Hello, My GGG grandfather, John HAMILTON, was a civil war veteran, serving in Co. H, 97th Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Here is a biography on John from the book, "Biographical Memoirs Greene County, Indiana." John Hamilton, who was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, February 14, 1832, went to school only three months but has, in various ways, gathered a fund of general information. He lived at home until he was nineteen years old and remained in Ohio until 1855, when he came to Greene county, Indiana, after living in Beech Creek township for two years. Then moved to Center township where le lived for seven years. After living two years in Highland township me moved back to Beech Creek township, remaining there thirteen years. In October, 1882, he moved to Pleasant Ridge, Richland township, where he has since resided on a forty-one-acre farm, which he has greatly improved. John Hamilton married Mary M. Davis, who lived in his native community in Ohio, the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Rose) Davis, natives of Pennsylvania. She died September 30, 1893, and Mr. Hamilton married Elizabeth M. Heaton on October 16, 1894. She was born in Richland township, Greene county, Indiana, the daughter of William and Nancy (Stone) Heaton, the former a native of Kentucky, the latter a native of Indiana. Her paaternal grandparents, Kelly and Elizabeth Heaton, came to Center township, Greene county, Indiana, where they spent their lives, raising seven children, namely: Nancy, who married William Burns; Kaatie, who married William Kennedy; Mahala, who married James Stone; Mary, who married John Stone; Malinda, who married Henry Williams; William, father of the subject, who married Nancy Stone; David, who married Carey Burcham and later Sarah Watson. William Heaton, who had no schooling, entered one hundred and forty acres of wild land in Richland township, Greene county, Indiana. He was a republican, and both he and his wife were members of the Baptist church. He died February 5, 1863. Mrs. Heaton died February 12, 1905. William and Nancy Heaton had the following children: James W., who married Carey Burcham, living in Bloomfield, Indiana; Sarah, who married Adam Harden, living in Richland township, Greene county; David J., who married Elizabeth Anderson, living in Kansas; Solomon, who married Lydia Uland, living in Greene county; Elizabeth, wife of the subject of this sketch; John, who married Mary Bullock, living near St. Louis, Missouri; William, who lives on the home place, married Mattie Fips. John Hamilton had eleven children by his first wife, namely: Joseph, living in Highland township, Greene county, who married Martha Terrill; Hans, deceased, who married Nancy Anderson, now living in Bloomfield, Indiana; Mary, who first married Edward Walker, then Monroe Masterson, living in Ackron, Iowa; Alvina who married Isaac Hunter, of Washington tonwship, Greene county; John, deceased; George, living in Cumberland county, Illinois, who first married Rosie King, then a Miss Yaw; James, deceased; Lyde, wife of George Secrist, living in Worthington, Indiana; Caleb, of Calbertsville, Indiana; Rosie, deceased, who married George Shields, living in Richland township, Greene county; Henry, a carpenter, living at Worthington, Indiana, who married Jennie Daily. The subject had no children by his second wife. Hans Hamilton was the father of the subject. He was a native of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. He married Sarah Ratliff, of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. His wife died there and he went to Guernsey county, Ohio, in 1822. He was the only child. His parents were natives of Ireland. His second marriage was with Elizabeth Fogle, of German ancestry, who was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania. On August 20, 1862, our subject enlisted for service in the Civil war and was mustered in at Camp thompson September 22d, as private in Company H, Ninety-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry. The regiment was in camp at Indianapolis one month, then went to Louisville, Kentucky, thence to Beardstown and on to Memphis, Tennessee. The regiment next went to College Hill and then into Mississippi with General Grant; then to Holly Springs and Fort Grissem, where they guarded supplies; next to Mosco, Grand Junction and Lagrange, where, on May 22, 1863, the subject was taken sick and remained in a hospital fourteen days, and later was in a hospital at Fort Pickering thirty days, when he was transferred to a veteran reserve corps, sent to St. Louis, and one month later was pronounced physically disabled for field service and so was on guard duty. He was sent to Camp Chase, Ohio, then to Chicago, Illinois; was a prison guard two months, when he became company cook, and after the surrender of General Lee was sent to Cairo, Illinois, where he was mustered out July 14, 1865.