This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hamilton, Murphy Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xFh.2ACEB/3422 Message Board Post: I do not have all of the details of the descendants. Looking for someone that can fill in these blanks! Thank you. Descendants of William W. Hamilton Generation No. 1 1. WILLIAM W.2 HAMILTON (HUGH MOORE1) was born January 29, 1829, and died December 23, 1900. He married (1) MARY MARGARET MURPHY March 20, 1855. She died February 07, 1867. He married (2) SARAH E. WOODRUFF April 06, 1869. She was born 1848, and died 1930. Notes for WILLIAM W. HAMILTON: William W. Hamilton, one of the oldest native residents of the county was born June 29, 1829. The family of Hugh and Maria A. (Wright) Hamilton, of which he is a member consisted of fifteen children, seven of whom are now living. The father came to this country from Kentucky in 1809, and worked on the home farm until his marriage. He then farmed on the river below the homestead until 1840, when he settled on land near the present site of Oak Grove Church. Here he raised his large family, undergoing all the hardships of those early times. He was known as a successful farmer, a Christian gentleman and a leading member of the Methodist Church. He was called to his last resting place April 7, 1881, at the advanced age of eighty years. His wife followed hin March 2, 1881, at the age of seventy-seven. William W. Hamilton remained at home until he was twenty-five years old, when he bought the land where he has since resided. He has been fairly successful in business, and n! ow owns 160 acres of land. March 20, 1855, he married Margaret M. Murphy, who died February 7, 1867. Four of the six children born to this union are living. They are Samuel F., Hugh G., Ada A. and William H. April 6, 1869, he was married to Sarah E. Woodruff, by whom he is the father of four children, three of whom, Christopher G., Fred C. and Ura are living. During the Rebellion Mr. Hamilton served in Company F. One Hundred and Twentieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry from December, 1862 to January, 1865, being engaged in the battles of Kingston, N. C., Franklin, Tenn., and numerous lesser engagements. History of Warrick, Spencer, and Perry Counties Indiana 1885 More About WILLIAM W. HAMILTON: Burial: Oakgrove Cemetery, Spencer County Indiana Military service: Union Soldier in the Civil War. More About WILLIAM HAMILTON and MARY MURPHY: Marriage: March 20, 1855 More About SARAH E. WOODRUFF: Burial: Oakgrove Cemetery, Spencer County Indiana More About WILLIAM HAMILTON and SARAH WOODRUFF: Marriage: April 06, 1869 Children of WILLIAM HAMILTON and MARY MURPHY are: i. SAMUEL FRANKLIN3 HAMILTON, b. March 21, 1857; d. August 28, 1940; m. (1) MARY ELIZABETH PARSLEY, May 26, 1878; b. March 28, 1861; d. August 05, 1920, Indiana; m. (2) SARAH SHROUDS, Aft. 1893. Notes for SAMUEL FRANKLIN HAMILTON: Celebrates Birthday Frank Hamilton celebrated his 82nd birthday anniversary Wednesday at him home in Main street. Dinner was served at the noon hour to several guests including his daughter, Mrs. Margaret Boyd, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Hamilton, Emmett Hamilton and son, Marvin and George Karney. More About SAMUEL FRANKLIN HAMILTON: Burial: Oakgrove Cemetery, Spencer County Indiana Notes for MARY ELIZABETH PARSLEY: Mrs. Frank Hamilton dies Mrs. Frank Hamilton died last Thursday afternoon at her home near Shiloh at the age of 59 years, 4 months and 4 days. She had been in failing health for about 4 years and suffered of paralytic stroke shortly before her death. Funeral and burial services were held last Sunday afternoon at Oak Grove church and cemetery, conducted by Rev. E. M. Davis of Shiloh. Mrs. Hamilton was Mary Elizabeth Parsley before her marriage and had lived all her life in the Shiloh neighborhood. She is survived by her husband, one daughter, Mrs. Maggie Boyd of near Enterprise, and three sons, Thomas, Charles and Orville, all of Shiloh. More About MARY ELIZABETH PARSLEY: Burial: Oakgrove Cemetery, Spencer County Indiana More About SAMUEL HAMILTON and MARY PARSLEY: Marriage: May 26, 1878 More About SAMUEL HAMILTON and SARAH SHROUDS: Marriage: Aft. 1893 ii. WILLIAM HENRY HAMILTON, d. Aft. 1885; m. ELIZABETH JEANETTA ASH. More About WILLIAM HENRY HAMILTON: Cause of Death: Died of natural causes - old age. iii. HUGH GIFFORD HAMILTON, b. February 12, 1859; d. June 25, 1918; m. FRANCES A.; b. February 22, 1863; d. April 19, 1900. Notes for HUGH GIFFORD HAMILTON: Died, On Tuesday, June 25, 1918, at 9:20 o'clock a.m., Hugh Gifford Hamilton aged 59 years, 4 months and 13 days. Funeral services, under auspices of I.O.O.F. Lodge, will be held at Oak Grove church on Thursday, June 27, 1918, at 3:00 o'clock p.m., conducted by Rev. Charles Raush. Interment in Oak Grove cemetery. Friends are invited to attend. Rockport, Indiana, June 25, 1918 More About HUGH GIFFORD HAMILTON: Burial: June 27, 1918, Oakgrove Cemetery, Spencer County Indiana More About FRANCES A.: Burial: Oakgrove Cemetery, Spencer County Indiana iv. FANNIE HAMILTON, d. Bef. 1885; m. WOODS. v. ADA A. HAMILTON, d. Aft. 1885. vi. ? HAMILTON, d. Bef. 1885. Children of WILLIAM HAMILTON and SARAH WOODRUFF are: vii. CHRISTOPHER G.3 HAMILTON, b. 1872; d. 1953. More About CHRISTOPHER G. HAMILTON: Burial: Oakgrove Cemetery, Spencer County Indiana viii. FRED C. HAMILTON. More About FRED C. HAMILTON: Burial: Oakgrove Cemetery, Spencer County Indiana ix. URA HAMILTON. x. ? HAMILTON.