John Martin Hamley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

John Martin Hamley

politician, 1912-1924 Louisiana State Representative from East Carroll Parish

Date of Birth: 26-Aug-1883

Place of Birth: Lake Providence, Louisiana, United States

Date of Death: 23-Jan-1942

Profession: businessperson, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About John Martin Hamley

  • John Martin Hamley, Sr.
  • (August 26, 1883 – January 23, 1942), served from 1912 to 1924 as a Democrat in the Louisiana House of Representatives from East Carroll Parish in far northeastern Louisiana.Hamley was born in Lake Providence, the first son of Edward J.
  • Hamley, a native of St.
  • Louis, Missouri.
  • The Hamleys moved to East Carroll Parish in 1878.
  • Edward Hamley (1860-1929) was mayor of Lake Providence for twelve years.
  • John Hamley's mother, Annie Malam Hamley (1861-1943), was born in Bavaria; in the 1860s, her family migrated to the United States.
  • John and Edward Hamley were partners in the real estate business.
  • Hamley's younger brothers were Edward D.
  • Hamley (1888-1902), William Hugh Hamley (1889-1940), and Joseph Celestin Hamley (1891-1965).After his three terms in the state House of Representatives, Hamley served from 1924 to 1931 as the House clerk, a position chosen by the members.
  • In 1933, he was elected East Carroll Parish tax assessor.
  • He was also a member of the Louisiana Flood Control Committee, a group interested in the prevention of a future Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.In 1914, Hamley married Katie Ransdell (1893-1980), the daughter of Judge Francis Xavier Ransdell of the Louisiana 6th Judicial District Court (then 9th District) and his wife, the former Katie Blackburn Davis.
  • Katie, or "Kate", was a paternal niece of U.S.
  • Senator Joseph E.
  • Ransdell, also of Lake Providence.
  • The Hamley children attended the St.
  • Patrick's Catholic Church parochial school in Lake Providence; the daughters thereafter attended Maryville University, then Maryville College in St.
  • Louis.
  • There were eight Hamley children: Edward Ransdell Hamley (1915-1929), Mary Hamley Marron (1918-2005), Katherine(Kate) Hamley Bernacchi(1919-1951, Anne Hamley deMahy (1920- ) John Martin Hamley, Jr.
  • (1922-1945), Stuart Douglas Hamley (1924-1984), Madeline Hamley Howington (1926-1984), Elizabeth Hamley Lewis (1928-1958),Hamley was a brother-in-law of Judge Frank Voelker, Sr., who in 1937 succeeded Francis Ransdell on the Louisiana 6th Judicial District Court, of which the long-term district attorney was Jefferson B.
  • Snyder.
  • Voelker was married to the former Isabel Ransdell, a sister of Katie Ransdell.Hamley died in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
  • The Hamleys are interred at Lake Providence Cemetery.
  • There is confusion about his middle name "Martian", which appears on his tombstone.
  • A cenotaph dedicated to the youngest of the Hamley sons is posted as John Martin Hamley, Jr., who died at the age of twenty-three while serving as an ensign in the United States Navy during World War II.
  • Hamley, Jr., is buried at the Honolulu National Cemetery.
  • The Louisiana House membership listing spells Hamley's middle name as "Martin."

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