Given the question: Facts: - death place: manhattan , new york united states - caption: sidney dillon - death date: 9 june 1892 - spouse: hannah death -rrb- smith -lrb- 1822-1884 -rrb- 1841 1884 -lrb- her - children: cora a. julia e. -lrb- '' julie '' -rrb- - birth date: 7 may 1812 - name: sidney dillon - image size: 200px - image: sidneydillon.jpg - birth place: northampton , new york united states - occupation: railroad builder & manager Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of sidney dillon .
The answer is:
sidney dillon -lrb- may 7 , 1812 -- june 9 , 1892 -rrb- , an american railroad executive and one the nation 's premier railroad builders .