John HAMMOND

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28 September 1811 , Louisville, Bacon, Georgia, USA

Died

13 November 1885 , Milledgeville, Georgia, USA

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Abner HAMMOND Sarah DUDLEY

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Born: 28 September 1811 in Louisville, Bacon, Georgia, USA

Father: Abner HAMMOND

Mother: Sarah DUDLEY

Paternal grandparents: Charles HAMMOND , Elizabeth STEELE

Maternal grandparents: John DUDLEY , Sarah E JONES

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John married Caroline Susannah FORT 1 November 1842 in Milledgeville, Georgia, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Caroline Susannah FORT was born 22 September 1816 in Twiggs County, Georgia, USA. Caroline Susannah died 3 December 1893 in Milledgeville, Georgia, USA. Caroline Susannah was the child of Moses "Tomlinson" FORT and Eudocia Walton MOORE.

John HAMMOND died 13 November 1885 in Milledgeville, Georgia, USA.
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Recorded occupation: Judge

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Caroline Susannah FORT
Marriage date: 1 November 1842
Marriage place: Milledgeville, Georgia, USA
Caroline Susannah FORT was the child of Moses "Tomlinson" FORT and Eudocia Walton MOORE

Children of John HAMMOND and Caroline Susannah FORT

James Knox Polk HAMMOND

Born: 30 June 1849, Milledgeville, Georgia, USA
Died: 28 December 1902, Griffin, Spalding Georgia, USA

Married: Mary Ella HULL 25 April 1877 Place: , Georgia, USA

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Birth — 1811
28 September 1811
Louisville, Bacon, Georgia, USA

The War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

1842 Marriage / Partner
John HAMMOND and Caroline Susannah FORT 1 November 1842, Milledgeville, Georgia, USA

He was 31 years old.

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1849 Birth of Child
James Knox Polk HAMMOND was born 30 June 1849, Milledgeville, Georgia, USA

John was 37 years old.

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 Marriage of Child
James Knox Polk HAMMOND married 25 April 1877, , Georgia, USA to Mary Ella HULL

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

Obituary
Death of Judge John Hammond.

Milledgeville, November 14-Last night about nine o'clock Judge John Hammond, steward of the lunatic asylum, died at his residence in Midway. Judge Hammond has been a resident of Baldwin county for over fifty years, and has in the course of his lifetime held various positions of responsibility and trust here. He held the office of ordinary for several years and has been both trustee and steward of the asylum. He was a great measure identified with this institution, having always taken great interest in its affairs and welfare.

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