Comments on: NATHANIEL HAMLIN PARK – Audubon, Iowa

By: Nancy Hamlin Offield

Nancy Hamlin Offield — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:56:11 +0000

Hello Hamlin Cousins,

I’m a gr-granddaughter of Nathaniel and Margaret Poage Hamlin through their son Nathaniel Douglas Hamlin and Elva Crane. I live in Missouri, about 25 miles northeast of Kansas City and have been researching the Hamlin and allied families for almost 30 years and have fond memories of many trips to Exira over the years for the 4th of July celebrations and family reunions.
I am wondering if any of you might be interested in having a Hamlin Family Reunion this fall at the Hamlin Park there in Audubon? I have made some memorials for the family on Find A Grave if anyone is interested in checking them out and possibly linking your family to them. Looking forward to hearing from many new cousins.

Nancy

By: kcmeredith

kcmeredith — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 04:42:09 +0000

Nathaniel Hamlin was my great-great-great grandfather, and Nathaniel Douglas Hamlin was my great-great grandfather. I will be visiting Exira for the first time this weekend for the burial of my great-aunt. Looking forward to seeing the park and other sites to which my family has ties! I’ve got a list of descendants going back to Robert Poage, who was the great-great grandfather of Margaret Poage, as well as a picture of Nathaniel and Margaret with Poage siblings and spouses. I believe my grandma has a book about the history of the family and the area. I’d love to know some of my distant relatives!

By: liz pember miller

liz pember miller — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:01:14 +0000

PS
Was Nathaniel related to Hannibal Hamlin, Lincoln’s
VP? My Dad thinks they were cousins??????

By: liz pember miller

liz pember miller — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:59:31 +0000

Nathaniel Hamlin is my Dad’s (Harold Hamlin Pember) great-great grandfather.
Nathaniel’s daughter Susan had a daughter Melvina, (sister to Alida). Melvina
is my Dad’s mother. Alida lived with Melvina (& my Dad) for awhile, but my
Dad doesn’t remember Gladys Mildred!!!!! Did she have a nickname?
I would love to hear from anyone who knows my family. My Dad is 92
and I would like to reach out to his family!

By: Donna Phillips Carriker

Donna Phillips Carriker — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:37:35 +0000

Nathaniel & Margaret Hamlin were my Great-Great Grandparents. Their daughter, Susan Parker, married my Great-Grandfather, John Veeder Plantz, gave birth to my Grandmother, Alida Margaret, who in turn married my Grandfather Frederick Eugene Turner & bore my mother, Gladys Mildred, who married my father, Jesse Clarence Phillips. My husband Sam & I have been married 55 years, have 8 children, many grands & greats, so there are many, many more decendants of Natty & Peggy!

By: Judith Stearns Rutscher

Judith Stearns Rutscher — Sat, 01 May 2010 14:58:42 +0000

I have not visited the Nathaniel Hamlin Park, but will surely do so in the near future. My grandmother was Lorena Thomas Witham, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Thomas and Sarah Rosanna Hamlin. My grandmother was a proud member of the Daughters of Union Veterans. I would love to hear from other descendents of Nathaniel Hamlin.

My grandmother claimed to have been the first white child born in Audubon County. She grew up in Exira.

By: Editor

Editor — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:15:18 +0000

I have forwarded your inquiry on to the Audubon, Iowa Chamber of Commerce and requested that they contact you directly with a response.

Pat Watson, Editor

By: Patricia Allen Wolk

Patricia Allen Wolk — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:46:24 +0000

I live in Fresno California. Nathaniel Hamlin and Peggy Poague were my great great grandparents. I went to Iowa for a family reunion sometime in the 90s and wish I’d traveled to Iowa before and since. What beautiful country.
My father was Elmer Millard Allen. Would love to know the source of his middle name “Millard.”