OBIT: William HAMMOND, 1871, Franklin Forge, Blair County, PA

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HAMMOND - DEATH OF AN OLD CITIZEN - We are pained to announce the death 
of one of our oldest citizens, Wm. Hammond, Esq., who died at Franklin 
Forge, on the evening of the 4th inst. The deceased was born in 
Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, March 6th 1800. In 1806 he removed to 
Washington county, this  State, and in 1810 to this county, and resided 
here ever since. Early in life he attached himself to the Methodist 
Episcopal church of which he remained an humble, consistent and devout 
member to the day of his death. He was universally esteemed as an 
honest, upright citizen and christian gentleman.

The Register, Hollidaysburg, Pa., Wednesday, November 15, 1871