1833 - 1885

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• Birth	24 Jun 1833	Alfred,Allegany Co.,New York
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 Feb 1885
  Person ID	I122578	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	05 Oct 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Samuel C. HAMILTON, b. 28 Oct 1809, Brookfield,Madison Co.,New York.
  Mother	Hannah BABCOCK, b. 8 Dec 1813, Batavia,Genesee Co.,New York
  Family ID	F47428	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Milton College 1 NOTE "Babcock Genealogy", by Stephen Babcock, M. A., Eaton& Mains,New York, 1903, p 381. unmarried was a Trustee of Milton College at the time of his death. "History of Rock County, Wisconsin", 1879, p 824. WALTER G. HAMILTON, farmer; P.O. Milton; born in Alfred,Allegany Co., N.Y., June 24, 1833; son of Samuel and Hanna B.,who came to Rock Co. in the summer of 1843; in the fall of thesame year, settled in Harmony Township, Sec. 1, on sixtyacresof land. Samuel C. (father of W. G. H.) died July 15, 1865.Walter G. waseducated in the first schoolhouse ever built inMilton, finished his education at Milton University; taught oneterm in the West Milton District School. In 1861, was appointedPostmaster at Milton; served thirteen years; resigned in 1874,and took a trip to California for his health.