Biographical Sketch of M. M. Hamlin, M.D., Franklin County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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M. M. Hamlin, M. D., a prominent citizen of Gray's Summit, was born
near Hendersonville, Buncombe Co., N. C., in 1856, the fourth of nine
children, five of whom are still living, of James R. and Mary Ann
(King) Hamlin, also natives of Buncombe County, N. C., at present re-
siding in Sullivan, Mo.  James R. Hamlin is a prominent minister of
the Missionary Baptist Church, and has been successful in his chosen
work.  He served in the North Carolina State Militia as lieutenant,
and during the late war was first under the command of Wade Hampton;
later under Gen. Stonewall Jackson, and at the close of the war was 
in the command of Gen. R. E. Lee, having served in the capacities of
sergeant, captain and chaplain of his regiment.  He was a son of John
Hamlin, whose father and two brothers came from England, the former
settling in East Tennessee.  Mary Ann Hamlin was a daughter of Jona-
than King, a Baptist minister.  M. M. Hamlin obtained his literary
education at Steelville (Crawford County), and Salem Academies (Dent
County, Mo.), and subsequently taught in the public schools of Craw-
ford, Washington and Gasconade Counties.  During the school year of
1878-79 he was principal of the primary department of Salem Academy.
In the spring of 1881 he graduated from the American Medical College,
of St. Louis, receiving the "Yost Clinic Prize," for efficiency in 
his studies, and being elected valedictorian of his class, which 
latter honor he refused.  Immediately after graduating he located at
Gray's Summit, and engaged in the practice of his profession, where 
he has been very successful and enjoys a large and lucrative patron-
age.  He owns fifty-two acres of improved land at Gray's Summit.
October 5, 1882, he married Miss Fanny Florence Reynolds, of Franklin
County, a daughter of Joseph B. and Amanda (Triplett) Reynolds, nat-
ives, respectively, of Franklin County, Mo., and near Lynchburg, Va.
Doctor and Mrs. Hamlin have one child, Joseph Reagan.  They are both
members of the Missionary Baptist Church.  The Doctor votes the Demo-
cratic ticket, and has served four years as notary public.  He is a
member of the A. O. U. W., is secretary of the Eclectic Medical 
Society, of Missouri, and a member of the National Eclectic Medical
Association.

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