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BIOGRAPHIES
† Source:
A. History of Northwestern Ohio
A Narrative of Its Historical Progress and
Development
from the First European Exploration of the Maumee and
Sandusky Valleys and the Adjacent Shores of
Lake Erie, down to the Present Time
by Nevin O. Winter, Litt. D.
Assisted by a Board of Advisory and Contributing Editors
Illustrated
Vol. II
Published by
The Lewis Publishing Company
Chicago and New York
1917
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WILLIAM McKENDREE
HAMILTON. While a resident of Toledo, and secretary and
treasurer of the Dorr Street Lumber Company of that city, William
McKendree Hamilton's interests have a wide and varied scope, and
as a banker, land owner and business man he is well known in
Northwest Ohio, Southern Michigan and in Illinois.
Illinois was his native state. He was born at
Wenona, Marshall County, October 8, 1874. He was one of a family of
five children, three
daughters and two sons, one daughter and the two sons still living.
His father, William M. Hamilton, was born in Muskingum
County, Ohio, and in his early life moved to Illinois and was
married at Varna, where his wife, Rebecca Burns, was
born and reared. William M. Hamilton was one of the
early real estate dealers in Marshall County, and was also
interested in coal mines. At the time of his death he owned a
large amount of land in Marshall and McLaurin counties. His
widow now resides in Chicago. William M. Hamilton died at
Mount Carmel Hospital at Columbus in 1888. The hospital was at
that time under the charge of his brother, Dr. John
Hamilton, a prominent early surgeon of Ohio, who died several
years ago, the hospital now being under the charge of two sons,
Drs. William and Charles Hamilton.
William M. Hamilton was a member of the Methodist Protestant
Church and was a very ardent prohibitionist, being one of the early
leaders in that cause in Illinois. He was never a seeker for
any official honors himself. His body is at rest at Wenona,
Illinois.
William M. Hamilton of Toledo received his early
education in his native Town of Wenona, afterwards attended Adrian
College, at Adrian, Michigan, and a few months before he was to
graduate left school to enter the grain business at Wichita, Kansas.
That was in 1895. For three years he was associated with his
brother, George N., under the name Hamilton Brothers in the
grain trade there, but since then his field of activities has been
largely Northwest Ohio. For some years his home was at
Napoleon, where in 1899 he became one of the organizers of the First
National Bank, and remained as its cashier and a director.
Later he became connected with the Wakefield State Bank of Morenci,
Michigan, and is still one of the directors of that institution.
From Morenci Mr. Hamilton came to Toledo in November,
1902. Here he kept his headquarters as a dealer in real estate
and loans. In May, 1907, he and Charles G. Brigham
established the Dorr Street Lumber Company, of which Mr.
Brigham is president and Mr. Hamilton secretary and treasurer.
This company, which handles all kinds of lumber and mill work, has
its headquarters at 1803 Dorr Street. It is one of the large
lumber firms of Toledo. Mr. Hamilton also owns a considerable
quantity of farm land in the corn belt of Illinois.
Politically he is a prohibitionist, as was his father.
He is a member of the Masonic order, affiliations with the Blue
Lodge and the Royal Arch Chapter of Napoleon. While living at
Napoleon he served as junior warden of the lodge. He is a
member of the Toledo Commerce Club and belongs to the Presbyterian
Church.
On October 20, 1898, Mr. Hamilton married
Miss Abigail Wakefield of Morenci, Michigan.
Mrs. Hamilton died at Toledo, September 28, 1903,
leaving one daughter, Eva Josephine, who was born at
Napoleon, Ohio, June 26, 1900, and is now a member of the junior
class in the high school at Morenci, Michigan. Mrs.
Hamilton was a daughter of Charles C. Wakefield, who has
been a prominent banker at Morenci, Michigan, since 1869, and is
still president of the Wakefield State Bank.
On Nov. 8, 1915, Mr. Hamilton married
Miss Edna Wise of Kenton, Ohio. Her
parents represented a very old family of Kenton, Springfield and
Urbana, Ohio. Her father, H. A. Wise, was long a
leading business man of Kenton, a manufacturer of iron working
machinery and connected with the Ohio Machine and Tool Company.
He is now retired.
† Source: History of
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