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John Egbert Hammond

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John Egbert Hammond

Birth
Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, USA
Death
10 Feb 1930 (aged 86)
Ursine, Lincoln County, Nevada, USA
Burial
Ursine, Lincoln County, Nevada, USA Add to Map
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Eagle Valley
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John Egbert Hammond was born to Joseph Hammond and Elizabeth Egbert, January 1, 1844 at Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois. He was the eldest of seven children. The family lived at Golden Point, near Nauvoo until the exodus in 1846, when they joined the Brigham Young Company of 1848 leaving from Winter Quarters Nebraska on June 5 and arriving in Salt Lake City on September 22.

His family settled in South Cottonwood, and later were called to help settle the Dixie Mission in Southern Utah, in 1862.

He grew up getting what education was offered in those days in St. George, Utah

He married Selina Walker, November 21, 1862 in the old Endowment House in Salt Lake City.

On the first of December, with his bride he started south to St. George, arriving there on Christmas Day. As revealed in Selina's history they had "an awful trip through storms, snow and mud.

In 1864 their first child, John, was born. Then they moved to their first home, as they had been living with his folks.

He worked on the Heberville Ditch and many a day they found that they had little to eat.

Soon he and a group of men were called to form a company to go to Panaca, Nevada to guard this settlement from the Indians who were giving them a lot of trouble.

While there, John with others of the company rode up to what was later called Eagle Valley. He and a man by the name of Chamberlain were two of the first settlers in Eagle Valley. "This is where I am going to make my home." He said. The next year he moved his family, arriving in the Valley April 19, 1865. First they built a fort for both families and homesteaded the whole valley. A fort was built to defend themselves from the Indians. There were twelve or fifteen families, namely; The Chamberlains, Crosbys, Taylors, Littles, Maxwell J. Lytles, Hatfields, and Fred Hamblin. They ended up having little trouble with the Indians because they fed them and were peaceful with them. They also hired them to work for them.

All hands went to work clearing the land and digging ditches with a will and determination to get water on the land for irrigation and family use. The men dug six miles of ditch that summer.

A good crop was raised that next summer, but the gristmill was so far away that they used boiled wheat instead of bread.

For three years they lived in the old fort, and two children were born there. Joseph lived only over a year, and Elizabeth their third child was born on April 5, 1868.

The Valley was divided by drawing lots or sections and John drew what was called the West Side or Across the Creek.

They moved onto the lot around October 24, 1870. All kinds of vegetables and fruit were planted, as he loved the land. He planted every variety and kind he could get. Truly he had a green thumb.

They had to work hard to survive, making their own clothes and raising their own food.

Pioche, the nearest mining town, was settled in 1860. In 1871, John began peddling fruit, vegetables, milk, butter and eggs in his wagon. This was an important source of income.

In 1868, Pioche, Eagle Valley and the surrounding towns were found to be in Nevada instead of Utah. A lot of people left and Taylor Crosby offered John his pace at a reasonable price with two years to pay. They worked, saved, and then paid it off. It was the first place on the right side, after crossing the creek coming into the valley.

In Eagle Valley the source of water came from Spring Valley, which was the valley above and the water was used for all purposes until wells were dug. Each lot got so many shares of water for irrigation. The water was taken out at the head of the valley next to a copper cliff, which was called the Big Dam or Copper Point. A flume from that point took water across the creek to the other side of the valley and into a canal and ditches.

The whole community used to fish by turning the water from one side of the valley to the other, thus making it easy to fish by hand.

When winter came, John would often gather the young folks together and take them for a ride on the bobsled. Many times he took them to school through the snow. Most of the evenings were climaxed with refreshments as he always had something on hand such as popcorn, parched corn, apples, pine nuts, etc.

John Hammond loved to see things grow and he tried planting every kind of tree and vegetable he could get.

He spent a great part of his life in his orchard and garden, the products of which were a good part of their living.

Hammond was a lover of horses and was an expert with them. At one time he had as many as fifty mares. He raised the best horses in the country at the time. As it was when horses were needed, he had sales for them. He also accumulated cattle. Having more than he could justly care for, he was advised to put them in the Cannon, or common heard. The family realized very little increase from this venture.

Along with their hard work and toil helping to settle the valley, they had a family of ten children. Joseph, Rose Edith and Alice died as children. Alice died at age seven from diphtheria. It was in 1893 and the disease was sweeping the country taking many lives.

The children who lived to carry on their progeny were: Elizabeth Josephine, Selina Corella, Wilford Edger, Anna Viola, Sarah Ellen and Lillis Susanne. They also raised their grandson Ervin E. Hammond. John the oldest son never married.

He always had a little curl in his hair at the top of his forehead.

John Hammond died on February 10, 1930 at the age of 86. He was buried in the Hammond Cemetery at Ursine, Nevada the land of their choice.

Ursine, Lincoln County, Nevada is located in a small valley, which was settled in 1863 by a colony of Mormons. In 1896 when the first post office was about the be established, the settlers requested that the town be called Eagle Valley. However, since there was already an Eagle Valley in Nevada, Post office officials decided on the name Ursine, which in Latin means "Bear".

From Highway and Parks, Nevada 1957



Children of John Egbert Hammond and Selina Walker Hammond

Name, Birth, Death, Marital status

1.John Henry, 29 Dec 1863, 5 Sep 1929, Never married

2.Joseph, 8 Apr 1866, 17 Sep 1867, Died young

3.Elizabeth Josephine, 5 Apr 1868, 2 Jan 1956, George Moody 25 Dec 1888

4.Selina Corilla, 24 Oct 1870, 22 Feb 1948, David Francis, 4 Jul 1893

5.Wilford Edgar, 24 Oct 1872, 11 Nov 1922, Isabella Nesbert, 14 Dec 1910

6.Anne Viola, 13 Jun 1875, , Frank Donahue 29 Dec 1897

7. Sarah Ellen, 20 Dec 1877, __1973, William Dwyer, 29 Jun 1904

8. Lillis Susanne, 18 Apr 1880, 28 Aug 1955, Frank Riding, 29 Dec 1897

9. Rose Edith, 14 Sep 188,2 6 Aug 1884, Died Young

10. Alice Henriette, 17 Dec 1886, 20 Jul 1893, Died Young

In 1864, Nevada was admitted to the Union but they still believed that Eagle Valley to be in Utah Territory until a survey was made in about 1868. Chamberlain had three wives and was afraid to stay in Nevada so he offered his half to John Hammond for a team and wagon and $100. Hammond was afraid to venture so he wrote to his father in St. George for advice. His father not knowing what to do wrote to Brigham Young. It took several months for an answer then. Meanwhile, Chamberlain became impatient and sold to Charles Lytle.
John Egbert Hammond was born to Joseph Hammond and Elizabeth Egbert, January 1, 1844 at Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois. He was the eldest of seven children. The family lived at Golden Point, near Nauvoo until the exodus in 1846, when they joined the Brigham Young Company of 1848 leaving from Winter Quarters Nebraska on June 5 and arriving in Salt Lake City on September 22.

His family settled in South Cottonwood, and later were called to help settle the Dixie Mission in Southern Utah, in 1862.

He grew up getting what education was offered in those days in St. George, Utah

He married Selina Walker, November 21, 1862 in the old Endowment House in Salt Lake City.

On the first of December, with his bride he started south to St. George, arriving there on Christmas Day. As revealed in Selina's history they had "an awful trip through storms, snow and mud.

In 1864 their first child, John, was born. Then they moved to their first home, as they had been living with his folks.

He worked on the Heberville Ditch and many a day they found that they had little to eat.

Soon he and a group of men were called to form a company to go to Panaca, Nevada to guard this settlement from the Indians who were giving them a lot of trouble.

While there, John with others of the company rode up to what was later called Eagle Valley. He and a man by the name of Chamberlain were two of the first settlers in Eagle Valley. "This is where I am going to make my home." He said. The next year he moved his family, arriving in the Valley April 19, 1865. First they built a fort for both families and homesteaded the whole valley. A fort was built to defend themselves from the Indians. There were twelve or fifteen families, namely; The Chamberlains, Crosbys, Taylors, Littles, Maxwell J. Lytles, Hatfields, and Fred Hamblin. They ended up having little trouble with the Indians because they fed them and were peaceful with them. They also hired them to work for them.

All hands went to work clearing the land and digging ditches with a will and determination to get water on the land for irrigation and family use. The men dug six miles of ditch that summer.

A good crop was raised that next summer, but the gristmill was so far away that they used boiled wheat instead of bread.

For three years they lived in the old fort, and two children were born there. Joseph lived only over a year, and Elizabeth their third child was born on April 5, 1868.

The Valley was divided by drawing lots or sections and John drew what was called the West Side or Across the Creek.

They moved onto the lot around October 24, 1870. All kinds of vegetables and fruit were planted, as he loved the land. He planted every variety and kind he could get. Truly he had a green thumb.

They had to work hard to survive, making their own clothes and raising their own food.

Pioche, the nearest mining town, was settled in 1860. In 1871, John began peddling fruit, vegetables, milk, butter and eggs in his wagon. This was an important source of income.

In 1868, Pioche, Eagle Valley and the surrounding towns were found to be in Nevada instead of Utah. A lot of people left and Taylor Crosby offered John his pace at a reasonable price with two years to pay. They worked, saved, and then paid it off. It was the first place on the right side, after crossing the creek coming into the valley.

In Eagle Valley the source of water came from Spring Valley, which was the valley above and the water was used for all purposes until wells were dug. Each lot got so many shares of water for irrigation. The water was taken out at the head of the valley next to a copper cliff, which was called the Big Dam or Copper Point. A flume from that point took water across the creek to the other side of the valley and into a canal and ditches.

The whole community used to fish by turning the water from one side of the valley to the other, thus making it easy to fish by hand.

When winter came, John would often gather the young folks together and take them for a ride on the bobsled. Many times he took them to school through the snow. Most of the evenings were climaxed with refreshments as he always had something on hand such as popcorn, parched corn, apples, pine nuts, etc.

John Hammond loved to see things grow and he tried planting every kind of tree and vegetable he could get.

He spent a great part of his life in his orchard and garden, the products of which were a good part of their living.

Hammond was a lover of horses and was an expert with them. At one time he had as many as fifty mares. He raised the best horses in the country at the time. As it was when horses were needed, he had sales for them. He also accumulated cattle. Having more than he could justly care for, he was advised to put them in the Cannon, or common heard. The family realized very little increase from this venture.

Along with their hard work and toil helping to settle the valley, they had a family of ten children. Joseph, Rose Edith and Alice died as children. Alice died at age seven from diphtheria. It was in 1893 and the disease was sweeping the country taking many lives.

The children who lived to carry on their progeny were: Elizabeth Josephine, Selina Corella, Wilford Edger, Anna Viola, Sarah Ellen and Lillis Susanne. They also raised their grandson Ervin E. Hammond. John the oldest son never married.

He always had a little curl in his hair at the top of his forehead.

John Hammond died on February 10, 1930 at the age of 86. He was buried in the Hammond Cemetery at Ursine, Nevada the land of their choice.

Ursine, Lincoln County, Nevada is located in a small valley, which was settled in 1863 by a colony of Mormons. In 1896 when the first post office was about the be established, the settlers requested that the town be called Eagle Valley. However, since there was already an Eagle Valley in Nevada, Post office officials decided on the name Ursine, which in Latin means "Bear".

From Highway and Parks, Nevada 1957



Children of John Egbert Hammond and Selina Walker Hammond

Name, Birth, Death, Marital status

1.John Henry, 29 Dec 1863, 5 Sep 1929, Never married

2.Joseph, 8 Apr 1866, 17 Sep 1867, Died young

3.Elizabeth Josephine, 5 Apr 1868, 2 Jan 1956, George Moody 25 Dec 1888

4.Selina Corilla, 24 Oct 1870, 22 Feb 1948, David Francis, 4 Jul 1893

5.Wilford Edgar, 24 Oct 1872, 11 Nov 1922, Isabella Nesbert, 14 Dec 1910

6.Anne Viola, 13 Jun 1875, , Frank Donahue 29 Dec 1897

7. Sarah Ellen, 20 Dec 1877, __1973, William Dwyer, 29 Jun 1904

8. Lillis Susanne, 18 Apr 1880, 28 Aug 1955, Frank Riding, 29 Dec 1897

9. Rose Edith, 14 Sep 188,2 6 Aug 1884, Died Young

10. Alice Henriette, 17 Dec 1886, 20 Jul 1893, Died Young

In 1864, Nevada was admitted to the Union but they still believed that Eagle Valley to be in Utah Territory until a survey was made in about 1868. Chamberlain had three wives and was afraid to stay in Nevada so he offered his half to John Hammond for a team and wagon and $100. Hammond was afraid to venture so he wrote to his father in St. George for advice. His father not knowing what to do wrote to Brigham Young. It took several months for an answer then. Meanwhile, Chamberlain became impatient and sold to Charles Lytle.


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