Detroit meatpacker who in 1869 began packing beef in ice-filled railroad cars for shipment to the East, ending forever the shipping of live cattle by rail. The city of Hammond, neighboring Chicago at the Indiana state line, was incorporated in 1884 and named after Hammond who owned a large slaughterhouse, the first industry to locate in the area. Husband of Ellen Barry; son of John Hammond & Sarah Huston.
Children: Annie Jenny, George Henry, Sarah Agnes, Mary Leaffie, Charles Frederic, John William, Ellen, Herbert H, Florence Pauline, Ethel Kate & Edward Percy
Detroit meatpacker who in 1869 began packing beef in ice-filled railroad cars for shipment to the East, ending forever the shipping of live cattle by rail. The city of Hammond, neighboring Chicago at the Indiana state line, was incorporated in 1884 and named after Hammond who owned a large slaughterhouse, the first industry to locate in the area. Husband of Ellen Barry; son of John Hammond & Sarah Huston.
Children: Annie Jenny, George Henry, Sarah Agnes, Mary Leaffie, Charles Frederic, John William, Ellen, Herbert H, Florence Pauline, Ethel Kate & Edward Percy
Family Members
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John Hammond
1811–1882
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Sarah E. Houston Hammond
1809–1880
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Ellen Barry Hammond
1838–1898 (m. 1857)
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John L Hammond
1830–1864
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Leaffie A. Hammond Hosmer
1840–1912
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Martha Hammond Rist
1841–1925
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Thomas Hammond
1843–1909
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Henry B Hammond
1846–1888
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Frederick Hammond
1847–1913
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Albert Hammond
1850–1873
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Juliette Hammond Goddard
1852–1923
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Anastasia Jennie Hammond Casgrain
1859–1917
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George H Hammond
1861–1936
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Sara Hammond Lee
1863–1892
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Charles Frederick Hammond
1868–1928
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William H Hammond
1870–1907
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Florence Paulina Hammond Skae
1877–1939
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Ethel Katherine Hammond
1880–1901
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Edward Percy Hammond
1884–1940
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