JOHN H. HAMILTON, one of the successful stock raisers in Washington county, is a son of Robert C. and Mary (Young) Hamilton, and was born in 1849, on the home farm in Washington county. From earliest boyhood he evinced an unusual fondness for the animals on the farm, and soon developed rare judgment in the care of stock. He attended the common schools of the neighborhood, acquiring as well a good practical education, thus laying deep the foundations of a life which has been most useful and prosperous. On January 14, 1886, he married Emma L., the only daughter of P. H. and Elizabeth Stevenson, of Allegheny county, Penn. Two daughters have been born to their union, namely: Mabel Pauline and Mary Elizabeth. Mr. Hamilton is a member of the Delaine Association of Sheep Breeders, serving that organization as corresponding secretary, and his principal attention is devoted to this branch of stock raising. In politics he votes with the Democratic party, and in religious faith he is a member of the Presbyterian Church of Canonsburg.

Text taken from page 1190 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed February 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project. Published March 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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