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• Birth	12 Nov 1830	Newburg, Cuyahoga, OH
  Gender	Male
  Buried	Jun 1918	Grant Cem, Lake, IL
  Died	7 Jun 1918	Avon Twp, Lake, IL
  Person ID	I110987	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	24 Sep 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Chester HAMILTON, b. 10 Jan 1790, Chester, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
  Mother	Dorothy BROOKS, b. Abt 1801, Charlemont, Franklin County, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F35843	Group Sheet
  Family	Sarah A. WAIT, b. 12 Jul 1842, Orange, Cuyahoga?, IL
  Married	31 Aug 1859	Hainesville, Lake, IL
  Children	1. Willis W. HAMILTON, b. 25 Nov 1861, ,Lake Co., IL   2. Fay C. HAMILTON, b. 24 Jun 1884, ,Waupaca Co., WI
  Family ID	F35844	Group Sheet

• Notes

  !Married: Sarah A. Wait, 31 Aug 1859, Hainesville, Lake Co., IL, MARRIAGE RECORDS, Lake Co., IL: Bk B, p. 173. !Military: Civil War; Chester W. Hamilton enrolled 4 Feb. 1864 at Chicagoto serve 3 years Civil War Service. Six months later he was wounded at theBattle of Deep Bottom, Virginia, 14 Aug 1864, shot through the right forearm,result- ing in a shattered bone below the elbow. (Action at Deep Bottom, a part of the siege of Petersburg, Va.) HIS PENSION CERTIFICATE #93,236. !Birth: Civil War Pension File #WC861-081 (Co. F. 39th IL Volunteers,Infanrty) !Death: Illinois State Bureau of Vital Statistics: Death CertificateChester Willard Hamilton - Son Willis, infomant; of Walworth, WI). NOTE: Buried at Grant Cem., died at Rollins. NOTE: 1844, (IGI, Batch 7509337 80, call 935393, film), indicates aChester Hamilton, married Nancy Jewell at Decatur, Adams, IN, these dates do notfit this Chester.