John E. Hamilton (Covington ky atty)
b. 1838-08-01
Covington, Kentucky, attorney. Pennsylvania native. Married to [unknown] Winston Hamilton in 1861. Father of J. E. Hamilton and E. C. Hamilton. Educated at the grammar school of Columbia College in New York, New York. Graduate of Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, in 1856. Read law with Mengies & Pryor in Covington, Kentucky, in 1858. Graduate of Cincinnati Law School in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1860. Attorney in Covington, Kentucky, in 1860.
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- White
Bibliography
J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, and G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State 7th ed., (Louisville: Battey Publishing, 1887), 810-11.
KYR-0001-017-0009.
Citation
Hamilton, John E.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198743 (January 18, 2026).
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