From "The History of North Washington" Published 1904

Transcribed by: Nancy Grubb (nancyg@theofficenet.com)
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MARTIN H. HAMILTON
Martin H. Hamilton, stockman and diversified farmer of Stevens county, resides
six miles west and one mile sounty of Ione. He was born in Oskaloosa, Kansas,
December 17, 1869, his parents being Samuel and Mary (Brunton) Hamilton. The
father was a native of Ohio and the mother Of Pennsylvania. Settling in Kan-
sas, they resided there until 1873, when they came to Washington, locating
twenty-six miles down the Spokane river, from Spokane. In 1900, the removed
to Reardan, Lincoln county, the father dying the same year. The mother still
lives. Mr. Hamilton's family were connected with that of the eminent American
statesman, Alexander Hamilton, who was killed in a duel with Aaron Burr. They
were the parents of seven children, John, Maggie, Kate, Joseph, deceased, 
Mart, Lida, and May. John, Kate and Mart are still living.
   At the public schools of Crescent Park our subject received a practical
education, and at seventeen years of age, faced the world on his own account,
and for seventeen years followed the occupation of a farmer. In 1899 he came 
to Stevens county, locating on what is known as the "Big Meadows," securing 
one hundred and sixty acres under the homestead law, ninety of which are de-
voted to hay raising. His property is all fenced, he has a fine house, barn
and outbuildings, twenty head of stock and two million feet of saw timber.
   Mr. Hamilton was married July 17, 1897, to Miss Hattie Coulson, widow of
Charles Coulson, and daughter of M.S. and Sarah Taylor, natives of Indiana,
now residing in Springdale. They are the parents of two children, James
and Hattie.
   The principles of the Republican party appeal more strongly to Mr. Hamil-
ton, but he is liberal, and by no means an advocate of "offensive partisan-
ship." In local politics he manifests the lively interest of a patriotic
citizen. The family of Mr. Hamilton is highly esteemed by all their acquain-
tances.     
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