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Samuel DILL

Male 1767 - 1859  (91 years)


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  • Name Samuel DILL 
    Born 22 Oct 1767  Shawangunk, Ulster Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 01 May 1859  Camillus, Onondaga Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I292408753455  Doty Family in America
    Last Modified 14 Feb 2024 

    Father Caleb DILL,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Hannah HUNTER,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F7937  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Deborah FIELD,   b. 17 Sep 1781, Danbury, CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jul 1862, Newark, Wayne Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married Auburn, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Robert Lafayette DILL,   b. 01 Feb 1822, Auburn, NY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Nov 1877, Camillus, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
     2. Cornelia Adeline DILL,   b. Sep 1824, Auburn, NY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 14 Feb 2024 
    Family ID F7936  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • In 1796 he removed to Fort Stanwix, now Rome, NY, where he lived seventeen years. During the embargo of 1808, he held a major's commission in the New York State Infantry. As such, he had command for a period of Sacket Harbor and the entire northern frontier, from the St. Lawrence to Niagara. General Jacob Brown and Winfield Scott at one time both served under him as Lieutenants in the line. In 1811 he resigned his commission, returned to Rome, and was soon appointed first Judge of Oneida Co. He removed to Auburn, NY, in 1813, and served in that place as U. S. Commissary during the remainder of the War of 1812. When a resident of Auburn, he took at active and leading part in the affairs of the place and in the politics of the day. He was twice elected Member of the Legislature from Cayuga County in 1821 and 1822. During the year 1829 he removed to Camillus, and retiring from public life devoted the remainder of his days to the pursuits of agriculture. In his intercourse with society of during his long life, and in every position of trust and honor he was called to fill, Judge Dill maintained a spotless reputation. For strict honesty, for integrity, public spirit, patriotism and benevolence, he has seldom been surpassed, and, indeed, rarely equalled by any of his contemporaries. He retained his faculties to a remarkable degree. He was perfectly familiar with the affairs of our country and government, was posted in the movements of every political party, and to within a few days of his death could converse with fluency, and with a manifestation of the greatest interest, on all these subjects. In religion he had for most of his days cherished a large and liberal Christian faith. He could not entertain the thought that his Creator's wisdom and goodness were less than his own; but sincerely believed that God ever had been and ever would be good unto all, and that the reign of Christ would result in the happiness of every intelligent being. This broad and bright hope gave him great satisfaction during his long earthly journey, and comforted and sustained him in his last days. For some time he had been afflicted with partial blindness. His last illness was painful but brief, and he finally dropped away like a child sinking to a gentle slumber. (Dill)