living and industrious habits, for education and morality, and for all that contributes to the welfare of the commonwealth. Throughout his career Mr. Hamilton has pursued the even tenor of his way in the quiet and unostentatious manner which never courts publicity, attending strictly to his own affairs, doing the right as he sees and understands the right and keeping his conscience void of offense toward his Creator and his fellow men.

Mr. Hamilton was born on February 16, 1860, on a farm five miles north of Utica, where he has always lived. He is the son of William and Elizabeth (Sellers) Hamilton, the father a native of Harrison county, Ohio, born on November 26. 1822. The mother was born in Greene county, Pennsylvania, July 15, 1817. William Hamilton came to Kinox county in 1846 with his brother John and they settled on the Martinsburg road in Morgan township, where he bought one hundred and eighty acres, later buying a farm where the subject now lives. He became a large land owner and prosperous farmer, and was influential in the affairs of his community. John Sellers, the maternal grandfather, came with his family from Greene county, Pennsylvania, about 1820 and settled on land in Morgan township, when the country was new and sparsely settled, establishing his home near Owl creek, where he spent the remainder of his life, and here William Hamilton and Elizabeth Sellers were married. They became the parents of five children, namely: John, born October 24, 1848, died April 2, 1853; Craig, born

January 5, 1851, and died April 4, 1851; William M., born February 15, 1854, lives in Kansas; Edwin F., born August 8, 1856, lives in Mt. Vernon; George S., of this review. The death of the father occurred on May 17, 1908, and the mother on April 18, 1910. Both are buried in Owl Creek cemetery, near the old family homestead. The father was a Republican and for many years was active in public affairs and filled various township offices, and he was land appraiser for some time; he was frequently urged to accept county offices, but always declined. He was a man of affairs, with advanced ideas, and was highly regarded by all. He and his wife were members of the Owl Creek Baptist church and were devout church people.

George S. Hamilton was reared on the home farm, where he assisted with the general work during the crop seasons as soon as he reached the proper age. and during the winter months he attended the common schools of his home community. He later entered Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, where he made a good record. Returning home, he worked on the farm until his marriage, on February 15, 1900, to Alice M. McMahan, daughter of Joseph and Eliza (Jolly) McMahan, of Pleasant township, Knox county. This union has resulted in the birth of three children, namely: Ruth, born January 5, 1902; Georgia Louise and Martha Leone, twins, born February 16, 1904.

Since his marriage Mr. Hamilton has lived on the farm where he now resides, and he has been very successful as a general farmer and stock raiser and feeding live stock of various grades. He has kept the place under a high state of improvement and cultivation. For a number of years prior to and after his marriage he was extensively engaged in stock shipping. His fine farm comprises three hundred and eleven acres of as fertile land as the county affords, and he is regarded as a progressive and scientific farmer. He has a commodious home and substantial outbuildings and such improved types of farming machinery as his needs require. Mr. Hamilton has been very successful in a financial way and besides his farm he is largely interested in a number of business enterprises.

Politically, Mr. Hamilton is a Republican, and while he is a strong partisan he has not been an office seeker or holder; however, he has been urged frequently to be a candidate for county offices, but has always declined, preferring to attend strictly to his individual affairs, leaving the emoluments of public offices to others, though his support in all local movements looking to the general good of the community may always be depended upon.

As printed in Past and present of Knox County, Ohio (1912). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.