Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-02-09
Death OF john Hamilton. Esq.

Mr. John Hamilton died At his home near
La Plata on Fri!,y last in the s3rd year Of his
s-r Thus has death again rohbr,l a. of one O
our oldest, most useful aud worthy cItizrn.
and left void in our community that cannot
be vastly filled Mr.. Hamilton ha, been aiIipg
for some months past aot, we understand, with
any especial mal~dy, but with the define .
age. His relation. aud friends. however
hoped that his strong constitution would tear
up against the inraso Of decrepitusr. aad his
death though not expected, came sooner than
was looked for. Mr.. Hamilton ike VI . Mitchell
representative Of one of The Oldest FAINT
lies OF this sectioc OF the State though not n
native OF Charles comfy. lie was TO n at
Noting ham, Prince Georges county in $500.
and when quite youth went 20 Baltimore and
began life as clerk in a mercantile house o.
thit city, where he remained until 1921, when
he came to Port Tobacco and started in the
general merchandise business, which through
methods Of the strietest honesty and close at
tsntion to business he made very successful -
Ia 1925 in addition to bis mercantile operations
he commenced farming at Prospect Hill, his
late residence. After being engaged in both o.
these pursuits for some yeirs, he fuallv in $780,
IA ba doned the merchantIe business and devo-
ted his " hole attention and energies to farming,
in which he was highly successful, being at tie
| Zine Of his death regarded as one Of the mcs
successful farmers and the largest Ian owner
| in the countT. Mr.. hamilton never entered
| IL e.. hut he h. IA A
the public good and welfare at heart and has
always been ali active promoter Of any measure
that tended to promote the interests Of the
people Of his adopted county, and many acts
of his lie have shown the zeal and earnestncss
with which he has worked for this end -
Though repeated y pressed by his friends and
ad ,nirers h" could never be Induced TO accept
public flee, pteferling to devote his active
and strong energies his private aftirs,
though H.. has alwa,s been an earnest and
cratic purity, of hich he WAS :. consistent and
staunch member TO the time of his death. Hen
est, upright and generous 10 his dealings with
his fellow men, he was quick 10 recognize and
encourage these traits in others but detested
and abhorred low, lgnob!e act, and firml9
believed that the W ord Of every man should b
his bond. 1t was by firm adherence to has-
principles, which have ever been characteristic
ofhi life, that his great success in all his Uusi
ness enterprises is due.
Mr. Hamilton was Il consistent, upright and
dew otod member Of the Catholic Church, and
was buried at ST. Thomas with all the rites O
relig on that he loved. His corpse was borne
to the grave by his four sons: Francis P
Hamilton, John E. Hamilton and John P
Hamilton Of this county, G. Earnest Hamiltoa
of Washington, his son-in-law, Richard H
E lean, Esq and his nephew DR.. F. II. Hill
His sons above mentioned and his daughters
Mary the wife of Richard II. Edelen, Esq. Kat,
and Elizabeth are his only surviving children
His third son, DR.. S II. Hamilton and his wife
the mother of the above children, having pr:
ceeded him to the last resting PLACE We sin
cercy say with the priest who iaterred him.
Requiescat in pace.