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Augustus Harvey Hamilton
Wapello County
A retired businessman of Ottumwa and former proprietor of the Ottumwa Courier, was born January 19, 1827, in Cleveland, Ohio, in the part of the city then called Newburg. He lived there until June 1854, when he removed to the west and located in Ottumwa in September of that year. He had been admitted to the bar of Ohio in the spring of 1854, but concluded that the newer regions offered more inducements for the practice of his profession. He opened an office in Ottumwa and continued his professional labors until August, 1862 being associated for about eight years with Hon. Morris J. Williams. Mr. Hamilton gave up a large practice when he entered the 36th Reg., Iowa Vol. Inf., and was appointed adjutant of the regiment. Mr. Hamilton was mustered out August 24, 1865, and the regiment was disbanded September of that year, at Davenport. He was the second mayor of Ottumwa was several times chosen councilman, was elected to the State senate in 1866, to fill a vacancy, and again in 1868, and was appointed postmaster in 1870. Major Hamilton married Elma C. Coffin, a native of Springfield, Ohio. Six children have resulted from this union. He was a member of the board of education for a number of years, and was a principal agent for the St. Louis & Cedar Rapids Railroad Company in raising subscriptions for that line, by which means the St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern road was secured.
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