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| Kosciusko Co, Indiana Marriage Record: Book B:403 David Hammond married Sarah M. Pontius 11 Aug 1861 David is buried in the Mock Cemetery section 4, row 13, stone 16. The same stone as his wife Sarah M. Binnie failed to record this in his compilation of tombstone records for the Mock Cemetery. Tombstone records age at death of 23 April 1904 aged 75Y 2M 9D.2 Birth date shown is that from his Bio. 1870 Census Kosciusko Co, IN Tippecanoe Twn Pg 10b Dw/Fam 150 Hammond, David age 44 b OH Hammond, Sarah age 28 b PA Hammond, Daniel age 8 b IN Hammond, Lucinda age 7 b IN Hammond, Amanda age 5 b IN Hammond, William age 1 b IN Hammond, Ira age 2/12 b IN 1880 Census Kosciusko Co, IN Tippecanoe Twn pg 2 dw/fam 10 Hammond, David age 51 b OH PA OH Hammond, Sarah age 36 b PA PA PA Hammond, Lucinda age 17 dau b IN Hammond, Amanda age 14 dau b IN Hammond, William age 11 son b iN Hammond, Ira age 10 b son IN Hammond, Jesse M. age 8 son b IN Shock, Rebecca Ann age 7 b IN IN IN At Home [no relationship noted] 3 "David Hamman: The gentleman whose name initiates this article is a native of Ohio, a state which has been the cradle of much of our western civilization and upon which the commonwealth of Indiana has largely drawn for its most enlightened, and enterprising and progressive citizenship. Going still further back in the family history, it is learned that his paternal grandfater in an early day left the vine-clad hill of Germany and joined the tide of emigration to the free land of America, settling in Pennsylvania, where Jacob Hamman, father of the subject, was born and reared. In young manhood Jacob took up his abode in Tuscarawas County, Ohio and there met and married Elizabeth Mock, who bore him eleven children, nearly all of whom grew to mature years and became useful men and women. In 1849 he came to Kosciusko county and settled in Turkey Creek township, where he purchased a farm upon which he spent the remainder of his life, he and his good wife dying after reaching ages beyond those allotted to the majority of mankind. David Hamman was born February 16, 1829, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and at the age of twenty accompanied his parents to the new home in the county of Kosciusko. Prior to that time he attended such subscription schools as his native county afforded, but after coming to Indiana he received no educational training worthy of note, his time being taken up with such labor as an unimproved farm in the comparatively new country required. From his arrival in Kosciusko until the present day he has been intimately concerned with the best interests of the country as one of the foremost promoters of its prosperity and substantial development, and he now occupies a conspicuous place, not only as a leading farmer of the community in which he resides, but also as one of Tippecanoe township's estimable and representative citizens. Mr. Hamman remained with his parents until twenty-nine years of age, meantime, from his twenty-first year, farming the home place for a part of the proceeds and looking after his father's interests. In August, 1860, he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah M. Pontius, daughter of Abraham and Sarah M. (Rolland) Pontius, natives of Pennsylvania, who in the fall of 1844 moved to Kosciusko county and settled in the township of Tippecanoe. Sometime previous to his marriage Mr. Hamman bought a place in Tippecanoe and to it he took his bride and began life in the woods, but little improvement having been made on the farm before he set up his first domestic establishment. By close application he established those habits of industry and frugality which insured his success in later years. With the able assistance of his estimable companion he soon extended the area of cultivable land and in due time found himself upon the high road to prosperity with a good farm in his possession and many of the comforts and conveniences of life surrounding him. Mr. Hamman has always followed agricultural pursuits for a livelihood and is regarded as an enterprising and typical farmer. His thorough system of tillage, the good order of his fences, the well-cared-for condition of his fields, the commodious and comfortable buildings all demonstrate his successful management and substantial thrift. Since his marriage he has lived on the farm which he now owns and his long residence in the community has won for him a very high place in the confidence and esteem of his many neighbors and friends. In every relation of life he has always been regarded as a representative citizen, discharging every duty devolving upon him with commendable fidelity and proving himself worthy the large measure of respect with which he is treated by all who know him. Mr. Hamman has the satisfaction of knowing that every dollar he owns has been earned by his unaided efforts. Having a large family to provide for, his father could do little for his children when they started out to make their own fortunes, consequently each one was obligated to rely entirely upon his individual resources. Endowed with a liberal share of good common sense and possessing soung judgment, backed by a well founded purpose to succeed, Mr. Hamman has labored with the object primarily in view of making a good home for himself and family and acquiring a competency for his declining years. This laudable desire has been realized and he is now in easy circumstances with a sufficient surplus for the proverbial "rainy day," which sooner or later comes to every individual. Mr and Mrs Hamman are the parents of six children, namely: Daniel, deceased; Lucinda, wife of William Smalley, of Alexandria, this state; Amanda married John Brown, of Turkey Creek township; William married Dollie Angel and lives on the old farm; Ira married Elizabeth Arnold and follows farming and stock raising in Noble county; and Jesse, a farmer of Tippecanoe township, married Miss Eva Rolston. Having accumulated a sufficiency of the world's goods to render the remainder of his and his wife's days comfortable and free from care, Mr. Hamman turned his farm over to his son and is now practically retired from active life. He has always been deeply interested in whatever tends to promote the prosperity of his township and county and to him as much as to any one man is the community indebted for the material development for which it has long been noted. He has also used his influence in behalf of all moral and benevolent enterprises, being a friend and liberal patron of the church, which he believes to be the most potential factor for substantial good the world has ever known or will ever know. The German Baptist denomination represents his religious belief, to which excellent body both himself and wife belong. As a good and intelligent citizen he takes much interest in political affairs, voting with the Republican party, the principles of which he believes to be more conducive to the country's good than those of any other political organization. The life of Mr. Hamman has been an open book, the pages of which are singularly free from blot or blemish. His career has been that of a faithful and devout man, a kind husband, a devoted father and a citizen in whom all repose the most implicit confidence and trust." Note the inconsistency in this biography to that of David's half-brother, Peter Hamman. This states that it was Daniel's grandfather that came to the America from Germany, while Peter's bio states it was his great grandfather. | ||||||||||||
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| Grave marker in Mock Cemetery (Section 4, Row 13, Stone 16) shows death date as 24 Feb 1913, age at death 69-7-29. Funeral Record shows 24 Feb 1913 Death date and 26 Feb burial date.1 Funeral records record age as 79-7-281, which is 10 years older than actual. Certified Death Certificate from Kosciusko Co, IN Health Department shows death date as 24 February 1913, cause of death: Chronic Parenah Nephritis.5 Death Certificate also notes birth date as 26 June 1846, which is inconsistent with Census data. The birth date shown is based on the age at death on the tombstone of 69 years 7 months 29 days old. | ||||||||||||
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