Jefferson County KS Archives Obituaries.....HAMMOND, James July 29, 1876
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Jim Laird jlaird@bellsouth.net March 8, 2010, 9:33 am

The Oskaloosa Independent Jefferson County, Saturday, August 5, 1876
A sad accident  happened last Sunday morning, resulting in the death of James
HAMMOND at his residence five or six miles north of the Falls. The evening
before, Mr. Hammond attempted to shoot a hawk with his gun, but it only snapped
and would not go off. Sunday morning the hawk made it appearance again, and as a
number of the family were going out to the cow yard to milk, they heard him
remark he was going to try his gun again on that hawk. Shortly after this a
report of a cap was heard, and a second or so afterwards, the report of a gun.
It is supposed that Mr. Hammond attempted to shoot his gun off, but that the
load hung fire, and in bringing it down to the ground it exploded, the ball
striking Mr. Hammond in the right temple, and lodging in his brain, causing
immediate death. The sad accident has cast a gloom over the neighborhood where
it happened. Mr. Hammond was a young man well thought of and it was only on
Sunday two weeks before that the was married to Miss Phoebe !
 GLEMM(?). Valley Falls.



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