. Historical, pictorial and biographical record, of Chariton County, Missouri. nd integrityhas been weighed in the l>alance and found not wanting; his financial al)ility, when tested has always re-sulted with credit to himself, whilehis social (jualities are well knownand appreciated, possessing a hostof friends, whose esteem and con-fidence he was never known to be-tray. He was born in Linn coun-ty, September 4, 1S5T, being thefourth of seven children of J. Elizabeth Hamilton, whomoved from Linn to Charitoncounty in iSli;), locating upon afine farm of JOi) acres, 4 milessouth of Sali


. Historical, pictorial and biographical record, of Chariton County, Missouri. nd integrityhas been weighed in the l>alance and found not wanting; his financial al)ility, when tested has always re-sulted with credit to himself, whilehis social (jualities are well knownand appreciated, possessing a hostof friends, whose esteem and con-fidence he was never known to be-tray. He was born in Linn coun-ty, September 4, 1S5T, being thefourth of seven children of J. Elizabeth Hamilton, whomoved from Linn to Charitoncounty in iSli;), locating upon afine farm of JOi) acres, 4 milessouth of Salisbury, where yet resides. In 1872the mother of our subject died,sometime after which the fatherwas united in marriage to C. Banning, of Chariton county. Being born and reared uponthe farm, our subject was trained to agricultural duties and his careerhas been one of honest and continued toil. Attending the districtschools in winter an(i improving his opyjortunities of evenings, he wasnot slow in preparing himself sufficiently well to successfully stem. u or.,;a^uT AND BIOGRAPHICAI. RECORD. ,, ,.,•.,, ,„ Beinor a foml reader, Mr. took the current ot lite s battlfc. ^, , , . ^ , k;..,^^h: , . ^ . • r^- ^d made it a business to keep liiniselt an early interest in politics a . , , x ? i v i -4^ u^ ..+;n ^, \, ^ , * ,. ..les of the day, winch habit he still thorouo-hly posted upon the is; , , , • . -4^1 t-u^ ,i^,.,h mysterious workino-s


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