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Richard Jenness Hamilton

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Richard Jenness Hamilton

Birth
Maryland, USA
Death
23 Jan 1938 (aged 77–78)
Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, USA
Burial
Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section K
Memorial ID
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RICHARD JENNESS HAMILTON, 77, for 30 years editor of the Hagerstown Daily Mail, died at his home Sunday after a long illness.

Mr. Hamilton was the son of the late Gov. William T. Hamilton, and after a brief career in newspaper work in New York, returned to Hagerstown. With his brother-in-law, the late James T. Briscoe, he purchased the Daily Mail. He was its editor until its sale in 1920.

He is survived by his wife, a son, two sisters and a brother.

Funeral services will be held today.

Source: The Frederick Post (Frederick, MD)
Tuesday, January 25, 1938
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RICHARD JENNESS HAMILTON, 77, for 30 years editor of the Hagerstown Daily Mail, died at his home Sunday after a long illness.

Mr. Hamilton was the son of the late Gov. William T. Hamilton, and after a brief career in newspaper work in New York, returned to Hagerstown. With his brother-in-law, the late James T. Briscoe, he purchased the Daily Mail. He was its editor until its sale in 1920.

He is survived by his wife, a son, two sisters and a brother.

Funeral services will be held today.

Source: The Frederick Post (Frederick, MD)
Tuesday, January 25, 1938
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