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Dill, Deborah B. | Marriage Date: 10-21-1818

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Major Samuel Dill, of Auburn, NY was an associate judge in Rome, Oneida county, NY, and justice of the peace. He entered the army in the war of 1812, and served as major in the United States infantry, and was stationed at Sacket Harbor. He had charge of the works there during nearly all the time of the war, and also had supervision over the territory from the St. Lawrence to the Niagara, along the northern frontier of the state. Winfield Scott and Jared Brown served under him in the time as lieutenants. On account of the death of an older brother in Auburn, who left a very large estate, he resigned his commission in the army and moved to that city. On his removal there, however, her was at once made United States commissary during the remainder of the war. He was twice elected to the legislature from Cayuga county; was appointed to serve on the committee to receive General LaFayette. He took an active part in politics and all affairs of the time, and donated part of the ground where famous Auburn State Prison was built. Samuel Dill was son of Robert and Hannah McNeil Dill and therefore the brother of Robert Dill and Col John Dill. He had two children with Deborah B. Field: Robert Lafayette and Cornelia Adeline.

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Major Samuel Dill, of Auburn, NY was an associate judge in Rome, Oneida county, NY, and justice of the peace. He entered the army in the war of 1812, and served as major in the United States infantry, and was stationed at Sacket Harbor. He had charge of the works there during nearly all the time of the war, and also had supervision over the territory from the St. Lawrence to the Niagara, along the northern frontier of the state. Winfield Scott and Jared Brown served under him in the time as lieutenants. On account of the death of an older brother in Auburn, who left a very large estate, he resigned his commission in the army and moved to that city. On his removal there, however, her was at once made United States commissary during the remainder of the war. He was twice elected to the legislature from Cayuga county; was appointed to serve on the committee to receive General LaFayette. He took an active part in politics and all affairs of the time, and donated part of the ground where famous Auburn State Prison was built. Samuel Dill was son of Robert and Hannah McNeil Dill and therefore the brother of Robert Dill and Col John Dill. He had two children with Deborah B. Field: Robert Lafayette and Cornelia Adeline.
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Field Genealogy: Being the Record of All the Field Family in ..., Volume 1 By Frederick Clifton Pierce
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