Hamilton Library Association: Program for 1908-1909
Stated Meetings in the Library Building. October 1908----April 1909
Carlisle
Emmeline Hamilton (1804-1823)
Emmeline Veazey Hamilton, daughter of Judge James and Sarah Hamilton, was born on December 8, 1804, and although she lived for only eighteen years, her name was carried on in her relatives’ families for several generations. (Emmeline Hamilton Parker Grubb, Emmeline Cruse and Emmeline Bradish.)
James Hamilton, Jr. (1793-1873)
James Hamilton, Jr., founder of the Hamilton Library Association and what became the Cumberland County Historical Society, was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania on October 16, 1793, the only son of Judge James Hamilton (born 1752 in Belfast, Ireland, died February 13, 1819) and his wife Sarah Thomson, daughter of Rev. William and Susanna Ross Thomson.
Mary Hamilton (1796-1831)
Mary Hamilton, daughter of Judge James and Sarah Hamilton, was born in Carlisle on August 2, 1796. Letters between Mary’s father and his friend John Brown of Philadelphia provide details of her early life. Mary was nine years old in November 1805 when she was sent to Mr. and Mrs.
Ronald Hamilton
Interview of Ronald Hamilton of the Union Fire Company by Randy Watts on March 31, 2015. The interview focuses on the Union Fire Company in Carlisle, Pennsylvania as well as fire fighting in general.
Sarah Howard Thomson Hamilton (1770-1842)
Sarah Hamilton's daughter, Susan Thorn, bequeathed the miniature portrait of her mother “in a square frame” to Mrs. Mary Moore. Its whereabouts are unknown. We are left to form a picture of Sarah Hamilton, or Sally as her husband and her sister Mary Veazey referred to her, from remarks about her in their letters.
Marguerite Grove Harnish
Interview of Marguerite Grove Harnish for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library. Harnish discusses her family including the story of her mother staying in her house as it was moved across the Holly Pike, her interest in gardening, the Two Mile House. Also discussed is her experience running the Hub, a women's dress shop, and one of her more well known customers Bessie.
William H. Harrison
William H. Harrison served in Company I of the 22nd U.S.C.T. He was born around 1830, in Hagerstown, Maryland, to enslaved parents. His father’s name was William Harrison, but his mother’s name is unknown.1 He enlisted as a private at the age of 35 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on January 5, 1864, and he was discharged with his company on May 5, 1865, due to the end of the war.2 His life immediately after the war, including information about his family, is unknown.
William H. Harrison
William H. Harrison served in Company I of the 22nd U.S.C.T. He was born around 1830, in Hagerstown, Maryland, to enslaved parents. His father’s name was William Harrison, but his mother’s name is unknown.1 He enlisted as a private at the age of 35 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on January 5, 1864, and he was discharged with his company on May 5, 1865, due to the end of the war.2 His life immediately after the war, including information about his family, is unknown.