HAM BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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HAM, Francis Marion - b: 1833 Logan Co, KY
source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 582
residence: Windsor Twp

Francis Marion Ham, blacksmith and wagon manufacturer, was born in Logan 
County, Kentucky, in 1833, and was the son of Joshua Ham, a native of North 
Carolina, who died in 1852, and Frances (Wood) Ham, who was born in 
Connecticut. She died in 1859. Francis M. accompanied his father to Missouri in 
the spring of 1845, and settled in Henry County. He was brought up on a farm and 
enjoyed the privileges of the common schools, which in those days were rather 
meager. At eighteen years of age, he learned the blacksmith's trade, and located 
in Windsor as the first blacksmith in 1859. Since that time he has kept his shop 
in operation (except during the war). In 1861 he enlisted for the army, and was in 
the third company sworn into the Confederate service in Jefferson City - the 
Windsor Guards which became General Price's escort. He returned home and 
enlisted in Collins' Artillery, Battery A, Shelby's Brigade and Marmaduke's 
Division. They were much of the time in Missouri and Arkansas. He remained until 
the general surrendered at Shreveport, Louisiana. Returning home he again opened 
his shop, and is now one of the most industrious citizens of the town. He has been 
particularly fortunate in regard to health, having never been sick a day in his 
life, when it was necessary to have a doctor. Mr. H. was married in 1858, to Miss 
Susan A. Ham, in Henry County. Her father was William Ham, and her mother Mary 
McMillan, came from Kentucky. They have three children living: William J., 
Francis Marion, and Susan Alice; one died in infancy. Mr. Ham is a member of the 
Odd Fellows society, a member of the American League of Honor, and belongs to 
the A. O. U. W. He has been an alderman of the city for ten years, only missing one 
year in the time. Though having commenced life under not very favorable 
circumstances, he has at last succeeded in acquiring a good property and home.

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