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Saturday, 17 April 2010 23:29 |
John Hamilton
1855-1944
JOHN HAMILTON, EX-BARBER, DIES
John A. Hamilton, 89, a resident of Niles for more than half a century, died in his home at 701 Oak street at 5:30 this morning after an illness of two weeks.
He was born in LaPorte, Ind. Jan. 30, 1855, and came here from Buchanan 55 years ago. He was a retired barber.
He was prominent in old musical circles here as an instrumentalist, and was a member of the Niles City band in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Surviving are a son, Richard Hamilton, and a granddaughter, Glenell Hamilton, both of Evans City, Pa., and a sister, Mrs. Emma Eastman, St. Louis, Mo..
Friends may call at the Price and Kiger funeral chapel.
Hamilton was a member of the Masonic lodge and of the First Methodist church of Niles.
(Source: Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, May 10, 1944, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library)
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