Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A mụrụ Hamilton na July 28, 1894. O biri ihe ka ukwuu n'oge ọ bụ nwata na Seattle. Ọ bụ okenye n'ime ụmụ nwoke abụọ (nwanne ya nwoke, Edgar Charles Hamilton, amụrụ mgbe e mesịrị) nye ndị mụrụ ya (Thomas Luther na Henrietta Hamilton). Hamilton nwere mmasị na ụgbọelu bidoro mgbe ọ dị afọ iri. Nne ya gara njem ịhụ ndị
1904 St. Louis Exposition, ebe e nwere ngosipụta nke gliders nke Octave Chanute haziri na, n'ụzọ ụfọdụ na nloghachi ya, Hamilton malitere ilekwasị anya na ụgbọelu. O nwere ike ịbụ na Oriakụ Hamilton na Chanute matara n'ebe ahụ a na-eme egwuregwu ebe ọ bụ na Tom Hamilton esoghị ya mee ogologo njem ahụ. Afọ ole na ole ka e mesịrị, Hamilton kwuru na ọ na-edetara Chanute akwụkwọ banyere ihe ndị metụtara teknụzụ metụtara ụgbọ elu mbụ ya, ọ bụ ezie na ọ nweghị ihe ndekọ ọ bụla e kwuru banyere Hamilton na nchịkọta akwụkwọ ozi Chanute nke dị ugbu a na Library of Congress ruo ugbu a.