Monday, October 1, 2012

Hamlin Kansas.

Busniess men who used Hamlin as their P. O., address as of 1887.

E. Berkley, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Pennsylvania, came to county 1871.

E. C. Blanchard, General Farming, from Vermont, came to county 1868.

Thomas Eglin General Farming, from New Jersey, came to county 1865.

Edwin Evans, General Farming, from Pennsylvania, came to county 1876.

C. M. Evans General Farming, from Pennsylvania, came to county 1877.

Robert Gaston, General Farming, from Pennsylvania, came to county 1857.

T. F. Grover, Harness and Saddlery Ect., from Illinois, came to county 1870.

John E. Howell, Farming and Stock Dealing, from Canada, came to county 1872.

Nancy A. Hinton, General Farming, from Indiana, came to county 1875.

James Hays, General Farming, from Ireland, came to county 1870.

J. R. Ingels, General Farming, from Indiana, came to county 1882.

David N. Jones, Proprietor of Livery, from Wales, came to county 1881.

C. G. Jones, General Farming, from Ohio, came to county 1877.

Victoria Kirk, Proprietress of Farm, from Michigan, came to county 1857.

J. J. Minner, General Farming, from Virginia, came to county 1875.

A. Nitsche, General Blacksmithing, from Germany, cccccame to county 1872.

N. W. Rickman, General Farming, from North Carolina, came to county 1868.

John Stfford, General Farming, from Ireland, came to county 1870.

John Spidle, General Farming, from Pennsylvania, came to county 1880.

S. Sweeney, Propiector of Hamlin House.

David A. Spare, General Farming, from Pennsylvania, came to county 1878.

W. J. Tinkler, Lumber, Hardware and Coal.

M. Wood, Butcher and Meat Dealer, from Ohio.

T. D. Weaver, General Farming, from Pennsylvania, came to county 1869.

H. C. Weltmer, General merchandise, from Pennsylvania, came to county 1868.

C. F. Huffman, General Farming, from Pennsylvania, came to county 1885.

Ellen C. Marker, Proprietress of Farm, from Pennsylvania, came to county 1878.

A. H. Unkefer, General Farming, from Ohio, came to county 1878.

History And Biographical Sketches of Hamlin, 1883.
 
Hamlin Post Office
 
Hamlin Post Office open December 5, 1857 and ran to April 13, 1973, Edward H. Niles was first Postmaster.
 
Were is Hamlin.
 
Hamlin is in Brown County in the township of Hamlin.  On the couty map Hamlin township is in Township 1-south and Range 16-east.  Hamlin is in section 32.
 
Hamlin Kansas 1912.

Hamlin, an incorporated city of the third class in Brown county, is located in the township of the same name, and is a station on the St. Joseph & Grand Island R. R. 7 miles northwest of Hiawatha, the county seat. It has a bank, a graded school, 3 churches, a number of retail stores, telegraph and express offices, and a money order postoffice with one rural route. The population in 1910 was 208. The town was laid out in 1870 and the postoffice moved from the old location 2 miles south. J. Rodgers was the first postmaster. The first school was taught by Miss Emma Fisher in 1871. The first building in the town was erected by a Mrs. Leonard, who engaged in the millinery business.

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