Born the second son of Elisha Heaton (Eaton) Sill and Susan Miles Hopkins of Connecticut, in 1839 Samuel married into the long and prestigious Rose family recently of Virginia. Samuel and his wife Susan Ann Lawson Rose Sill had four sons: Robert Rose Sill, William Eaton Sill, Henry Rose Sill, and Frederick Sill.
Samuel's desire for wealth and prestige led him to California during the national obsession with the Gold Rush. The distance caused significant marital strife. Following the 1848 death of his wife, he stayed in or near Solano, California, until the early 1850s. He returned to Geneva, but his children were ultimately raised by relatives. In both NYS and US Census returns he was thereafter listed as a "gentleman." In modern parlance, it's a fancy way of saying Samuel was without any profession but seemed to possess enough wealth to live comfortably with a housekeeper.
Obituary: "Died. At Geneva, April 15, Samuel Hopkins Sill, aged 83 years."
Source: The Ontario County Journal (26 April 1895), Canandaigua, New York.
Samuel's desire for wealth and prestige led him to California during the national obsession with the Gold Rush. The distance caused significant marital strife. Following the 1848 death of his wife, he stayed in or near Solano, California, until the early 1850s. He returned to Geneva, but his children were ultimately raised by relatives. In both NYS and US Census returns he was thereafter listed as a "gentleman." In modern parlance, it's a fancy way of saying Samuel was without any profession but seemed to possess enough wealth to live comfortably with a housekeeper.
Obituary: "Died. At Geneva, April 15, Samuel Hopkins Sill, aged 83 years."
Source: The Ontario County Journal (26 April 1895), Canandaigua, New York.
Born the second son of Elisha Heaton (Eaton) Sill and Susan Miles Hopkins of Connecticut, in 1839 Samuel married into the long and prestigious Rose family recently of Virginia. Samuel and his wife Susan Ann Lawson Rose Sill had four sons: Robert Rose Sill, William Eaton Sill, Henry Rose Sill, and Frederick Sill.
Samuel's desire for wealth and prestige led him to California during the national obsession with the Gold Rush. The distance caused significant marital strife. Following the 1848 death of his wife, he stayed in or near Solano, California, until the early 1850s. He returned to Geneva, but his children were ultimately raised by relatives. In both NYS and US Census returns he was thereafter listed as a "gentleman." In modern parlance, it's a fancy way of saying Samuel was without any profession but seemed to possess enough wealth to live comfortably with a housekeeper.
Obituary: "Died. At Geneva, April 15, Samuel Hopkins Sill, aged 83 years."
Source: The Ontario County Journal (26 April 1895), Canandaigua, New York.
Samuel's desire for wealth and prestige led him to California during the national obsession with the Gold Rush. The distance caused significant marital strife. Following the 1848 death of his wife, he stayed in or near Solano, California, until the early 1850s. He returned to Geneva, but his children were ultimately raised by relatives. In both NYS and US Census returns he was thereafter listed as a "gentleman." In modern parlance, it's a fancy way of saying Samuel was without any profession but seemed to possess enough wealth to live comfortably with a housekeeper.
Obituary: "Died. At Geneva, April 15, Samuel Hopkins Sill, aged 83 years."
Source: The Ontario County Journal (26 April 1895), Canandaigua, New York.
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