John Hammond
John Hammond, one of the prominent farmers of Hardy Township, is a native of Pennsylvania, born in Franklin County in 1819. He is the youngest of seven children--four sons and three daughters--of John and Mary (Everett) Hammond, the names of his brothers and sisters being Peter, Jacob, David, Rebecca, Barbara (Mrs. Calhoun) and Catherine (Mrs. Wolgamott). Of this family Mrs. Barbara Calhoun and Mrs. Catherine Wolgamot and John are the only ones living. In 1822 John Hammond, Sr., came with his family to Ohio, and selected Canton, Stark County, as his abiding place, remaining there a number of years. He subsequently moved to Hardy Township, Holmes County, and cleared the timber from forty acres of the Adams property, his compensation being eighty acres of timber land. He sold this land, and bought 160 acres, which is now the homestead of his son, John. This was school land, almost entirely covered with timber. He worked hard to clear his land, and lived to see fifty acres of it under cultivation.
John Hammond, our subject, was reared in Ohio from the age of six years, and in his early life he assisted his father on the frontier farm, his educational advantages being limited. He now owns the homestead of 160 acres, 120 being under cultivation. His improvements are good, and his farm is one of the best in the township.
From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Wayne and Holmes, Ohio, J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1889