This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hamilton, Mather, Cross, Montgomery Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xFh.2ACEB/4492 Message Board Post: A biography/family history of Leslie H. Hamilton is included in "Montana, Its Story and Biography", Vol 2, pgs 610 & 611. Parents: Joseph Henry & Abigail (Mather) Hamilton, natives of Windham County, VT. Abigail died in 1860, at age 26. Leslie H. was a child of this marriage. Joseph's second wife was Abigail Cross, and they had three sons (two living). Leslie stayed on the family farm until 1878 when he located to Nevada to herd sheep for the Hoppin Brothers near Camp McDermott. Moved to Great Falls, MT. In 1908, he sold his sheep & ranch properties and moved his family to Boston for 3 years. He returned to Great Falls, MT, in 1911. Leslie Hamilton married Miss Elizabeth Montgomery at Sage Creek in the Judith Basin, 10 Aug 1887. She was born in Newport, VT. Children: Julia Bell, b. 1890 (Mrs. Julius C. Peters); Henry Montgomery, b. 1892; Abigail Mather, b. 1894 (Mrs. William Heron, living in FL); Harley Alexander, b. 1895, died 5 Oct 1918, of wounds from the Battle of Argonne; Leslie H., Jr., died at age 19 while attending the Univ. of Pennsylvania. Leslie Hamilton died 1 Dec 1944, Age 91, Great Falls, MT. Elizabeth Hamilton died, 5 Apr 1953, Age 90, Great Falls, MT. I am not related.