John F. Hamtramck

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John Francis Hamtramck (April 19, 1798 – c. 1858) was an American military officer and son of the French-Canadian soldier Jean-François Hamtramck, the first American commander of Fort Shelby, Michigan, the fortification at Detroit.^[1] The township of Hamtramck, Michigan is named for his father.