Biography of Sylvanus L. Hamlin, pages 990 / 991.  History of De Kalb 
County, Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Sylvanus L. Hamlin born in Orleans County, N.Y., Oct 12, 1833, a son of 
Samuel Seymour, a native of the same county, who died when our subject was 
fourteen years of age.  He received a good education, attending the academy 
in Millville, N.Y.  After leaving school he worked for a time in his native 
county, and then went to Shelby, Ohio, and engaged in the grocery business 
two years, when he moved to Hudson, Lenawee Co., Mich., and worked at the 
carpenter'’ trade and at contracting with his brother Semour nine years, and 
then moved to Fayette, Ohio, and engaged in the furniture business till 
1880, when on account of the ill health of himself and wife he sold out and 
went to Petoski, Mich.  In October, 1882, he moved to Butler, Ind., and 
engaged in the furniture business till Oct. 15, 1884, when he sold out and 
is now engaged in contracting and building. Mr. Hamlin was married Oct. 12, 
1858, to Sarah Hamlin, a native of Orleans County, N.Y., a daughter of Luman 
Hamlin.  Mr. Hamlin is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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