Bio: Hamilton, Claude F. (No dates given)

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Surnames: Goucher, Misslan, Porath, Zimmerman, Wheaton

---Source: History of Marathon County Wisconsin and Representative Citizens, by Louis Marchetti, 1913.

Hamilton, Claude F. (No dates given)

CLAUDE F. HAMILTON, proprietor of a jewelry store at Athens, and also secretary and general manager of the Athens Telephone Company, is active also in the public life of the village and for the past five years has been city clerk. He was born in Jackson County, Wis., and is a son of Claude S. and Augusta (Goucher) Hamilton. Claude S. Hamilton was born in Maine and his wife in New York, and they now are residents of Oregon. In his native state he was a farmer and later in life was associated with his son Claude F., in business at Athens for ten years. The family consisted of the following children: Charles, Arthur, Claude F., May, wife of John Misslan, and Clyde.  

After completing the High School course, Claude F. Hamilton determined to learn the jewelry trade for which he had a natural inclination and spent three years at Hixton and three more at Alma Center, Wis., and in 1901 came to Athens and was the pioneer in the jewelry line here. In 1904, when the telephone company was reorganized the central office found a home in his store and he was then elected the general manager and secretary of this great general utility.  

On January 27, 1901, Mr. Hamilton was married to Miss Mary Porath, who was born in Jackson County, a daughter of Herman Porath, a substantial farmer there, whose other children are: Edith Zimmerman, Carrie Gower, Hattie Wheaton, Anna, Julia, Albert and Gustav. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton have three children: Gerald, Jamie and Alice. The family belongs to the Presbyterian Church. In politics Mr. Hamilton prefers to be independent. He is identified fraternally with the K. O. T. M. and the F. O. E.