Jacob HAMMON

                   BIRTH DATE & DEATH DATE-BURIAL-SPOUSE-CHILDREN:
            Cemetery Records of Knox County, Ohio.
                  States that they are buried just north of Millwood between SR 62 and Carey Lane.
           History of Knox County.,Ohio, published abt 1881, pg 681, states he was born 31 Oct 1802, in
                  Maryland.  It tells the following:  Luvina  Misken of Ucon ,Idaho, (she is now deceased), made
                  a trip in 1939 to Ohio. The sheets  she submitted to Salt Lake for Temple work stated his birth
                  date as 29 June 1802, born in Allegany County, Maryland.
BIRTH DATE & PLACE-SPOUSE-CHILDREN:
           1821 Jacob lived in Maryland until 1821then moved to Pennsylvania
           1821-24 Jacob lived in Pennsylvania then moved to Ohio in 1824 and settled in Knox County.
           1830 OHIO CENSUS of Knox County
           1840 OHIO CENSUS of Knox County
                           Lists in Jacob's household one male under age of 5, one male age 5-10, one male
                           age 10-15, one male age 15-20, one male age 30-40, one female under age of 5,
                           one female age 15-20, one female age 30-40.
           1850 OHIO CENSUS of Union Township in Knox County,
                           Lists Jacob age 48, a farmer with $3500 real estate, born in Maryland. wife is Elizabeth,
                           and children:  Henry, Jacob, John, Lydia, and Marilla.  Living next door is John Hardin,
                           age 57, with possibly his second wife Tabitha, age 32. First wife was Catharine Hammon
           1860 OHIO CENSUS of Union Township in Knox County
                           Lists Jacob Hannon age 58 a farmer, born in Maryland and wife Elizabeth age 60, with
                            children:   Jacob, John, Lidia, and Marilla.  Jacob owns $4000, real estate and $500
                            personal estate.  Two households away from Jacob is George Haman age 31 born in
                            Maryland and wife Catherine age 35 with Children:  Mary L., John L., and Lewis E.
                            Next door to Jacob is  Samuel Trimble age 56 and wife Susan age 49 born in Maryland,
                            with children: Henry, Soloman, Eliza, Maria, and Josephine.  Samuel $3000 real estate
                            and $500 personal  estate.
           1870 OHIO CENSUS of Union Township, Knox County
                            Jacob Hammon is age 68 born in Maryland with only his daughter Lydia who is age 29
                            born in Ohio living with him,  Jacob owns $8000 real estate and $1000 personal estate.
                           Jacob is living next door to his brother Jonathon Hammon and wife Hannah.
          1880 OHIO CENSUS of Union Township, Knox County
                           Jacob is age 78 a farmer born in Maryland and widowed.  States both his parents were
                           born in Pennsylvania.  His daughter Lydia age 40 is living with him.
RESIDENCE-OCCUPATION:
            Book  "History of Knox Co., Ohio"  compiled by Norman Newell Hill states:
"Reverand Jacob Hammond, although not of the very first settlers of Union Rwp., has long been an influential and useful citizen.  He removed form Allegheny County, Maryland, in 1824, first settling on section sixteen."
            "Jacob Hammond,(Hammon), farmer, Union Twp., Post Office, Millwood, born 31 Oct. 1802, in Maryland, and remained there untill 1821, then moved to Pennsylvania, remained there three years, then in 1824 came to Knox,County and settled in Union Township. He married in 1821, and his wife lived with him until 13 Apr 1869. Six of his ten children are living and four are dead." "Eliza, Jonathan, Mary, and an infant are deceased. Those still living are: Charles, Henry, Jacob, John, Lydia, and Syltia."
             "In 1848 he was ordained a minister of the Mesthodist Episcopal Church, since which time he has been actively employed in misisterial labors.  He labored to bring about the building of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He commenced by trying to raise a subscrpition, but was not successful.  He became discouraged with that plan and concluded to have a church at all hazards. He made a contract  with John Musser to build a church for eight hundred fifty dollars.  He went to work with him and hewed all the timber for it and assited in other matters, but finaly he fell sick and was unable to do anything for a year.  A building committeee and trustees were organized to assit him in this work. But not long after they became discouraged and concluded to sell the building to pay the carpenter. Jacob Hammond would not give his consent and they refused to do any more. He not feeling satisfied, concluded to borrow the money. He did so, and paid the debt without any assistance.  In 1851 he managed to complete the building.  He has been an ordained local preacher for 40 years. He has preached one hundred and twenty funeral sermons, and conducted over fifty marriages.  He is seventy-nine years of age."
             "The first school house, a small log building, was built on Jacob Hammond's farm about 1829, and William Critchfield taught the first school in this house."
              "The Episcopal church was organized about 1831, Jacob Hammond, John Welker, James Britton and their wives were of the first members."