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 HERRINQSHAW'S LIBKAHY OF ABIBRICAX BIoaRAPHT. Hammond, Edward, congresfltnan, was

born

in Ellicotfs Mills, Mil. In 1849-53 he was a rtprescntative from Maryland to the thirtyfirst and thirty>8teond eongreiMa. H« died !

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Hammond, George Washington,

ikI.

Hamruoiid, Edward Payson,

evanjiflist, au-

was b«irn Sept. 1, 18.SI. in Kllington, Conn. In 1858 lie graduated from WiUiama college; and i««eived thor,

the

tlir

of A.^^. inatitution. theolof;y in

dej.'rec'

from that

He studied T'ni (Johlen (ileaning; What 1 Saw from Vesuvius; Roger's TntTels; CbnTcraion of Children; Karly f'nnversion; and also other workH. He died in August, llMU, in Hart-

Conn.

Hammond, Edwin Pollock, soldier, lawyer, was bom Nov. 26, 1835, in Bro(^-

juriat, Tille,

Ind.

unr: and

Tn 1881 he enlisted in the in

lS»12-n.'

wa;-

li. iit.

iiaiit

•lust a

civil

Boy and Further Fortunes of Pinkey

Perkiii>^.

Hammond, Mrs. Henrietta Hardy, litterateur, author, was bom in 1854 in Virginia. Slie a southern writer of luti'in; and the author of The Georgians; A Fair Philoaopher; Her Waiting Heart; and Woman's Secrets. «)r How to be Beautiful.

Hammond, Henry

B.,

was born Tvh.

ident,

lawyer, railroad presIK. 1S40. in Douglas,

Tn IS)il he accepted the position Of consul to Dublin, Ireland; and was instrumental in establishing the money-order systril 21. 1S;}S. in Brandon, He served in the conlederate htates army: was lieutenant of the second Tennessee infantry; and adjutant of the fourist,

Mass.

teenth Tennessee cavalry. In 1><78 he became United States district judge for the western district of Tennesaoe. He died in 1!M>.'» in Memphis. Tenn.

Hammond,

Elisha, educator, was horn Oct. 1774, in New Bedford. Mass. He ranked hitrh as a te.nchcr: ami from liis aradeniy at Mount Bethal were graduated many wellknown citicena. He died July 27, 1829, in M;i CI in (Ja. 10.

Hammond, George F., anhitccf oi 4220 Prospect ave.. Cleveland. Ohio, was born in HM-fon. Mass. ||c received iH.'j.') ill I{<»xbniy a piilillc school and aca rnic education, studietl art and bas attained HUCC«>tM< an a [>. (inter, but t(»ok up architecture as a prs. He was the tir«f to tnfrndiicc refrigerator cars for the tran.sportation of meats and fruits to the Atlantic omwt. He

financier, hxM<i.

])hysician.

state senator, poet, was born May 12, 1802, in (iilsum, .H. He served his district as state senator in 1855-56. He was the author of a number of rare poems. He died Jan. .in. m72. in Stockbridge, N.Y. Hammond, Harold, soldier, author, waa bom Oct. 21, 1874. in Rushville, HI. Tn 1898 lie was second lieutenant of the ninth regiment United States infantry; served in the Spanish-American war; and in 1907 was detailed as paymaster in the I'niti'd Slates army. He is the author of Pinkey Perkins;



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president of George H. Hammond and company; and vice-president of tlic commercial national hank of Detroit. He died IheC 2H, iSHti, in Detroit. Mich.

was

1778. in

was horn Aug.

New Bedford. Mass.

In 1815-17

waa a

representative from N(>w York to the fourteenth conjjress; and on the expiration of his ternj was elected to the state senate, of -which he was a member until 1X21. Me was idected county judpe in 1S:!S. He was the author of .Julius ^relhourn: Political History of New York; Life and Times of Silas Wright; and Evidence of the Immortality of the Soul. He die«l Aug. 18. I8.9{i, in^Oherry Valley. N.Y.

he

Hammond, James Bartlett, manufacturer, inventor, was born April 2;J. 1839. in Boston. Mass. In 1881 he gra^tlnted from the nni rmont. lie was a newspaper correspondent dtjring the civil war. In IHSn he patented a typewriting machine made on introduced the ideal "iicntiric principles; keyboard and true aiijrnnient in tiie Ibunmond

the machine on the and wou the highest honors

typewriter; put

market

in

is^^t:

competition.

in

Hammond, James Henry, ist.

was

btirn
 * roernor.

iiite<l

I

Nov.

15.

.Sfafes 18(17,

lawyer, journal^i iiator, author,

in

Newbury

dis-

he was a representaCarolina to the twentyfourth congress. In 1841 he was appointed a general of militia; and in 1842-44 was the tnenly-sixth gpvemor of South Carolina. In lS.'i7-6l he was United States senator. He originated the expression Cotton is King. He trict. 8.C.

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from

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