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- North Carolina booklet : great events in North Carolina history [1906 : October, v.6 : no.2]
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- October 1906
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- ["North Carolina, United States"]
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North Carolina booklet : great events in North Carolina history [1906 : October, v.6 : no.2]
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BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MEMORANDA. 155
II. Grandson of Daniel Heyward Hamilton, of S. C. ;
member of S. C. Convention of 1851 ; Colonel 1st S. C.
Regiment, C. S. A. ; married Rebecca Middleton, a descend¬
ant, of Mrs. Rebecca Motte, of Revolutionary fame, and rela¬
tive of Arthur Middleton, the signer of the Declaration of
Independence
III. Great grandson of James Hamilton; soldier of 1812;
member S. C. Legislature ; member of Congress ; Governor of
S. C- ; President of Nullification Convention ; Ambassador to
the Court of St. James from the Republic of Texas ; Senator-
elect- from Texas at death; married Elizabeth Heyward, a
grand-daughter of Thos. Heyward, a signer of the Declaration
of Independence.
IV. Great, great grandson of James Hamilton; Major in
Continental line on Washington’s staff; married Elizabeth
Lynch, a sister of Thomas Lynch, Jr., the signer of the Declar¬
ation, and a daughter of Thos. Lynch, a member of the Con¬
tinental Congress of 1770.
COL. FRED. A. OLDS.
Col. E. A. Olds began newspaper work in 1877 in Raleigh,
and has been continuously in this profession ever since, hav¬
ing in 1880 become the correspondent of out-of-town papers
and devoting himself to this line of work, writing consider¬
ably for magazines. Eor twenty years be has been collecting
historical objects, and since December, 1902, has given much
time, labor and study to the Hall of History. He is the
Chairman of the Museum Committee of the North Carolina
Literary and Historical Association and the Director of the
Hall of History, and lie also co-operates very heartily and
extensively with the N. C. Historical Commission. He lias
written many historical articles and stories, which have been
in most cases illustrated, and he edited a new edition of
Lawson’s History of North Carolina, which was published bv
the Charlotte Observer, and has prepared for publication a
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