Polk County, Missouri Biographies - Henry Ham
History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties,
Missouri  1889, published by Goodspeed, Pgs. 650, 651
Polk County Biographies Section

    Henry Ham, now seventy-three years of age, one of the prominent
farmers and stock-raisers of Johnson Township, Polk County, Mo.,
and one of the old and much-esteemed citizens of the county, was 
born September 6, 1816, and is the son of John and Mary (Dibret) 
Ham, both natives of Maryland, where they grew up and married.  
The father was a soldier in the War of 1812, was a tanner by trade,
and, after moving to London, Ohio, he still continued his trade.  
To his marriage were born eleven children, two now living.  The 
paternal grandfather, Peter Ham, was a native of Pennsylvania, and 
moved to Maryland, where he followed the tanner's trade for many 
years.  He died in that State.  The great-grandfather Ham was a 
native of Germany, who emigrated to America at an early day, and 
settled at Germantown.  The maternal grandfather of our subject 
was a native of Germany, and emigrated to America, where he passed
his declining years.  He was a cooper by trade.  Henry Ham left 
Maryland at ten years of age and went to Ohio, where he grew to 
manhood.  He was married there to Miss D. J. Gragg, who bore him 
two children, both deceased, and his wife also is deceased.  After
her death he went to Illinois, remaining ther ten years, and then,
in 1860, came to Missouri, bought a farm, and engaged in agricultural
pursuits.  Eight years later he settled on his present farm, where
he has remained ever since, and where he has 1,100 acres of land.  
He also owns a house and lot in Bolivar, valued at $600, besides 
possessing $2,000 worth of personal property.  His second marriage
was to Miss Mary Watson, who bore him one child, John H.  After
her death he married Miss Mary J. Kennedy, and one child, Martha J.,
was the result of this union.  He is a Republican in politics, and
his first vote for President was for Henry Clay.  Mrs. Ham is the
daughter of John Y. and Martha P. (Dunnegan) Kennedy, both natives
of Tennessee, and both died in Cedar County, Mo.  They were the 
parents of ten children.  After marriage Mr. Kennedy moved to 
Missouri, locating in Morgan County, but moved to Cedar County,
afterward to Polk County, and then to Dade County.  He died in
Cedar County in 1875, and was sixty-three years of age.  The 
paternal grandfather of Mrs. Ham was a pioneer of Missouri from
Tennessee, and her maternal grandfather settled in Polk County, 
Mo., near Dunnegan Spring, and it was after that family the spring 
was named.  Mrs. Ham, received her education at an early day, and 
taught eleven terms of school in Cedar County.  She owns forty acres
of land in that county, and is an intelligent, well-educated lady.  
She was married at the age of thirty-nine years.
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