David Hillhouse worked a variety of jobs, including setting up a general store, owning land, serving as a local and state official, and contracting troops.
[3] In 1801, Sarah's husband David Hillhouse purchased the town's newspaper, the Washington Gazette, and renamed it the Monitor.
Hillhouse engaged in many of the side businesses common for publishers at the time, such as selling writing paper, blank legal forms, and gamuts.
[citation needed] She edited the Monitor, and was acknowledged on the folio line, until 1811 when she passed it to her son, David P. Hillhouse, who sold the newspaper to John K.M.
"[3] Upon her death, most of Hillhouse's estate was left to Mary, as David had received much of the family property during her life, and Sarah Gilbert was well provided for through her trust fund.