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Anton Hammer

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Anton Hammer

Birth
Östringen, Landkreis Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Death
10 Sep 1908 (aged 71)
Missouri, USA
Burial
Bates County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Born in Ostringen, Baden, Germany.
First marriage was to Columbina Grob on 31 Dec 1857 in Madison Co IL.
Second marriage was to Emmerita nee Branger Gaffner on 1 Jan 1861 in Madison Co IL.
Third marriage was to Mary Grob on 31 Oct 1867 in Madison Co IL.

HAMMER, Anton
Pleasaant Gap Township - Anton Hammer is a native of Baden, where he was born December 31, 1838. Andrew Hammer, his father, and also his mother, formerly Catherine Boner, came originally from Baden. In 1847, Anton Hammer emigrated to the United States with his mother and settled in Madison County, Ill., where he grew to manhood and married, December 31, 1857, Miss C. Grob, a native of Switzerland and a daughter of P. Grob. This wife died January 27, 1859, leaving one son, Fred. Mr. H. then married Mrs. Emeretta (Branger) Gaffner, of Switzerland, in December, 1861, a widow with four children of her own. There were four children by this marriage, Emma, wife of G. Hirschi, Lousia, Lewis and Caroline. Mrs. H. departed this life, March 20, 1866. Mr. Hammer then married his present wife in Madison County, October 31, 1867, she then being Miss Mary Grob, a younger sister of his first wife. They have two children, John A. and William Henry. In 1869 he came to Bates County, Missouri, and purchased land and settled on his place in this township. He has a farm of 240 acres, all in cultivation, with good buildings upon it and a fine young bearing orchard. Mr. Hammer makes a specialty of feeding and dealing in stock. He and his wife are members of the German Reformed church in nearby Zoar. He belongs to the Ancient Order of United Workmen. (History of Bates County, Missouri, 1883)
Born in Ostringen, Baden, Germany.
First marriage was to Columbina Grob on 31 Dec 1857 in Madison Co IL.
Second marriage was to Emmerita nee Branger Gaffner on 1 Jan 1861 in Madison Co IL.
Third marriage was to Mary Grob on 31 Oct 1867 in Madison Co IL.

HAMMER, Anton
Pleasaant Gap Township - Anton Hammer is a native of Baden, where he was born December 31, 1838. Andrew Hammer, his father, and also his mother, formerly Catherine Boner, came originally from Baden. In 1847, Anton Hammer emigrated to the United States with his mother and settled in Madison County, Ill., where he grew to manhood and married, December 31, 1857, Miss C. Grob, a native of Switzerland and a daughter of P. Grob. This wife died January 27, 1859, leaving one son, Fred. Mr. H. then married Mrs. Emeretta (Branger) Gaffner, of Switzerland, in December, 1861, a widow with four children of her own. There were four children by this marriage, Emma, wife of G. Hirschi, Lousia, Lewis and Caroline. Mrs. H. departed this life, March 20, 1866. Mr. Hammer then married his present wife in Madison County, October 31, 1867, she then being Miss Mary Grob, a younger sister of his first wife. They have two children, John A. and William Henry. In 1869 he came to Bates County, Missouri, and purchased land and settled on his place in this township. He has a farm of 240 acres, all in cultivation, with good buildings upon it and a fine young bearing orchard. Mr. Hammer makes a specialty of feeding and dealing in stock. He and his wife are members of the German Reformed church in nearby Zoar. He belongs to the Ancient Order of United Workmen. (History of Bates County, Missouri, 1883)

Inscription

A precious one from us has gone
A voice we loved is stilled
A place is vacant in our home
Which never can be filled
God in his wisdom has recalled
The boon his love had given
And though the body slumbers here
The soul is safe in heaven.



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