When Samuel Thomas Hamill was born on 15 March 1898, in Huerfano, Colorado, United States, his father, David Young Hamill, was 43 and his mother, Sadie Luella Byram, was 30. He lived in Election Precinct 12 Crestones, Huerfano, Colorado, United States in 1900. He died on 28 June 1907, in Pueblo, Colorado, United States, at the age of 9, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, United States.