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- 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. [Thursday edition, p. 4]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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