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Elizabeth Cowan    Father: Charles Wesley Cowan
Mother: Annie Black

b. 1856 
d. unknown 

 Allegheny Cty, PA
(place unknown)

Spouse: 

William J. Hamilton (1846 - ?)
(m. date & place unknown)		  

Children: 

 Addie Leona Hamilton [m. Lloyd M. Gillette] (? - ?)
Irene Hamilton (? - 26 April 1901)
Cora Hamilton (1876 - ?)
Notes

  1. According to the 1910 census, Addie and Lloyd Gillette were living with Elizabeth Hamilton in 1910. Lloyd's occupation was listed as "traveling salesman."
Source Documents

  1. 1900 Kansas Census, Vol. 43, E.D. 213(?), Sheet 2 Line 5
  2. Alma Enterprise, 18 July 1885
  3. Alma Enterprise, 15 August 1885
  4. Alma Enterprise, 7 November 1885
  5. Alma Enterprise, 15
  6. Alma Enterprise, 6 August 1897 March 1901
  7. Alma Enterprise, 3 May 1901
  8. Alma Enterprise, 1 July 1904
  9. Alma Enterprise, 4 January 1907
Alma Enterprise, 18 July 1885
Mrs. [Elizabeth Cowan] Hamilton and daughter Cora of Buchtel, Ohio, are visiting the family of John Raines [sic].

Alma Enterprise, 15 August 1885
Mrs. Hamilton and daughter and Geo. Cowan of Ohio are resticating [sic] and visiting with their mother, Mrs. Geo. Raine.

Alma Enterprise, 7 November 1885
W.J. Hamilton, lately from Buchtel, Ohio, where he presided several years as postmaster, has become a resident of this city (Alma) having moved into the Koffman house.

Alma Enterprise, 15 March 1901
Mrs. Geo. Raine, Sr. was called to Hutchinson on account of the critical illness of her grand-daughter, Miss Rene Hamilton. She is well known in West Kaw and has the sympathy of many friends.

Alma Enterprise, 6 August 1897
Mrs. Hamilton and daughter Addie and Bell Winters, who visited Mrs. George Raine Sr., are greatly missed in the neighborhood.

Alma Enterprise, 3 May 1901
Irene Hamilton, a former pupil in Dist.34, died at her home in Hutchinson the 26th. Geo. Raine, Sr. and wife attended the funeral at that city last Saturday.

Alma Enterprise, 1 July 1904
Kaw seems to be quite a resort in the summer and the visitors have arrived: Mrs. Hamilton and two grandchildren, Cecil and Geo. Winters of Hutchinson, who are making an extended visit with Grand-pa and Grand-ma Raine.......Master Guy Jewell of Topeka is having an outing at his uncle Joe Raine's.

Alma Enterprise, 4 January 1907
West Kaw: Mr. and Mrs. Gillette left for Cottonwood Falls Friday. Mrs. Gillette was formerly Miss Addie Hamilton, and has often visited friends here and formed many pleasant acquaintances.

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