BIO: John Wesley HAMMOND, Dauphin County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, 
Containing Sketches of Representative Citizens, and Many of the 
Early Scotch-Irish and German Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: 
J. M. Runk & Company, 1896, page 362.
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  HAMMOND, JOHN WESLEY, M.D., son of Rezin Hammond and Nancy Lee, was 
born in Anne Arundel county, Md., in 1804.  His grandfather, Maj. Gen. 
John Hammond, of the British army, came to Maryland in 1764 and 
purchased a large tract of land in Anne Arundel, and there the father, 
Col. Rezin Hammond, was born.  Young Hammond received his education 
mainly from private tutors up to the time of studying medicine.  He 
graduated in medicine at the University of Maryland in 1825.  In 1832 
Dr. Hammond located in Somerset county, Pa., but in 1834 removed to 
Williamsport (now Monongahela City) Washington county, Pa., where he 
continued the practice of his profession.  On the election of Governor 
Ritner he was appointed, in 1836, chief clerk in the auditor general's 
office, and removed to Harrisburg.  He held the position through 
several administrations, and was afterwards for a number of years 
casher of the State treasury.  In 1853 he removed to Philadelphia, 
where he died in 1879, at the age of seventy-five.  Dr. Hammond 
married, in 1826, Sarah, daughter of Jonathan Pinkney, Esq., of 
Annapolis, Md., and a niece of William Pinkney, the distinguished 
lawyer, senator and diplomatist.  They had children:  Rev. J. Pinkney, 
Dr. William A., formerly surgeon general, United States army, now of 
New York City; Elizabeth Pinkney, Charles Elliot, and Nathaniel Hobart; 
of these, the first two and last named are living.  Dr. Hammond is held 
in the highest esteem by his fellow-citizens for his urbanity, 
integrity and intellectual ability.