Henry J. Hammond

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This gentleman was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, near Zanesville, February 6, 1833, the son of Jacob and Elizabeth Hammond. Grandfather Hammond came to Ohio at an early day; he was a farmer, a Republican in politics and a Methodist, and his death occurred in Marion county, Ohio. His son Jacob was a native of Pennsylvania, and he and his wife came to Iowa in 1854, where he died in February, 1882, at the age of seventy-two, and his wife died in 1876. The children were: Henry J., Daniel W., Greenville C., who died in the army of Illinois; Butler, deceased; James, Emeline, Catheryn, Nancy Hattie, and Elizabeth, deceased.

Henry J. Hammond remained in Ohio till he was twenty-one years old, where he received a fair education and also became acquainted with farming, which was the principal occupation of his life. In 1862 he enlisted for the war at Knoxville, Iowa, and served through the struggle in Company A, Thirty-third Iowa Volunteer Infantry. He was mustered out at New Orleans and discharged at Davenport, Iowa, and is now a pensioner.

In 1860 Mr. Hammond was married to Mary M. Copeland, the daughter of James and Jane Copeland, the former from Kentucky and the latter of Indiana. The children of this union were Samuel B., Joseph F., John C., Elizabeth, deceased, Josephine C., Clayton, deceased, and Mary Emeline, deceased. Mrs. Hammond died in April, 1882, and is buried in Marion county; she was a member of the Methodist church. Mr. Hammond is a Republican, has been a Mason since 1862 and is a member of the Methodist church. His son, Joseph F., assists him in carrying on the home place.