Wisconsin Death Records
Name: Belina B Hamilton
Death Date: 09 Jun 1900
County: Walworth
Volume: 02
Page: 0502
Reel: 131
Image: 1043
Index Volume: -
Sequence #: 141439

Early Annals of Whitewater
David Hamilton. - Was born in Tompkins County, NY, July 18, 1802. He was a carpenter by occupation, and a teacher in the public schools for several years. He was married March 8, 1827, in Lansing, NY to Belina Brown, who bore him nine children, of whom the two eldest, Mrs. J J Starin and Mrs. Roxana Hamilton, are now living in Whitewater. The eldest son, N. Augustus, now a lawyer and prominent citizen of St. Joseph, Mich., was for many years a prominent school teacher in and about Whitewater, and a master of his art. It was a teaching family, several of the sisters having high repute in that calling.
The shooting of William H. Hamilton at a chiarivari party, was one of the few memorable tragedies in the early history of this region.
Mr. Hamilton came to Wisconsin in 1842. He located on a farm to the south of the village in the district which early acquired the name of "the Island". but worked much of the time at his trade.
He was a man of simple and devout religious faith: he knew that he should see his Lord, face to face. He knew the Bible almost by heart. When to be an Abolitionist was almost to be an outlaw, he was one of the first three in this town to vote the Abolitionist ticket.

History of Whitewater 1882
DAVID HAMILTON, farmer, Sec. 20; P. 0. Whitewater; is a native of Lansingvllle, Tompkins Co., N. Y.; was born in 1802. He was a carpenter by occupation, and a teacher of the public sohool for several years. He was married, in Lansing, N. Y., in 1827, to Miss Belina Brown. Their family consisted of nine children Frances E. is the wife of Jacob J. Starin, of Whitewater, Wis.; Roxana M. is the wife of B. M. Hamilton, of Willington, Ill.; Nathaniel A. married Miss Emma Scott, and is practicing law at St. Joseph, Mich.; Bethana J. is the wife of A. V. Mills, of Lake Mills, Wis.; William. H. died at the age of 22 years; Mary L. was the wife of George W. Swan, of Oakland, Cal., and died at that place January, 1879; Ada A. is a teacher of the same place; Jesse B. married Mintie Tryon, and resides in Lansing, Mich.; was a member of Co. A, 1st W. V. C. Edgar C. married Emma Wood, and lives at Mason City, Iowa; was a member of Co. E, 47th W. V. I.; Mr. Hamilton and family moved to Wisconsin in 1842 and located in the town of Whitewater, where he and his wife still live, in the enjoyment of good health and a fair share of this world's comforts. The eldest son and all five of the daughters have been school-teachers.

David HAMILTON Sex: M
Event(s): Birth: 18 Jun 1802 Lansing, Tompkins, New York
Parents: Father: Nathaniel HAMILTON Mother: Elizabeth MOORE

1850 census Whitewater, Walworth, Wisconsin p334 of Walworth Jul 19th
David Hamilton 48 Carpenter NY
Belina 43 NY
Francis E. 22 F NY
Roxanna M. 20 NY
Augustus 18 Farmer
Bethana 16 NY
Wm H. 14 NY
Mary L. 12 NY
Adaline A. 10 F NY
Jesse I. 7 M WI
Chas E. 3 WI

1860 census Whitewater, Walworth, Wisconsin p 84
David Hamilton 58 Farmer, NY
Belinda 53 NY (okay one exception)
Roxanna M. 30 School teacher
N Augustus 28 School teacher
Mary L 22 School teacher
H. Addie 20 School teacher
Jesse B. 17 Farm labor
Charles E. 12 Farm Labor

1870 census Whitewater, Walworth, Wisconsin p 90 July 12
Hamilton, David 67 NY Farmer
Belina 63 NY Keeps house
Roxie 40 NY At home
Edgar 22 WI Farmer
Jesse 26 WI Farmer
Minte 22 MI At home
Mary 2 MI

1880 Census Place: Whitewater, Walworth, Wisconsin
David HAMILTON Self M M W 77 NY Occ: Retired Farmer Fa: NJ Mo: NJ
Belina HAMILTON Wife F M W 72 NY Occ: Keeping House Fa: NJ Mo: NJ

1900 census Whitewater, Walworth, Wisconsin ED 102 347A Jun 15-16
501 Maine St.
Starn, Francis E. Head Mar 1828 72 Wd 2ch2liv NY NY NY Capitalist
Hamilton, Belina Mother Oct 1807 92 9ch5liv NY NY NY

My gg grandmother's sister - Ralph Edwards