G. Hamilton moved to Milton and worked there as a carpenter and joiner.

The evidence

• “Gr. Hamilton came to Wisconsin in 1842, and located in Har mony Township ; move^ to town of Lima ; thence to Milton, in the spring of 1856 ; was a carpenter and joiner; has assisted in the building of many of the principal buildings in Milton-^coUege, schoolhouses, churches and dwellings. Was elected Assessor of Lima in 1845 ; served there three years; elected Justice of the Peace at Lima, and, in 1862, was appointed U.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/25-bios-milton.md, PDF p. 820 / book p. 824

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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