Death
| “ | . . . Malarial fever resulting in spinal exhaustion terminating in paralysis superinduced by great bodily and mental strain. | ” |
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—Attending doctor describing |
Before his death Hamilton fell ill for two weeks. He suffered multiple symptoms, including dysentery, and, according to his doctor, died from "malarial fever resulting in spinal exhaustion terminating in paralysis superinduced by great bodily and mental strain." William S. Hamilton died in Sacramento, California on October 9, 1850 at age 53. He was interred in the Sacramento Historic City Cemetery. The section of the cemetery where he is buried was named Hamilton Square in his honor. Hamilton had been in California about one year when he died from what he called "mountain fever", most likely cholera during an 1850 epidemic.
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