Born on 3 MAR 1913 in Harris, Lewis County, Kentucky
to Kelly Wallace and Essie Esther (Walters) Hamilton the oldest son of 14 children. Olen assisted his father, a merchant, in his duties and helped provide for his siblings. He married Dorothy Bloomfield on 2 APR 1932 in Lewis Co., KY. Together they raised 10 children, 6 sons and 4 daughters. Esther Vivian, Philip Ernest, Laura Katheryn, Ramona Joyce, Reuben Keith, Kelly Dwight, Karen Sue, Timothy Vaughn, Benjamin Monroe, and finally Stephen Winfrey in 1954. Olen found work in many places, good at many tasks, however he eventually settled in Mansfield, Ohio where the new industrial plant of Westinghouse originated. Olen worked at Westinghouse and retired. He had many hobbies, penny/coin collecting, journal writing, gardening, raising his grandchildren, and going to the Stewart Rd. Church of God every sunday. Grandpa aquired liver and stomach complications and gradually became ill. He died 11 NOV 1987 in Mansfield, Richland Co., Ohio. He was buried in the Hamilton-Mawk Cemetary at Tar Fork, Lewis Co., KY. More on Dorothy.
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I am trying to prove who his parents really are. I've been told they were Thomas and Esther (Sampson) Hamilton. But I have yet to see the proof.
