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Home Texas Terry County Brownfield Site of Joe T. and Laura Hamilton Home
     

Site of Joe T. and Laura Hamilton Home

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US 385, US 62/82, Brownfield, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 33° 11' 40.49477000016", -102° 16' 29.28837"
 
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    In 1885, Joseph Thomas Hamilton (1856-1932) married Laura Letha Franklin (1867-1936) in Franklin County, Texas. Natives of southern U.S. states, the couple moved west with their first three children and settled here in 1902, before Terry County was organized. In 1907, they established a home near this site. Joe was a stock farmer, carpenter, mail carrier and livery worker, and he was one of three men contracted to build the county's first courthouse. Laura, in addition to managing a large household, often assisted neighbors as nurse and midwife. Today, ths site is a link to the early pioneers who built Brownfield and surrounding communities. (2005)

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Site of Joe T. and Laura Hamilton Home Historical Marker Location Map, Brownfield, Texas