HAMMOND, William 1816-1883

HAMMOND

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 9/29/2013 at 00:50:59

WILLIAM HAMMOND

Source: Iowa State Reporter, Waterloo: Thursday, January 3, 1884, Page 5

Death of an Old and Esteemed Citizen.

Waterloo again mourns the loss of one of its efficient business men and one of its esteemed citizens in the death of Mr. William Hammond.

William Hammond was born at Paris, Oneida Co., N. Y., August 3, 1816, where his father at a ripe old age still survives.

His boyhood was passed upon the family homestead, in the routine of life common to our American youth, and divided between the usual experiences of work, pastime and schooling. It was in common schools of his native town that Mr. Hammond acquired the only basis he ever had for that thrifty, energetic and successful business career, which was prominent in his future life.

After his marriage he remained at Paris some eight years, when following the tide of western enterprise, he removed, in 1856, to Waterloo, Iowa. From that date to within a short period of his decease, Mr. Hammond has been more or less identified with the public enterprises and business life of this city. He was engaged mainly in real estate and banking business, and was known as an upright, carefully calculating and successful business man.

Soon after his coming here he connected himself with the Congregational church, and has ever been one of its constant supporters. From a natural seclusion of manner few knew his real feelings, fewer still his actual experiences. His friends were acquainted with him more by what they saw than by what he ever told them of himself.

Mr. Hammond died December 29, 1883, in the 67 th year of his age. A large number of relatives, friends and acquaintances attended the funeral services and testified by their presence, their affection and esteem for the bereaved family. Rev. J. H. Windsor, Mr. Hammond’s pastor, and Rev. Mr. Garton, of the Baptist church,, officiated at the services, Mr. Garton who had known the deceased for some years, giving a brief sketch of his life. A quartette [sic] sang, "Come Ye Disconsolate," and "Rock of Ages." H. B. Allen, Esq., had charge of the arrangements for the services.

Mr. Hammond leaves a widow, his second wife, and five children. These are widely known and more or less connected with the business, social and religious interests of our city.

Dr. Eddy, son-in-law of the deceased, kindly furnishes us with the following information concerning his illness:

"Wm. Hammond has been afflicted with chronic rheumatism for more than two years. On the night of Dec. 18, he took a very severe cold and had an exceedingly hard chill, followed by a raging high fever which continued with remissions every forenoon for six days; then a typhoid form of disease supervened which prostrated his whole energies, and death took place just ten days from the time the severe chill occurred. When he took this severe cold, the blood-poison peculiar to rheumatism was accelerated in its work of destruction on the vital organs with a rapidity and severity a hundred fold greater than it had been doing previously."

[William Hammond was the father of Emma Hammond, wife of Judge Charles W. Mullan, and Gertrude, Amelia E., William Henry, and Fannie Hammond,. His first wife was Frances, born 1818 in New York State and died in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, IA. He then married a second time. This would put Emma Hammond, wife of Judge Charles H. Mullan, born about 1850-1851 in Oneida County, NY. William Hammond's father was Cyrus Hammond, born about 1798 in New York State and his mother was Lucy Hammond, born about 1796 in New York State. They were living in Oneida County, New York, as is stated in his Obit, and his father does appear in the 1880 U. S. Census in Oneida County, NY. William's mother, Lucy, is deceased.]