David Sturgis Sprague Sammis

1818 - 1895  (77 years)

• Name	David Sturgis Sprague Sammis
  Birth	8 May 1818
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 May 1895	Babylon, Suffolk, New York
  Burial	Babylon, Suffolk, New York
  Person ID	I46478	Scudder
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2013

  
  

  Father	Daniel Sammis,   b. Jul 1793, Babylon, Suffolk, New York d. 1 Oct 1873, Babylon, Suffolk, New York (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Maria Ketcham,   b. 10 Jan 1793, Suffolk county, New York d. 19 Mar 1883, Babylon, Suffolk, New York (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	22 Jul 1815	South Harbor, Suffolk, New York
  Family ID	F16539	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Emeline Wheeler,   b. 1 Nov 1823   d. 30 Aug 1852 (Age 28 years)
  Family ID	F16538	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Antoinette M. Wheeler,   b. 22 Apr 1832, New York d. 28 Jul 1902 (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	8 May 1854	New York
  Children	1. Emeline W. Sammis,   b. Abt 1855, New York d. Yes, date unknown   2. Louisa A. Sammis,   b. Abt 1857, New York d. Yes, date unknown   3. Joseph G. M. Sammis,   b. Abt 1859, New York d. Yes, date unknown   4. Annie P. Sammis,   b. Abt 1861, New York d. Yes, date unknown   5. Nettie H. Sammis,   b. Abt 1864, New York d. Yes, date unknown   6. Sarah E. Sammis,   b. Abt 1867, New York d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F16537	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  David was the proprietor of the Surf Hotel on Fire Island; went into hotel business in New York City in 1848 and in 1856 built a hotel on Fire Island for 100 guests, which he soon enlarged. He introduced gas [lighting ?] and made the hotel first class. He sold his interest in New York City hotels in 1858, to devote himself fully to the Surf Hotel and real estate ventures in Babylon. He built a street railway for transporting guests from the railroad depot to the steamboat dock at Babylon; served as postmaster at Fire Island; organized the Babylon National Bank and the Babylon Water Company; leader in the incorporation of Babylon Village. He sold his hotel property on Fire Island to New York State in 1892 to be used for a cholera quarantine station. This upset the people of Babylon, causing of Governor of New York State to call out two regiments of troops to keep order. He left an estate of $300,000 to his widow, son and five daughters.