Mrs. Rachel Hamilton, wife of the late J. T. Hamilton, passed away Thursday evening about 9:15, at her home in Clay township at the age of sixty-six. She had been ill for the past nine months. Mrs. Hamilton is survived by the following children: James of Lecta, Ray Hamilton and Mrs. Eva Featherstone of Indianapolis, Jehu of Columbus, Mrs. Mary Lanthorn and Charles at home. She also leaves thirteen grandchildren, three brothers, D. A. Rose (Descomb Anderson), Gallipolis, Harvey Rose, Patriot and Stephen Rose of Norma, Oklahoma and a sister, Mrs. Alice Albright of Patiot. She was a member of Ohio Chapel and a charter member of the Ladies Aid of that church, it having been organized in her home.
Funeral services will be conducted Sunday morning at 10:30 o'clock at Ohio Chapel by Rev. E. L. Miller. Interment in cemetery at Clay Chapel by George J. Wetherhold and Sons.
Rachel Rose was the daughter of Jehu Rose and Elizabeth Jane Niday. She married Thomas Hamilton, 12 Mar 1886, Gallia Co., Ohio. Rachel and Thomas had eleven children: Rose Anna, James, Robert R., Elizabeth F., Eva (Robert Featherstone), Jehu (Lula Hill), Mary (Guy Lanthorne), Charles and Dwight Frederick Hamilton.