Jessie Marie Hamilton (January 31, 1865 - May 3, 1960) was an artist and cousin, and intimate friend, of

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Biography

Jessie Marie Hamilton was born on January 31, 1865, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the daughter of Andrew Holman Hamilton (1834-1895) and Phoebe Taber (1841-1932). She had two sisters, Katherine Hamilton (1862-1932) and Agnes Hamilton (1868-1961), both artists like her, and two brothers, Allen Hamilton (1874-1961) and Taber Hamilton (1876-1942). Her cousins are

Alice Hamilton Alice Hamilton (February 27, 1869 – September 22, 1970) was an American physician, research scientist, and author. She was a leading expert in the field of occupational health, laid the foundation for health and safety protections, and a pione ...

, Margaret Hamilton and Norah Hamilton. Like her sister Katherine, she spent most of her life taking care of their aging mother. She was an artist and studied at the Fort Wayne School of Art from 1888 to 1893, studying under

J. Ottis Adams John Ottis Adams (July 8, 1851 – January 28, 1927) was an American Impressionist painter and art educator who is best known as a member of the Hoosier Group of Indiana landscape painters, along with William Forsyth, Richard B. Gruelle, Otto ...

and William Forsyth. She was a founding member of the second Fort Wayne School of Art, where she taught from 1893 to 1898. After the death of her father in 1895, together with her sister Agnes attended the

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in Philadelphia from 1898 to 1900 studying under

Cecilia Beaux Eliza Cecilia Beaux (May 1, 1855 – September 17, 1942) was an American artist and the first woman to teach art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Known for her elegant and sensitive portraits of friends, relatives, and Gilded Age p ...

. She then went back living in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and focused on portraits in pastel, landscapes in watercolor, as well as etchings. She exhibited in Philadelphia, St. Louis, Indianapolis, and Richmond (Indiana). Her work was also displayed at the travelling Society of Western Artists Annual Exhibition. Her work is currently in the permanent collection of the

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. According to Alice Hamilton's biographer, Jessie was the best loved of all the cousins. She died on May 3, 1960, in

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, and is buried with her family at Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne.

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