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Ira Smith Hamilton
3 Dec 1863 – 27 Mar 1948
| Birth | 3 Dec 1863 |
| Death | 27 Mar 1948 |
| Cemetery | Bridgeport Cemetery Bridgeport , Douglas County , Washington , USA |
| Added by | Teresa on 26 Jul 2008 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28549461 |
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Herald Reporter - Apr 1, 1948 LAST RITES FOR IRA HAMILTON Ira Hamilton, Bridgeport pioneer, passed away in Bridgeport Saturday evening, March 27 at the age of 84 years, 3 months and 24 days. He leaves a brother Alva J. Hamilton of Garfield and seven sisters, Mrs. Eliza Drake, Kearny, Nebraska; Mrs. Emma Baker, St. John; Mrs. Nora Hopton and Mrs. Alice Lewis, Hillsboro, Oregon; Mrs. Nell Cornelius, Chickasha, Oklahoma; Mrs. Edith White, Kent; Mrs. Rue Pearce, Port Angeles and a large number of nephews and nieces. A sister, Mrs. Anna Gaines of Spokane died several years ago. He was never married. The deceased was born in Leon, Iowa, December 3, 1863. He received a common and high school education and worked in a general store before coming west to Pine City, Washingotn, in June 1884. From Pine City he went to Downing Gulch and carried the mail from Colfax to Penewawa on the Snake River. From there he went to Con, no St. John and in the spring of 1888 he came to Waterville and filed a pre-emption claim in Chalk Hills which later the government reserved for school land. He then took up a homestead and went to the Palouse country and bough cattle for the ranch but later sold them and dealt in horses. When he first came to Bridgeport his nearest neighbors were eight miles away on Foster Creek his post office was Barry twenty four miles away and his base of supplies Wilbur. After the sale of his homestead he bought the present home four miles east of Bridgeport. He built a corral in 1900 and his first log cabin there in 1901. In 1929 he built the present log cabin. It took the Lilly Bros., two eyars to catch the matched spruce logs in the Columbia River from which it is built. When Hamilton came to Bridgeport it was a Chinese camp. They were sluicing gold, using plate and rocker. Another camp was at Box Canyon. He helped Deputy Surveyor Baldwin of Conconully survey for mineral claims in 1891. He saw the development in 1890 when the company from Bridgeport, Connecticut, made a railroad survey from Coulee City ad promoted the townsite. Covert, the engineer, named the town Bridgeport for his eastern home town. Hamilton hauled the bricks from which the first schoolhouse was built and for forty years he served on the election board for Hamilton precinct. Funeral services were held by Columbia Lodge No. 193 F&AM at the Methodist church, Tuesday morning March 30. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Lamoreux sang "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere," and "In The Sweet Bye and Bye," with Mrs. Marie Smith at the piano. Pall bearers were Wade Troutman, L. E. Monroe, S. J. Slade, J. G. Allen, Damond Morris and Harry McAroy. He was also a member of the Order of Eastern Star. Interment was in the Bridgeport Cemetery. Washington Death Certificate Name:Ira Smith Hamilton Death Date:27 Mar 1948 Death Place:Bridgeport, Douglas, Washington Gender:Male Age at Death:82 years 3 months 24 days Estimated Birth Year:1866 Father's Name:Jonathan Powers Hamilton Mother's Name:Mary Jane Smith Film Number:2032684 Digital GS Number:4223275 Image Number:923 Volume/Page/Certificate Number:cn 5764
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- Nancy Jane Hamilton 1859–1866
- Mary Anna Hamilton Gaines 1860–1940
- Laura Rosetta Hamilton 1862–1866
- Alva Jonathan Hamilton 1865–1955
- Eliza Ann Hamilton Drake 1868–1960
- Emma Leota Hamilton Baker 1869–1966
- Ada Hamilton 1870–1870
- Harriet E "Hattie" Hamilton 1871–1886
- Nora Belle Hamilton Hopton 1873–1960
- Lucy M. E. Hamilton 1875–1876
- Alice May Hamilton Lewis 1877–?
- Bertha Hamilton Alexander 1878–1918
- Jonnie P Hamilton 1881–1882
- Nellie Miriam Hamilton Cornelius 1882–1971
- Laura Edith Hamilton White 1886–1968
- Luie R Hamilton 1888–1888
- Lulu LaRue "Rue" Hamilton Pearce 1888–1974
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