Early Life
William Stephen Hamilton was born August 4, 1797 in New York, third-youngest child and second-youngest son of Alexander Hamilton. In 1814 he was admitted to the United States Military Academy, from which he had resigned by 1817. Following his resignation from West Point, Hamilton migrated to Sangamon County, Illinois. He lived in Springfield and Peoria, Illinois until 1827 when he moved to the lead mining region around the Fever River.
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