Samuel C. Hamilton 1809-1865
Categories: 1840's Settlers, Government, Janesville Gazette Obituary, Merchant / Banker, Milton College Director or Trustee, Portrait and Biographical Album of Rock County, Wis., 1889
"The Janesville Daily Gazette", Janesville, Wisconsin, Thursday, Aug. 17, 1865, p 1.
Died - In Milton, July 13th, of a paralytic stroke, Mr. S. C. Hamilton, aged 55 years.
Mr. H. was an old resident of Rock county and highly respected by those who knew him.

Residence: 1843, farm in Sec 1, Harmony, Rock Co., Wisconsin
Residence: 1856, in the village, Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin

"Portrait and Biographical Album of Rock County, Wisconsin", 1889, p 473.
SAMUEL C. HAMILTON, deceased, was a respected and representative citizen of Rock County from 1843 until 1865, covering a period of twenty-two consecutive years. He was a native of New York, born on the 12th day of October, 1809, and his parents were Freeborn and Tacy (GREEN) HAMILTON. He was reared to manhood in his native State, and was married Sept. 27, 1832, in Allegheny County, Miss Hannah BABCOCK becoming his wife. The lady was born in Batavia, Genesee Co., N.Y., and is a daughter of Daniel and Lois BABCOCK and a sister of Dr. BABCOCK, a prominent physician of Rock County, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this volume. Her father was numbered among the early settlers of Johnstown, and his death occurred at Milton in 1867. The union of Mr. and Mrs. HAMILTON was blessed with two children, a son and daughter: Walter G., the eldest, was born on the 4th day of June, 1833, and was a leading citizen of Milton, where he made his home for many years. He was the first postmaster under a Republican administration, having been appointed to that position in 1860, and filled the office until 1874, when he resigned. He then became a commission merchant, following that business until his death, which occurred Feb. 14, 1885. He was also a trustee of Milton College at the time of his death. Emma, the younger child, who was born May 25, 1841, was educated at Milton College, and makes her home with her mother.
In 1842, accompanied by his family, Mr. HAMILTON left New York and the following year became a resident of Rock County, settling on a farm on section 1, Town of Harmony. The land was then in a wild and unimproved condition, the settlements were few and far between , and wild game of all kinds was still to be found in abundance. The nearest market was at Milwaukee, to which city the journey was made with ox teams. Many were the trials and hardships endured by the pioneer settlers, yet to them is due the honor of laying the foundation upon which one of the leading counties in this great commonwealth has been reared. After engaging in the cultivation of his farm for several years, in the spring of 1856 Mr. HAMILTON abandoned agricultural pursuits and removed with his family to Milton, where he continued to make his home until his death, which occurred July 13, 1865. He was a member of the Seventh-day Baptist Church, to which his wife also belongs, and from the time of its organization was a stalwart supporter of the Republican party. Mr. HAMILTON was well known throughout the county, where he had many warm friends and was highly respected.

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 21, No 36, p 143, Sep. 7, 1865.
In Milton, Wis., July 13th, 1865, Mr. Samuel C. Hamilton, in the 56th year of his age. Bro. Hamilton's early life was spent in Alfred, Allegany Co., N. Y., his father having been one of the early settlers in that township. Some twenty-five years since, more or les, Bro. H. removed to Milton, where he died. While as yet he was living in Alfred, and perhaps in the twenty-third year of his age, and but a few months after his marriage to the second daughter of Eld. Daniel Babcock, he was stricken of paralysis, from which he never recovered, although he became so much improved as to be about, and to give attention to business, but was compelled to use only one hand in the performance of his labor. One of his limbs was also so enfeebled, that it was with great difficulty he could walk about. It was from this paralysis that he died. His funeral was largely attended at Milton, on Sabbath, July 15th, the sermon being preached from Rev. 2: 10 - "Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life," by Eld. V. Hull.
As his father, several brothers and sisters, and other relatives, live in Alfred and vicinity, another funeral service was held on Sabbath, Aug. 26th, attended by a large assembly, the sermon being preached by the writer, from Matt. 25: 21 - "Well done, good and faithful servant," etc. Bro Hamilton made a profession of religion some thirty-six years since, which profession he maintained until death. His last days were days of precious Christian experience, and so, bidding a joyful adieu to earth, he fell asleep in Jesus. N. V. H.

Hannah (Babcock) Hamilton 1813-1891
Categories: 1840's Settlers, Janesville Gazette Obituary
"The Janesville Daily Gazette", Janesville, Wisconsin, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 1891, p 4.
Milton, Dec. 29 - Mrs. Hannah B. Hamilton died very suddenly Saturday morning. H. H. Johnson, who was doing the chores at her house, went there at about the usual hour, but concluded that Mrs. Hamilton was not up, but at the third visit concluded that there must be something wrong, and forced his way into the house. He found her lying on the floor dead. She had got up, lit a lamp, and built a fire and had evidently been sitting in a chair near where her body was found. There was no one in the house at the time except Mr. Andrews, a student who roomed up stairs, and he heard nothing to indicate that Mrs. Hamilton was ill. Her daughter, Mrs. Carey, went to Britt, Iowa, Thursday afternoon to spend Christmas with her son and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Healey, and the young ladies, who have rooms in the house, had all gone home to spend Christmas. The deceased was unusually well for her when Mrs. Carey left home, and ate a Christmas dinner with the family of her brother-in-law, E. F. Hamilton, and also called on some of her neighbors on the afternoon before her death. Dr. Maxson was called, made an examination, and said her death resulted from an apoplectic stroke. The funeral took place Tuesday at 10:30 a.m., at the house and at 11:00 a.m. at the S. D. B. church, at the Junction, and the burial was in the cemetery of this village.

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 48, No 2, p 25, Jan. 14, 1892.
Mrs. Hannah B. Hamilton, of Milton, Wis., died at her residence Sabbath morning, Dec. 26, 1891, of apoplexy. She was alone, and had just risen and passed into her sitting-room, when the shock came, and she died, evidently without a struggle. She had probably lain in that condition an hour or more before being discovered, which was about 8 o'clock, as her lamp, which she had placed upon the table, was still burning.
She was out, the day before, dining at her brother-in-laws' and looking after the interest of an afflicted family, an act which was common with her. She had persuaded her daughter to avail herself of an excursion rate, to visit her granddaughter in Iowa, claiming that there was no danger in her remaining alone, as a student occupied an adjoining room, and a neighbor close by would look after all her wants and attend to the chores.
She was the last of the family of Eld Daniel and Lois Babcock, born in Batavia, Genesee Co., N. Y., Dec. 8, 1813, and hence was 78 years and 18 days old at the time of her death. In 1832 she was married to Samuel C. Hamilton, of Alfred, N. Y., where they lived until 1843, when they moved to Wisconsin, and finally settled in the village of Milton. Two children were born to them - Walter, who died in 1885, and Emma, who still survives as the last relict of the family.
She professed religion in early life, and was a constituent member of the Milton Junction S. D. B. Church. She was characterized by earnest Christian faithfulness, cheerfulness, kindness, and open-handed benevolence; such a one as will be greatly missed in every sphere of life. Her funeral sermon was preached from 1st Peter 4: 7, "The end of all things is at hand; be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer." N. Wardner