Lewis Morelle HAMMOND

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1860, Living in Clinton, Rock Co., Wisconsin
• Census: 1880, Living in Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin
• Census: 1900, Living in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois
• Census: 1910, Living in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois

Notes:

Name:
Lewis Morelle Hammond, born in Lawrence, St. Lawrence Co., New York, lived there, and in Potsdam, New York, until the spring of 1853, when he removed to Clinton, Wis., where he remained the next ten yers. In 1868 he moved to Janesville, and was engaged in the Internal Revenue Dept. until Nov. 1873; then moved to Milwaukee and engaged in life insurance; in 1880 removed to Chicago, where he has since resided, having been for the last seven years a coal shipper. Business and pleasure trips have taken him to nearly every State and Territory in the Union. In the Summer of 1888 he took a trip through Continental Europe, returning to business in the Fall of that year.

Lewis Morelle m. Apr. 27, 1858, Esther L. Willis at Clinton Junction, Wisc., who d. Jan. 10, 1888 at Chicago.

Family/Spouse: Esther L. WILLIS. Esther (daughter of Gilbert Norwood WILLIS and Lovisa TALLMAN) was born about 1837 in New York; died on 10 Jan 1888 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; was buried in Clinton Cemetery, Clinton, Rock Co., Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Carr Lyall HAMMOND was born on 23 Jan 1861 in Clinton, Rock Co., Wisconsin; died on 22 Mar 1888 in Las Vegas, San Miguel, New Mexico, USA; was buried in Clinton Cemetery, Clinton, Rock Co., Wisconsin.
2. Rollin Gage HAMMOND was born on 11 Oct 1862; died on 10 Apr 1863; was buried in Clinton Cemetery, Clinton, Rock Co., Wisconsin.
3. Theodore Morell HAMMOND was born on 16 Sep 1864 in Clinton, Rock Co., Wisconsin; died on 21 Jun 1923 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin; was buried in Wauwatosa Cemetery, Wauwatosa, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin.
4. Ray Benson HAMMOND was born on 24 Feb 1871 in Janesville, Wisconsin.

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In 1835 he moved to Lawrence, St. Lawrence Co., New York, where he carried on farming principally, but was a builder to some extent. In June 1854, he removed to Clinton junction, and pursued the calling of a farmer until failing health compelled him to abandon labor about 1865. He acquired a competence, and lived in comparative quiet during the evening of his life. He was a consistent Christian and prominent in Church work, being for nearly fifty years a member of the Baptist Church.

His widow, living at Chicago at the age of 86 with her son Lewis M. Hammond, enjoys good health, reads the finest print without the aid of spectacles, and devotes her days to doing all in her power to alleviate the unfortunate, - a grand, noble woman, full of many years and good works.

Stephen married Lovina MCGRATH on 14 Jun 1824 in Windsor, Vermont. Lovina was born in 1806; died on 4 Dec 1892; was buried in Clinton Cemetery, Clinton, Rock Co., Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]