Hello cousins! Does anyone here link with these Hamiltons? I am especially looking for information on his parents and info on his death/burial. I apologize if this is a repeat the fist posting did not show up after a week. Thomas James Hamilton 1820- 1903 Thomas James Hamilton was born May 1820 in Augusta, Georgia to Scot-Presbyterian parents. For reasons yet unknown (climate, fear of fevers etc.), his parents decided to return to either Northern Ireland or England shortly after Thomas' birth. I don't know how soon but there were no Hamilton's listed in the 1820 census for Richmond Co. Georgia taken just 3 or so months later in the beginning of August. Thomas married Rebecca McIntyre of Ireland and returned to the U.S. and settled near Philadelphia, PA where he was working as a carpenter. His eldest son, Asa Augustus was born in Philly on August 28, 1850. In 1852 the family moved to Bellefontaine, Logan Co., Ohio where Thomas continued working as a carpenter. Asa was joined by Sarah (1853), Ludella (May 1855), Mary (1857), Thomas H. (Mar. 1859) and William (Feb. 1861). One of the two biographies of Asa states that Thomas joined the Union army at the outbreak of the Civil War and served through out. So far I have only found evidence that he joined the Ohio National Guard after his next child Clayson (Feb. 1864) was born. He served in Company B of the 132nd Ohio Infantry from May 1864 until September 1864. In September 1866 twins Emma and Emmett joined the family. Shortly after the family moved to Indianapolis, IN where Thomas worked as an engine builder. Sometime between 1866 and 1871 Rebecca dies. She is not listed with the family in either of the two enumerations of the 1870 census. The 1871 date comes from a 1901 biography of Asa and may not be reliable. At this point the family scatters. Asa's 1883 biography states that "at the death of the mother the family circle was broken." In the 1880 census Thomas is nowhere to be found. Asa's 1883 biography places him in Kansas City, Mo but I have never found any trace of him there. Asa and Clayson are living in Marion, Grant Co. IN. Ludella was married in 1879 in Huntington Co., IN. Sara may also be married but I have not found her yet. Mary heads a separate household with the rest of the children in Wayne Township, Huntington Co., IN. In 1900 Thomas is living with his son Thomas H. in Huntington County. He had applied for and was granted a civil war pension. The record is faded so I cannot make out the date. He died July 26,1930 in Huntington Co., IN. I do not have burials for either Thomas J. or Rebecca. If this line touches your drop me a line I'd love to here from you and share what info I have.. regards, John Stanley