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Lilla Daniel Kirk Hamilton

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Birth	:	11 Jan 1859 Stanly County, North Carolina, USA
Death	:	24 Feb 1914 Union County, North Carolina, USA
Burial	:	Glen Rest Memorial Estate, Reynoldsburg, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.9552994, -82.7806015
Inscription	:	Wife of O.C. Hamilton
Description	:	DEATH OF MRS. O. C. HAMILTON Died Suddenly Last Tuesday of Apoplexy--Had Been Perfectly Well Before--Life of Unusual Sweetness and Usefulness--Beautiful Tribute by Mr. Benton--Remains Buried in Monroe. Perhaps the whole county has heard ere this of the sudden death of Mrs. O. C. Hamilton last Tuesday. The number of people who have been made sad by the event is unusually large because the life of Mrs. Hamilton had touched in most intimate and helpful way the lives of so many others. Mrs. Hamilton died about two o'clock. At eleven o'clock the same morning she was in her usual health. She had either... Read More	DEATH OF MRS. O. C. HAMILTON Died Suddenly Last Tuesday of Apoplexy--Had Been Perfectly Well Before--Life of Unusual Sweetness and Usefulness--Beautiful Tribute by Mr. Benton--Remains Buried in Monroe. Perhaps the whole county has heard ere this of the sudden death of Mrs. O. C. Hamilton last Tuesday. The number of people who have been made sad by the event is unusually large because the life of Mrs. Hamilton had touched in most intimate and helpful way the lives of so many others. Mrs. Hamilton died about two o'clock. At eleven o'clock the same morning she was in her usual health. She had either written or phoned to every one of her children that morning, as if some intuition had been given her of the coming termination of her life. She went to the post office to mail the last of these letters herself chatting on the way with neighbors, and returning to her own home in an apparently perfect health. The stroke came gradually and when the pain was felt in the back of the head she remarked that she believed that she was going to die, as one of her brothers had died, of apoplexy. Immediate attention was given her and she complained of no pain other than a coldness of the body, and just awhile before the end she rose and walked about the room a little. The funeral was delayed for the arrival of the children and took place at Unionville Thursday morning, in the Methodist church. The services was conducted by Rev. M. T. Steele, the pastor, and Rev. Bruce Benton of Rockingham, made an address of appreciation of the life and character of the deceased. Rev. Mr. Benton is an old student of Prof. Hamilton's and is one of the hundreds that learned to love Mrs. Hamilton, and whose appreciation and friendship were life-long. Owing to the fact that the ground was deeply covered with snow and the remains were to be interred in the Monroe cemetery, it was decided to have two sets of pall bearers, one at Unionville and one at Monroe. Those at Unionville were Messrs. A. A. Secrest, T. L. A. Helms, Dr. Whitley, I. A. Willeford, C. D. Benton, and Alexander Price. Those in Monroe were Messrs. R. W. Lemmond, L. N. Presson, John C. Kikes, G. M. Beasley, M. C. Long, and Dr. H. D. Steart. A large number of relatives, friends and neighbors came with the remains to Monroe, arriving here over the long snow clad road about three thirty, and proceeding directly to the cemetery. When the remains had been laid away the grave was covered with a profusion of the most beautiful flowers, many of them being sent by friends from a distance. The life of Mrs. Hamilton was as full of richness, sweetness and helpfulness as that of her aged husband who now awaits alone the end of his fruitful life. What he did for the boys and girls in the school she supplemented in the home and in her daily intercourse. Through the years of school teaching Mrs. Hamilton boarded the students in her home. Many a boy, away from his mother, or perhaps without one, in his loneliness and discouragement sought her out-how many and how often none will never know-as she went about the daily duties of the home and found in her a friend whose counsel and sympathy lifted the load from his heart and started him with fresh courage upon the way. And many a one in trouble from his own misdeed or mistakes likewise sought her and found the advice and helpfulness that inspired him to correct the mistakes of the past and resolve to be a man in all things. The last letter, written on the fatal morning, to her youngest son, and received by him after the news of her death, concluded by telling him to be a good boy, to be sure and say his prayers, and never do a thing that he might be ashamed of as a man. Beside all this that Mrs. Hamilton was to the school and to her husband, she reared three sets of children. She was the oldest of her mother's children and on the death of her mother when she was 25 years old, she became the mother of the younger children and reared them. Then there were the three children of Prof. Hamilton by his first wife, and then her own children - four sons and six daughters. In looking over a life like this, one is lead to think and feel, "What may not one good woman do?" And all the time she was doing all this she was perfectly happy and it never occurred to her to think that she was doing anything extraordinary. Mrs. Hamilton was born at Palmerville, Stanly county, in 1859, and was married to Prof. Hamilton in May, 1878. She had been a student in his school. Her maiden name was Kirk and the sisters and brothers who survive her are: Messrs. T. V. Kirk of Jacksonville, Fla., W. F. Kirk of Washington City, F. H. Kirk of Oklahoma, Mrs. John Love of Unionville, Mrs. S. H. Green of Monroe, and Mrs. S. T. Hodges of Deland, Fla. Her step-children are Messrs. W. B. Hamilton of Charlotte, J. J. Hamilton of Winston, and Mrs. W. A. Gordon of Lawrenceville, Va. Her children are: Mrs. G. M. Garrison of Marshville, Mrs. C. J. McCombs of Gastonia, Mrs. W. B. Love of Monroe, Mrs. L. E. Huggins of Marshville, and Misses Letha and Myrtle Hamilton of Unionville, Messrs. Charles E. Hamilton of Jacksonville, Oscar E. Hamilton of Wilmington, Spinks Hamilton of Charlotte, and Earnest Hamilton, who is a student at the University. in 1886 Prof. and Mrs. Hamilton came to this county and established their school at Unionville. With the exception of a short time spent in Mecklenburg county that place has since been their home and here their great work was wrought together. Side by side they passed the years, not in amassing wealth nor seeking to gratify personal ambition, but in character building, in guiding the boys and girls who came to them and directing their lives into fields of richer living and nobler actions. Was it a success? Ah, beyond the power of figures or the glitter of gold to measure. So successful, indeed, that we have no standard by which to measure such. The Monroe Journal Monroe, NC Tuesday, March 3, 1914 Page 1

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Lilla Daniel Kirk Hamilton's memorial is located at: Glen Rest Memorial Estate, Reynoldsburg, Franklin County, USA.
When did Lilla Daniel Kirk Hamilton death?
Lilla Daniel Kirk Hamilton death on 24 Feb 1914 in Union County, North Carolina, USA
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Latitude: 39.9552994
Longitude: -82.7806015

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Oliver Clark Hamilton

(1839 - 1918)

Siblings

Martha Adelaid Kirk Love

(1865 - 1939)

Annie Kirk Green

(1869 - 1947)

Children

Eugenia Ethel Hamilton Garrison

(1879 - 1941)

Charles E Hamilton

(1880 - 1945)

Pearl Hamilton Love

(1884 - 1962)

Oscar Alexander Hamilton

(1886 - 1970)

Beulah Grace Hamilton Huggins

(1890 - 1970)

Oliver Spinks Hamilton

(1891 - 1923)

Letha Jane Hamilton Sutton

(1895 - 1984)

Myrtle Kirk Hamilton Marsh

(1897 - 1984)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Glen Rest Memorial Estate
Reynoldsburg, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 39.9552994, -82.7806015

2. Methodist Hill Cemetery
Reynoldsburg, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 39.9571495, -82.7933121

3. Messiah Lutheran Church Columbarium
Reynoldsburg, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 39.9593280, -82.7928740

4. Silent Home Cemetery
Reynoldsburg, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 39.9514542, -82.7990646

5. Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
Reynoldsburg, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 39.9525642, -82.8007584

6. Seceder Cemetery
Reynoldsburg, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 39.9413300, -82.7939987

7. Pisgah Cemetery
Pickerington, Fairfield County, USA
Coordinate: 39.9289017, -82.7881012

8. Pet Heaven Cemetery
Wagram, Licking County, USA
Coordinate: 39.9562492, -82.7447052

9. Young-Pickering Cemetery
Pickerington, Fairfield County, USA
Coordinate: 39.9328410, -82.7562330

10. Hiestand Cemetery
Pickerington, Fairfield County, USA
Coordinate: 39.9284350, -82.7623170

11. Dell Ruse Cemetery
Pickerington, Fairfield County, USA
Coordinate: 39.9124680, -82.8101780

12. Jefferson Cemetery
Blacklick, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 40.0005700, -82.8095500

13. Carlisle Cemetery
Truro, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 39.9528961, -82.8486557

14. Indian Mound Cemetery
Reynoldsburg, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 39.9563570, -82.8493770

15. Powell Cemetery
Brice, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 39.9127998, -82.8289032

16. Holy Cross Cemetery
Pataskala, Licking County, USA
Coordinate: 39.9553986, -82.7059021

17. Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens
Columbus, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 39.9813995, -82.8482971

18. Houser Cemetery
Pickerington, Fairfield County, USA
Coordinate: 39.9261930, -82.7117730

19. Havens Cemetery
Blacklick, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 40.0159378, -82.8132553

20. Swisher Cemetery
Licking County, USA
Coordinate: 40.0141983, -82.7425003

21. Francis H. Game Cemetery
Canal Winchester, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 39.8912460, -82.8045700

22. Blauvelt and Baldwin Family Cemetery
Havens Corners, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 40.0197550, -82.8071030

23. Epiphany Lutheran Memorial Garden
Pickerington, Fairfield County, USA
Coordinate: 39.8893710, -82.7581030

24. Etna Cemetery
Licking County, USA
Coordinate: 39.9570900, -82.6911400