Justus Hamilton married Selinda Cochran, daughter of Amos and Rachel Brainard, pioneers of an early day. Selinda Brainard was born in Middletown, Conn. When very young, she was married to Richard Bailey. Every thread of her wedding outfit was spun, woven, and made by her own hands. She was early left a widow with two sons, Sherman and Richard Bailey, (1) and eventually married Amos Cochran, who lived but a short time, and by whom she had an infant daughter, Rachel Cochran. Their residence at that time was in Avon, New York. Meanwhile, her parents had settled in Newburgh, whither she came with her three children, shortly after the sad death of her father, who was killed by a falling tree. In 1826, Mrs. Cochran married Justus Hamilton, and her family in time increased by three sons and a daughter, Augustus, Albert, Edwin T., the eminent jurist, and Delia Cleveland Hamilton.
Justus Hamilton was a dignified, brusk, magisterial sort of man, but kind-hearted and just. His neighbors were wont to seek his advice, and he was frequently chosen arbiter in the smoothing out of difficulties and quarrels. He had a contract for the building of a part of the Ohio Canal, and while it was in the process of construction he hired Mrs. Garfield the mother of James A. Garfield-to board the men he had employed on the canal. It is said that every article of household goods the Garfields possessed was brought to the scene in a small conveyance, drawn by one horse, and that the money thus earned made the first payment on the little farm in Orange Township.

Mrs. Justus Hamilton was sweet-tempered and a valuable woman to the community in which she lived. Gifted as a nurse, constant demands were made upon her in this direction, which she never refused, thus laying the foundation for many life-long and intimate friendships with families scattered all over the township. Her knowledge of medicinal herbs also proved invaluable to her neighbors, as her stores of wormwood, tansy, camomile, and rue, ever kept replenished, were freely offered when elsewhere needed. A Christian woman in all that the name should imply.

Children of Justus and Selinda Cochran Hamilton:

Augustus Harvey Hamilton, b. 1827, in Newburgh; m. Eliza Coffin. He removed to Iowa in 1854-a lawyer and newspaper man.

Delia Hamilton, b. 1828; d. unmarried.

Judge Edwin T. Hamilton, b. 1830; m. Mary Jones (served four years in the Civil War).

Albert Justus Hamilton, b. 1833; m. Imogene Brooke. He served three years in the Civil War, afterward removed to Parkville, Mo.
The most prom inent member of this family was its second son, Edwin Timothy Hamilton, judge of Common Pleas Court from 1875 to 1894. He was a man of fine mental attainments, and no jurist in Cuyahoga County was more respected and admired for his legal ability, honesty, sense of justice, scholarly address, and gentle dignity. His refined,

(1) Sherman H. Bailey, son of Richard and Selinda Bailey, b. 1810, m. Susan Shattuck. He died in 1890.

John Richard Bailey, brother of above, m. Mary Philip. He died in Chillicothe, O.


_____________ (?) intellectual face was one that would ever win a second glance from a stranger. He died, some years ago, at his last residence on East 89th Street, leaving a widow and two children-Walter Hamilton, a Cleveland attorney, and Florence Hamilton.

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1. 2. Sherman H. BAILEY  
2. 3. Richard BAILEY  

1. 4. Rachel COCHRAN  

1. 5. Augustus Harvey HAMILTON   b. 1827.
2. 6. Delia Cleveland HAMILTON   b. 1828.
3. 7. Edwin T. HAMILTON   b. 1830.
4. 8. Albert Justus HAMILTON   b. 1833.

RESIDENCES: Lived in Newburgh, Cuyahoga, Ohio, then moved to Iowa

1. 9. Walter HAMILTON  
2. 10. Florence HAMILTON