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Nathaniel Hamlin (b. March 13, 1814, d. April 17, 1897)

Nathaniel Hamlin (son of William Hamlin and Mary Smith)⁴⁹⁷ was born March 13, 1814 in Lewis County, Kentucky⁴⁹⁸, and died April 17, 1897 in Exira, Iowa⁴⁹⁸. He married Margaret Terrill Poage on April 9, 1840 in Vermillon County, Illinois, daughter of Allen Poage, Sr. and Margaret Terrill.

Notes for Nathaniel Hamlin:
Nathaniel was the first settler of Audubon County. He stepped off a "squatters claim" of 160 acres near the Mormon Trail, which pretty much runs along I-80 Highway to the Missouri River. They took up the claim in the fall and winter of 1850 and the spring of 1851. In his position along the trail, he did much trading with the emigrants heading west.

He became the most prominent person in the area and helped lead the growth of Audubon County and the finding of Exira, IA. There is a small town and park named for him.

His grave is in Bowen Cemetery nine miles north of Wiota, IA. It is north of I-80 at Exit 61.
The place of burial was found there by me on June 8, 1999.

Lived 83 years, one month and four days.

More About Nathaniel Hamlin:
Burial: Unknown, Bowen Cemetery nine miles north of Wiota, IA.

More About Nathaniel Hamlin and Margaret Terrill Poage:
Marriage: April 9, 1840, Vermillon County, Illinois.

Children of Nathaniel Hamlin and Margaret Terrill Poage are:

Mary Margaret Hamlin, b. October 22, 1841, Illinois⁴⁹⁹, d. October 31, 1910, Iowa⁵⁰⁰.
Hannah Maria Hamlin, b. March 28, 1843, Homer, Illinois⁵⁰¹, d. August 23, 1926, Iowa⁵⁰².
+Sarah Roseannah Hamlin, b. January 14, 1845, Mahaska County, Iowa⁵⁰³, d. April 6, 1934, Cache, Oklahoma⁵⁰⁴.
Malinda Christiana Hamlin, b. 1848, Iowa⁵⁰⁵, d. date unknown.
William Allen Hamlin, b. 1850, Iowa⁵⁰⁵, d. date unknown.
Martha Jane Hamlin, b. 1852, Iowa⁵⁰⁵, d. date unknown.
Eliza Angeline Hamlin, b. 1854, Iowa⁵⁰⁵, d. April 21, 1859, Iowa⁵⁰⁶.
Louisa Hamlin, b. 1854, d. 1857, Audubon, Iowa.
Susan Poage Hamlin, b. 1856, Iowa⁵⁰⁷, d. date unknown.
Clarinda Harris Hamlin, b. 1858, Iowa⁵⁰⁷, d. date unknown.
+Nathaniel Douglas Hamlin, Jr., b. May 29, 1860⁵⁰⁸, d. May 21, 1915, Iowa City, Ia.⁵⁰⁸.
Fernando Burton Hamlin, b. 1863⁵⁰⁹, d. date unknown.
Robet E. Lee Hamlin, b. 1868, Audubon,Iowa, d. date unknown.