Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-05-02
ALEXANDER HAMILroN,s SON.
Whose Remains Rest in the City Gene
terry of Sacramento.

terry Oh sacramento.
A son of the First Secretary of the
Treasury is buried in our City Cemetery.
He was next youngest to Philip Hamilton,
who recently died at Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
The records of the Hamilton family all
show that William Steven died at Sacra-
mento the 7th of August, 1850, but the
tombstone gives the date October 8, 1850.
It may be that the body rested in the re-
ceiving vault until the later date. and was
formally buried at that time. IF any OF
our readers can throw light upon this sub
ject Or furnish any facts respect
ing this interesting man our col
ums are gladly at their service.
He was born in the city of New York
August 4, 1897, so that he was little
past so years of age at the time of his death.
He was not man of dissolute habits, but
with q rowing disposition. He left West
Point. which he entered in 1914, before his
graduation, and drifted to various points in
the then remote Western country. In his
youth he was especially fond of all forms
of mathematics, and on account of his pro-
ficiency was made United States Surveyor
of public lands in Illinois. In 1882 he
served as Colonel of Illinois Volunteers in
the Black Hawk war, commanding recon-
noitering party under The famous General
Atkinson He filled several positions
of importance and afterwards re-
moved 10 Wisconsin and thence to
California The Pioneer associations ofthe
State may be able 10 definitely Tx the time
of his arrival and his occupations during
his residence here. He was originally
buried in tier 2, grave 90, but afterwards
his body was removed to lot 90-a neglected
spot by 10-a space unworthy Of so great
a name. The plot seems to be owned by
@. Woodman, and is closely hemmed in by
the grounds now or once owned by n.
Fitzsimmons, Z. Smith and Hester Vran-
ken. A dark granite stone, polished on
one side, marks the grave, bearing this in
scription
COL VIM. 8 HAMILTON.
Son of
GEN. ALEXANDER HAMILTON.
Born in New York. August 4, 1897.
lie was an early settler and prominent citizen
OF Wisconsin, coming to California in 1919.
He died here october 8, 1850. In size and feat
uIe, in talent and character, he much resem-
bled his illustrious father.
friend erects this stone.
Does this friend or any of his family still
survive? A movement viii be inaugurated
by the levers Of Alexander Hamilton in
the State of New York, either to improve
the present lot, the bricks about which are
deeply sunken in the ground, or purchase
in the newer portion of our beautiful Gene
terry some fitting resting place for this
worthy veteran of other days. VIII not
the Posts of the Grand Army of the Re-
public remember on Decoration Day
the lonely spot where rests the son
of Washinton's dearest friend - the
man whom from youth to age he
loved and trusted most? There are few to
whom we owe so much as Alexander Ham
ilton, for, amid obstacles which to all 9TH
ers seemed insurmountable he contrived to
pay the debt of the country and each of
the colonies, and laid the foundations of a
financial system which has never been
changed IN any important particular to the
present time.