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William Stephen Hamilton (August 4, 1797 – October 9, 1850), a son of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, was an American politician and miner who lived much of his life in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Wisconsin Territory.
Jul 13, 2022 · Historians say the group was led by abolitionist William Hamilton, who is believed to be the biracial illegitimate son of one of America’s founding fathers, Alexander Hamilton.
- Mildred Europa Taylor
In 1958, while preparing a unit on local history for my American history class at Elmwood Community High School, Elmwood, Illinois, in Peoria County, I noted a reference to William S. Hamilton in early Peoria records and a statement that he was the son of Alexander Hamilton.
- Philip Hamilton (1782–1801) The oldest of the Hamilton brood, Philip was born in 1782 and named after his maternal grandfather, Philip Schuyler, an American Revolutionary War general and Senator.
- Angelica Hamilton (1784–1857) Philip’s death cast a lasting shadow across the Hamilton family, but no one was more affected than Alexander’s second-oldest child, Angelica.
- Alexander Hamilton (1786–1875) Like the original Alexander Hamilton, the younger Alexander studied at Columbia and went on to become a lawyer, graduating college just a few weeks after his father’s dueling death at the hands of Aaron Burr.
- James Alexander Hamilton (1788–1878) After graduating from Columbia and becoming a lawyer, James married into another powerful American family: the Morrises.
William Stephen Hamilton (August 4, 1797 – October 9, 1850), a son of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, was an American politician and miner who lived much of his life in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Wisconsin Territory.
Learn about William S. Hamilton, the son of Alexander Hamilton and a Wisconsin pioneer, from a letter by Theodore Rodolf. The article is from the autumn 1957 issue of the Wisconsin magazine of history.
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William Stephen Hamilton (August 4, 1797 – October 9, 1850), a son of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, was a politician and miner who lived much of his life in the U.S. state of Illinois and territorial Wisconsin.
