Was born in Graves County, KY, January 20,1834; removed with his parents in 1836 to Fulton County, where he remained until 1856, when he emigrated to Izard County, Ark., and after four years residence there entered the army, in which he continued to the close of the war. In 1866, he settled on the place where hhe now resides, in Fulton Co.,Ky. His father, James HAMMOND, was born near Lexington, KY and died in 1882, aged seventy-four years. James married Nancy POLSGROVE, who died in 1861. Their offspring are William H., subject, Elizabeth (BAKER), Sarah A.(GRIMMETT), John S., Martha M. (McGLASSON), Susan E. (TUCKER), and Thomas F. Subject was married March 2, 1854 to Miss Theresa S., daughter of Admiral and Margaret (UNDERWOOD) BLACKMAN of Hickman County(died in 1860, aged twenty-one years), and as a result of this union, James A. (deceased) and Thomas H. were born. October 17, 1866, subject was married to Miss Harriett BLACKMAN, sister to his first wife and to them have been born John w., Ada J. (deceased), Ida B., Charles N., Tira and Otha F. Squire HAMMOND where he resides eleven years as magistrate and member of the county court. He is a farmer, owning 142 acres of fine land, which he is successfully cultivating. He is a Baptist in religion, a member of the Masonic fraternity, also of the K of H and in politics is a Democrat.

Submitted by: billco@ARN.NET (Bill Utterback) Saturday, January 29, 2000