Biographical Sketch of Charles C. Hammond - Chariton County, Missouri

CHARLES C. HAMMOND.  Among the young lawyers of Chariton county, rapidly coming to the 
front in their chosen profession, is the gentleman whose name heads this sketch.  He 
was born near Brunswick, Mo., August 21, 1862, the son of Hon. Charles Hammond, for 
many years a prominent citizen and able attorney of this county, now a resident of 
Brunswick.  The mother, of our subject, a most estimable lady, was, in her maidenhood, 
Miss Pocahontas Cabell, the cultured and accomplished daughter of C. J. Cabell, a 
distinguished Chariton county pioneer citizen.  The early advantages of Charles C. for 
fitting himself for the activities of life were good, and he had not only the industry, 
but the qualities of mind to improve them.  He obtained his education at the public 
schools of Brunswick, finishing with a course at Westminster College at Fulton, Mo., 
and afterwards followed the Profession of teaching for awhile, which had the effect to 
make his knowledge of the college curriculum more ready and enduring.  In 1883 he 
began a regular and systematic course of study of the law, under the wise and able 
direction of his father, making such progress in his studies that in Oct. 1886 he felt 
qualified to make application for admission to the bar, in which he was eminently 
successful, being admitted by Judge Gavon D. Burgess.  A partnership was immediately 
formed with his father, under the firm name of Hammond & Son, which has since continued 
with steadily increasing success and reputation the senior member at Brunswick and C. 
C. in charge of the office at Salisbury.  A gentleman of untiring energy, a close 
student and a careful practitioner, our subject commands the confidence and respect of 
the public, not only in his profession but as a man and citizen.  From the very 
beginning he has been thoroughly wedded to his profession and other than the general 
interest he takes in local, state and national issues, he gives the law his whole time 
and attention.  A man of superior order of ability, he has gained his present 
prominence as a lawyer by using his talents as a successful farmer uses his plow, 
industriously and patiently. On Nov. 10, 1892, it was the happy fortune of our subject 
to be united in marriage to Miss Kate Ward Houston, daughter of  Dr. W. M. and Marie F. 
(Davis) Houston, and a lady of culture and refinement whose amiable disposition and 
social graces materially contributes to the entertainment of Salisbury society.  In 
his political convictions our subject is first and last a democrats and leader in the 
councils of his chosen party.  Socially, he is a pleasant, companionable gentleman, 
and a factor in the progress and advancement of the American nation.

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