Hammond, Samuel Albro 1825-1903 & Son David's Family
HAMMOND, STONE, HAPGOOD, KIMBALL, STILLMAN, BENTON
Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 7/21/2023 at 07:07:44
Hammond, Samuel Albro 1825-1903 & son David and Lizzie Hammond family.
This story was taken from page 403 of the Ireton Centennial Book (1882-1982) Author unknown. The story was transcribed for this BIOS by Beth De Leeuw of the Greater Sioux County Genealogical Society. Some research notes were added.
------------------------Mr. Samuel Albro Hammond, born in 1825, came to the Ireton area along with his only son, David, born in 1855, in 1870 from Reading, Vt. and moved into the Claim shanty which was called “34”, on the farm which became SE¼ of Sec. #34 Reading Twp. Mrs. Hammond passed away in Vermont In 1857.
In 1871 they planted black walnuts along the road and went to the Rock River for Maple seeds and planted a huge grove of Maples—some of which are still standing today. In July 1873 they moved into the middle part of the house. In 1874 they set out some Ash trees. The Hammonds had come from a wooded area in Vermont and tried to make their Iowa home like it. They received a certificate dated June 3, 1913 when the farm was named Maple Grove Farm. In 1880 the Sept. taxes for David and Samuel were $98.30-¾ of the Sec. #34.
David married Lizzie Benton from Deerfield, Mn. in 1881. Three children were born: Mabel in 1882, Chester in 1884, Sarah Louise in 1886. Lizzie passed away in 1887. In 1886 the family started building the square part of their house.
In 1893 Aylmer Bushby started work at the Hammonds. In Mar. 1893 they joined the American Shetland Pony Club. They raised many ponies and sold them along with extensive farming and raising of other livestock.
In 1903, Mr. S.A. Hammond passed away at Maple Grove Farm and is buried in the Ireton Cemetery. Reading Twp. was named after the town he came from in Vermont, upon his suggestion.
David’s daughter, Louise, married Aylmer Bushby May 1911 and had 3 children: Lois born in 1914, Esther born in 1916, and Dwight born in 1919. They moved into the Hammond place when David and daughter, Mabel, moved to Calif. in 1920, after his son, Chester, passed away in N.D. The Bushbys farmed and also raised and sold Shetland ponies. When Aylmer and family bought an orange grove and moved to Calif. about 1925, his brother, Chris and family, moved on and continued raising ponies. Years later the farm was sold and buildings were torn down.
After David’s death and burial in the Ireton Pleasant Hill Cemetery in May 1932, a former resident paid him this tribute: “David Hammond was a large minded man of great ability, honesty, and integrity.”
Mabel passed away in 1938, Aylmer passed away in 1958, and Louise passed away in 1972, and are all buried in Calif.
---------------------------RESEARCH NOTES- added by Wilma J. Vande Berg on the Samuel Hammond Family found on ancestry.com public member trees turned in by others.
Samuel Albro Hammond was born 16 Aug 1825 Reading Windsor Vermont and died 7 Nov 1903 Ireton IA. His parents were David Hammond 1792-1854 and Alice Stone 1783-1864. He was married three times:First wife: He married Mary Louisa Hapgood born 30 Jul 1827 Reading Vermont. Nov 1851 Vermont. She was the daughter of David Hapgood 1786-1859 and Sarah ‘Sally’ Kimball 1793-1876. She died 28 Apr 1857 Reading Vermont. They had one child, David Hammond 1855-1932.
Second wife: Salome F. Hapgood born 9 Dec 1826 Massachusetts and died 28 Dec 1876 Vermont. Married 20 Oct 1863 Summit Ohio. She was said to be a cousin of Mary Louisa. She was a daughter of Artemus Hapgood 1795-1837 and Rebecca Fay 1800-1864. They had one foster child, Margaret ‘Maggie’ Allen 1870-1949. Maggie Allen, identified as a foster daughter.
Third wife: Sarah Jane Stillman born 28 Apr 1831 Hartford Connecticut and died 17 Oct 1917 Ireton IA. Married 25 Sep 1878 Plymouth Tsp. Sioux County IA. She was the daughter of George Deacon Stillman 1798-1882 and Sarah Loomis Whiton 1803-1845. She had been married before to William Benton 1829-1874 and had three children.
Child of Samuel and Mary Louisa:
David Hammond born 21 Mar 1855 Reading Vermont, died 10 May 1932 Covina Los Angeles CA. His wife was Lizzie Mabel Benton born 24 Dec 1861 Deerfield MN died 15 Apr 1887 Ireton IA. She was the daughter of William Oscar Benton 1829-1874 and Sarah Jane Stillman 1831-1917. They had five children: Mabel Lucile Hammond 1882-1966, Mabel Benton Hammond 1882-1938, Chester Hammond 1884-1920 and Louisa Sarah Hammond 1886-1972.
OBITUARY OF SAMUEL HAMMOND 1825-1903
Alton Democrat of Nov 14, 1903 Ireton News.
Samuel Hammond died at his home at Ireton Saturday aged seventy-eight—his death being due to the debilities of age. He was born at Reading Vermont and was married there in 1851 and again in 1863, In 1878 he was married at Wethersfield Connecticut to the wife who survives him. David Hammond of this place is a son by his first wife and the only child who survives him. Deceased came to this county in 1870.
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( In an account found on ancestry.com Samuel Albro Hammond was born 16 Aug 1825 Reading Windsor VT, died 9 Nov. 1903 Ireton IA. He was the son of David Hammond and Alice Stone. He was married three times #1. Mary Hapgood 1827-1857 one son David Hammond 1855-1932, #2 Salome F. Hapgood 1826-1876, a daughter Maggie Hammond 1871, and #3 Sarah Jane Stillman 1831-1917. )OBITUARIES OF DAVID HAMMOND 1855-1932
From the Rock Valley Bee, June 24, 1932 – a letter from E. D. Brown reporting on ex-Iowans who have recently died in California:
The next ex-Sioux County pioneer is David Hammond. For many years, he was one of the outstanding breeders of pure-bred stock of Ireton; but living so near Plymouth County line that he was perhaps better known in LeMars than in any of the Sioux County towns outside of Ireton. Mr. Hammond moved to Sioux County in 1870. He accompanied his parents, Samuel and Louise Hammond, from Vermont at that early date. He was a resident of Covina, California. His daughters, Miss Mable and Mrs. Louise Bushby, were with him at his home when he passed on. Burial was beside his wife and his father at Ireton.
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From the Le Mars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, May 17, 1932:
David Hammond, Horseman and Stock Raiser Here For Many Years Dies at Winter Home
Word has been received here of the passing of David Hammond at his home in Covina, California, on May 10, 1932. David Hammond, as he was familiarly known, is remembered as an extensive land owner and stock raiser on the Sioux-Plymouth county line, coming to Le Mars with his father, Samuel Hammond, in 1870. They were actively connected with the pioneer days of this section.
Mr. Hammond was born in Reading, Vermont, in 1855, and spent fifty-one years of his active life on the farm he and his father improved. The year without a spring, 1881, Mr. Hammond was married to Miss Lizzie M. Benton. His home was saddened within a few years by the death of his wife and he courageously assumed the care of his three motherless children. Two daughters, both of Covina, remain to miss his fatherly counsel, Miss Mabel Hammond and Louise, now Mrs. Aylmer Bushby. His son, Chester H. Hammond, passed on twelve years ago at Edgeley, North Dakota, at which place his family still resides. Mr. Hammond leaves eight grandchildren.
After the death of his son, he rented his farm, spending his winters among the orange groves of California, and his summers looking after his farms in Iowa and North Dakota. He met the troubles of this life with fortitude, patience and optimism. A former resident of Le Mars pays him this tribute: “David Hammond was a large minded man of great ability, honesty and integrity.”
Funeral services were held at Covina on May 12, and his remains brought to Ireton Pleasant Hill cemetery to be laid beside his wife and his father.
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The Sioux County Cemetery Index has Hammond, David, born 21 Mar 1855, died 10 May 1932, buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Ireton IA.
See the obit of his father Samuel Albro Hammond, 1825-1903 (separately posted); it lists his mother as Mary Hapgood.
Researcher Wilma J. Vande Berg found the following information: In the 1920 census of Reading Tsp. Sioux county David Hammond born about 1856 Vermont was a widower. Children Mabel born abt 1883 Iowa. In 1910 living same place, he was a widower then, with children Mabel and Louisa. From an ancestry.com report (by others) he was married to Lizzie Mabel Benton on April 7, 1881. In addition to Mabel and Louisa a son Chester H. was born to them in 1884. Lizzie Benton born 1861 died April 15, 1887 at Ireton IA at age 25. See her obit Lizzie Hammond 1862-1887. Also see the obit entry for the Benton and Hammond bodies re-interred 1918.OBITUARY OF LIZZIE HAMMOND 1862-1887
Sioux County Herald April 21, 1887
Death has again visited our township, and taken from us one of our most respected citizens, Mrs. David Hammond. She departed this life on Friday morning, April 10th. Mrs. Hammond had suffered severely for the last two years with that dreaded disease, consumption. Her funeral service was preached on Sunday at the residence of Mr. S. H. Hammond by Rev. Patch of the Congregational church at LeMars. The sermon was a very forcible one, and was delivered in a solemn and pathetic manner, to a large and mournful congregation. Mrs. Hammond leaves a husband, three small children, mother and a host of friends to mourn her untimely death. Her mortal remains were placed in the Union Hill cemetery beside her father who died in 1874. Mr. Hammond has the heartfelt sympathies of the entire community, in this his greatest bereavement.
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Poster’s note: From other obituaries on this site, Lizzie (Benton) Hammond was the daughter of Sarah (Stillman) and William Benton. According to her gravestone, she was born in 1862. Her body was re-interred in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in 1918.This partially faded picture was found on page 403 of the Ireton Centennial book. David Hammond and children - Mable, Chester, and Louise.
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