Census: 1880 Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin: age 62

Catherine M. (Burdick) Hamilton 1818-1896
"The Weekly Telephone", Milton Junction, Wisconsin, Thursday, May 7, 1896, p 5.
After an illness of but four days, Mrs. H. H. Hamilton passed peacefully away Tuesday morning at 7 o'clock, having survived her aged husband about six weeks. Although she has been an invalid for several years, she remained cheerful, and uncomplaining until the last. While she was yet young she became a christian and united with the S. D. B. Church, of which she remained a faithful member until her death.
Catherine Burdick, daughter of Edward and Susannah Burdick, was born in Alfred, N. Y., Dec. 25, 1818. She was married in her native state to Mr. Horace G. Hamilton, Sept. 25, 1834, and came to Wisconsin in 1842. Five children were born to them, three of whom are living. Arthur D. Hamilton was killed in the service of his country at the battle of Antietam; Madeline, wife of W. H. Coon, died in Beatrice, Neb., Oct. 13, 1890. The surviving children, Mrs. C. H. Goodrich, lives in Milton, Major E. M. Hamilton in New York city, and Mrs. Goodell Foster in Independance, Kan. Two brothers also survive her - A. Delos Burdick of Walsworth and Alfred D. Burdick of this place.
The funeral services will be held in her late residence Saturday at 2:30 p. m. Major Hamilton and a son-in-law, W. H. Coon of Gilette, Col., will be in attendance.

Residence: 1842 Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin
Census: 1860 Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin
Census: 1880 Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin: age 70, carpenter

Admitted abt 1830 - Alfred, New York.
Excluded 7 Jun 1840

Mr. and Mrs. Horace Hamilton went to Wisconsin in 1842. He was carpenter and builder of the S. D. B. Church there.

"History of Rock County, Wisconsin", 1879, p 824.
H. G. HAMILTON; P.O. Milton; born in Brookfield, Madison Co., N.Y., Feb. 18, 1810; son of Freeborn and Tacy HAMILTON; H. G. HAMILTON came to Wisconsin in 1842; and located in Harmony Township; moved to town of Lima; thence to Milton, in the spring of 1856; was a carpenter and joiner; had assisted in the building of many of the principal buildings in Milton -college, school houses, churches and dwellings. Was elected Assessor of Lima is 1845; served there three years; elected Justice of the Peace at Lima, and, in 1862, was appointed U. S. Deputy Provost Marshal, and served till the war closed. Married Miss Catherine M. BURDICK Sept. 25, 1834, a native of New York; they have had five children - Mary L., born Jan. 27, 1836; Emery M., Jan. 22, 1838; Arthur D., born May 11, 1842, (was killed at the battle of Antietam Sept. 17, 1862; he was the first young man who offered his services as a soldier in Milton; enlisted in April, 1861, in Co. H, 2d W.V.I., under Capt. Randolph; was buried at the National Cemetery, Antietam); Madelia S., born Aug. 30, 1846; Madeline L., Feb. 1, 1849. Mr. HAMILTON and family are members of the Seventh Day Baptist Church.

"The Portrait and Biographical Album of Rock County, Wis.",1889, p 984, 985.
HORACE G. HAMILTON, one of Rock County's pioneer settlers, now living a retired life in Milton, Wis., was born in the town of Brookfield, Madison Co., N.Y., on Feb. 18, 1810. The family is of Scotch descent, and is noted for the very advanced age to which some of its members have attained. The parents of our subject were Freeborn and Tacy (GREEN) HAMILTON. The father was numbered among the early settlers of Allegany County, N.Y., where he resided for many years and died Oct. 8, 1869, at the age of eighty-three years and eleven months. His wife preceded him to her final rest, her death occurring on the old homestead in Allegany County, Sept. 1, 1840, in the fifty-first year of her age. That worthy couple were the parents of eleven children, seven of whom are now living. Samuel, the eldest, is now deceased; H. G., of this sketch, is the second in the order of birth; Orpha died in Minnesota; Lavina makes her home in Allegheny County, N.Y.; Lorinda died in that county May 27,1873, aged fifty-six years. Edward is a resident of Milton; Susannah died in her native State; John lives in Allegany County, N.Y.; Freeborn is living on the old homestead, in Allegany County; Tacy is the wife of a Mr. GREEN, a resident of Andover, N.Y., and Sophronia, the youngest is living in Dane County, Wis.
Our subject was reared to the occupation of farming, but tiring of the monotony of that life, at the age of nineteen years, he began working at the carpenter's trade, for which he had a natural adaptability, not requiring to serve an apprenticeship, and built a barn for his father, which was his first work in that line. He continued in that business in his native State until 1842, when he resolved to try his fortune in the West and emigrated to the territory of Wisconsin, settling in Rock County. Purchasing a farm in the town of Lima, then a part of Milton, he engaged in the cultivation and development of the land for many years, and also followed carpentering, until too old for manual labor, when he retired from active life.
Before leaving New York, Mr. HAMILTON led to the marriage altar Miss C. M. BURDICK, their wedding being celebrated in Alfred, Allegany County, in 1834. This lady was born in that county on Dec. 25, 1818, and is a daughter of Edward and Susannah (STILLMAN) BURDICK; the former a native of Rhode Island, and the latter of the Empire State, who were parents of five children. Adolphus, the eldest, died at the age of fourteen years; Mrs. HAMILTON is the second in the order of birth; Edgar died in Chicago in 1875; Delos is a resident of Janesville and is the County Treasurer for Rock County; Alfred, who is now fifty-six years of age, is now living in Milton. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. HAMILTON are as follows: Mary, who was born June 29,1836, in Allegany County, N.Y., now the wife of Charles GOODRICH, son of Asa GOODRICH, by whom she has three children,two yet living, Cora and Asa H. Emery M., better known as Major HAMILTON, is a resident of New York City. Arthur was the first who enlisted at Milton for service in the war of the rebellion, and participated in every engagement with his regiment until the battle of Antietam, where he was killed, being the first one from Milton to lose his life; and in his memory the G.A.R. Post of Milton was named. Madelia S. married Goodwell FOSTER, a native of New York, and they now reside in Independence, Kas. Madeline I. became the wife of W. H. COON, who was born in Pennsylvania, and they now make their home in Beatrice, Neb.
Since removing to Rock County, Mr. HAMILTON has been prominentlyidentified with its history and is one of its valued citizens. He has witnessed its growth and development through the long period of forty-seven years, and has nobly borne his share in the work of transformation and progress. He has filled various local offices, including that of Assessor and Justice of the Peace, which position he held for a number of years. He is an adherent of and active worker in the Seventh Day Baptist Church of Milton. The cause of education has also found in Mr.HAMILTON a warm friend, and the best interests of the community are sure of his ready support and sympathy. In early life he cast his ballot with the Whig party, and on its organization joined the ranks of the Republican party. In 1836 and 1840 he voted for William Henry Harrison, and in 1888 voted for the illustrious grandson of the Tippecanoe hero. He has a pleasant home in Milton, and besides his own residence owns two other buildings.

Horace G. Hamilton 1811-1896
"The Weekly Telephone", Milton Junction, Wisconsin, Thursday, March 26, 1896, p 4.
Horace G. Hamilton, one of Rock county's pioneer settlers, died Tuesday, aged 86. He was born in Brookfield, N. Y., Feb. 18, 1810, and came to Milton, in 1842. Before coming to Milton, in 1834, he married Miss Catherine M. Burdick. The union was blessed with five children, three of whom, with the wife, are still living - Mary, the wife of Charles Goodrich; Emery M., better known as Major Hamilton, of New York, and Mrs. Goodell Foster of Independence, Kansas. Madeline, the wife of W. H. Coon, died six years ago in Beatrice, Neb. Arthur was the first who enlisted from Milton for service in the late war, and participated in every engagement with his regiment until the battle of Antietam, where he was killed. He was the first one from Milton to lose his life, and in his memory the G. A. R. Post of Milton was named. There are also eleven grand-children and three great-grand children. Mr. Hamilton has filled various local offices, including that of assessor and justice of the peace. He was a member of the S. D. B. Church. For fifty-four years he has witnessed the growth and development of Rock county, and has borne his share in the work of progress. The pioneers are one by one being called from earth, and few now remain to tell the story of pioneer days. The funeral will take place from his late residence to-morrow (Friday) at 10 o'clock, Rev. S. L. Maxson officiating.