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Born in Mount Morris, WI in 1875, JH became Superintendent of Schools for Lincoln County, WI in 1899. June 1, 1904 JH married his first wife Alta Tarr, they had 2 children, Edmund and Lorraine. JH married a second time to Margaret Running on June 8, 1928. JH and Margaret had 12 children, James Jr., Alice, Margaret, Elaine, Ester, Eunice, Joe, Reid, Bill, Don, Wayne, and Claudia. JH died on September 21, 1953 the owner of Merrill Land and Title Company. 

Family/Spouse: Alta Mae Tarr. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Edmund Tarr Hamlin was born on 27 Feb 1905 in Merrill, LIncoln County, Wisconsin, USA; died on 17 Sep 1991.

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Born in Maine, when a young man left that state and accompanied his parents to Wisconsin, the family settling in Waushara County, where George's father William Hamlin, in addition to farming, followed his trade of carpenter. In 1861 George H. HAMLIN enlisted in the Eighth Wisconsin Battery Light Artillery, with which he served three years and nine months, taking part in some notable engagements, among them Murfreesboro and Stone River. After being honorably discharged from the army he returned to Waushara County, Wisconsin, and from there in 1878 he moved to a farm near Tomah, Monroe County. In 1883 he came with his family to Merrill, making the journey with wagon and team and bringing five horses with him, with which he did general teaming, both in town and in the woods, as well as for sawmills. During those early days Mrs. HAMLIN kept boarders and worked hard to help support the family. George died January 1, 1917. 

George married Jane Fairburn Lilly on 27 Jan 1866 in Mount Morris, Wisconsin, USA. Jane was born on 26 Jul 1848 in St. Marys, Perth County, Ontario, Canada; died on 5 Nov 1925 in Barron, Barron County, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]