Imperial County CA Archives Biographies.....Hammers, Aylmer J. 1867 - 
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Author: F. C. Farr (editor, 1918)

AYLMER J. HAMMERS.—Imperial Valley is prolific of successful and enterprising
ranchmen, but all have not attained the prominence that has come to the Hammers
family, whose fine farms have been brought up to a high state of cultivation.
Aylmer J. Hammers was born in Woodford County, Illinois, November 25, 1867, a
son of J. A. and Sarah Luella Hammers. Mr. Hammers' father is buried in Los
Angeles. His mother makes her home in Los Angeles with her daughter, Ula May
Rottman. The Hammers family is one of the pioneer families to come to the county
in 1900. J. A. Hammers, the father, was a cattleman from Harper County, Kansas,
where he leased a tract of land eight miles by ten square, all fenced. He owned
and pastured as many as 4000 cattle at one time. He owned 2000 acres of land at
Anthony, Kansas, where he farmed and handled stock. Coming to Imperial County,
he belonged to the Cameron Lake Cattle Company, which filed on 10,000 acres of
desert land. In 1903 the company was dissolved and the family took two sections
of land as their portion. The land up to three years ago was devoted to barley
and stock, but the last three years has been devoted to corn and cotton. During
the Colorado flood, Hammers Brothers suffered very little, as they threw up
dykes to keep the water back. The father was in Los Angeles during the flood,
and at one time the water came very near the house. Aylmer Hammers acquired his
education in Kansas. He was united in marriage to Miss Blanche Murray, a native
of Kansas. Two children have been born to this union: Sarah Elizabeth and Jessie
Murray. The ancestors on the Hammers side of the house are from old Pennsylvania
Dutch stock, and on Mrs. Hammers' father's side date back to Scotch-Irish. James
A. Hammers died in Los Angeles, September 9, 1912. He was extensively engaged in
the real estate business for some years. W. B., brother of Aylmer J., is a
partner in the ranch, and with his wife, Josephine Lowrie, resides on the same
ranch. Bertice P., who died in South America in 1904, was also a partner in the
ranch. He is buried in the Rosedale cemetery. Mrs. Ula May Rottman has one
child, Ruth Louise, two years of age.

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THE HISTORY
OF
IMPERIAL COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
EDITED BY
F. C. FARR

IN ONE VOLUME
ILLUSTRATED
Published by ELMS AND FRANKS
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA 1918


Printed by Taylor & Taylor, San Francisco


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