Biography of Capt. Clad Hamilton Excerpted from "Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society, 1911-1912", Edited by Geo. W. Martin, Secretary. Vol XII., State Printing Office, Topeka, Kansas 1912. submitted by Teresa Lindquist (merope@radix.net); (copyright) 2001 by Teresa Lindquist ----------------------------------------------------------------------- KSGENWEB INTERNET GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY COPYRIGHT NOTICE: In keeping with the KSGenWeb policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain. Copying of the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CLAD HAMILTON was born in Delaware county. New York, May 17, 1867, the son of John H. Hamilton and Margaret (Mitchell) Hamilton. The family settled at Elk Falls, Kan., February, 1877. In 1881 he began work in a printing office, serving as compositor and reporter at Howard and Emporia, with six months in 1891 as a reporter on the Chieftain, at Pueblo, Colo. In the meantime he taught band music and studied law. In June, 1892, he graduated from the law school of the Kansas University. He entered the law office of Gleed, Ware & Gleed at Topeka, where he practiced law until May 16, 1898, when he enlisted as a private in company B, Twentieth Kansas. In this regiment he served as first sergeant and second and first lieutenant, and was mustered out as captain of company A. He returned to Topeka and opened a law office, serving as county auditor, special assistant attorney-general, and police judge of the city of Topeka. He has been useful as a lecturer at the Washburn law school, major and chief of engineers Kansas National Guard, and as state senator from Shawnee county for 1909 and 1911. He married Miss Helen Wells, of Lansing, Mich. (Included with the article: "A Colonel of Kansas,", page 282)