PETER HAMMOND CEMETERY, HAMMOND, TANGIPAHOA PARISH, LA
Recorded and Submitted to the USGenWeb Archives by Belford Carver, June 27, 2000

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PETER HAMMOND CEMETERY
HAMMOND, LA


Located in the 500 block of East Charles Street, Hammond, LA.
Recorded by Belford Carver, June 27, 2000

Historical Marker:
Peter Hammond 1789- 1870, founded Hammond about 1820, launched a tar and forest 
products industry,  pioneered shipping these products from Springfield and 
Wadesboro to New Orleans, ran a commissary supplying staples for the people,  gave 
right of way between Hammond and Pass Manchac for the construction of the 
railroad.
Erected in memory of Peter Hammond by his descendants.

Jefferson Davis Hughes
Aug 27, 1835 - Apr 20, 1859
Husband of Sarah Ann Hammond
May 3, 1836 - Nov 5, 1907
Wed 1856

To the Memory of
Peter Hammond
Aged 72 years
Wife Aged 76 years
and
Daughter
Aged 32 years

W. S. Wall
(no dates)

Glorinda Hammond
Beloved wife
of U. DeSouge
Apr 30, 1838 - Aug 14, 1908

Charlotte Hammond
1842 - 1849

Unnamed Slave Boy (no dates)

Eliza Robertson Wall
1865 - 1887

Francis M. Robertson
1834 - 1877

Sarah Ann Hammond Hughes Robertson
1836 - 1907