Notes for: Harriet Anne Berdine

From The History of Greene County, Pennsylvania:

LEWIS W. HAMILTON, farmer and stock-grower, was born in Whiteley Township, Greene County, Penn., September 19, 1848, and is a son of William and Margaret (Maple) Hamilton. His mother was a native of this county, and died October 29, 1869, and his father was born in Greene County, Penn., where he spent most of his life. He was a farmer by occupation, and died April 3, 1879. He reared a family of fifteen children, of wliom Lewis AY. is the HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY. 853 youngest. He was reared on the farm, receiving a common-school education. He has made farming his chief pursuit, and has fol- lowed it very successfully. On March 10, 1872, Mr. Hamilton married Miss Harriet A., daughter of James Burdine, of Springhill Township. Mrs. Hamilton died in 1883. Their children are — George W., Mary Ellen, Thomas J., Eliza Jane and James W. (de- ceased). On October 20, 1884:, he was again united in marriage, his present wife being Maria M., daughter of John C. Church, of Isabella County, Mich. They have one child — Calva E. Mr. Hamilton is a Democrat; his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.