BIO: Jacob HAMMOND, Huntingdon County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: 
Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, 
Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. 
Runk & Co., 1897, pages 337-338.
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  JACOB HAMMOND, Orbisonia, Huntingdon county, Pa., was born near 
Strasburg, Franklin county, Pa., April 12, 1824. He is the son of Peter 
and Sarah Hammond. Peter Hammond, grandfather of Jacob Hammond, was a 
native of Germany, and was one of the first settlers at Hummelstown, 
Dauphin county, Pa. He was a farmer and at one time owned large tracts 
of land. He died in Dauphin county. Peter Hammond, the father of Jacob, 
enlisted for the war of 1812, and had started to join his regiment, 
when peace was declared. He was born in Hummelstown, Dauphin county, 
Pa. Here he grew up and married. Shortly after his marriage, in order 
to pay bail which had been forfeited, he was obliged to sell his 
property. He had friends in Franklin county, and thither he removed, 
taking his family and goods in wagons, and settled near Strasburg. 
While Mr. Hammond lived in Dauphin county he farmed, but he was a ready 
workman and could succeed in almost anything he undertook. After his 
removal to Franklin county, his occupation were varied. He died in Path 
valley, Franklin county, about 1850, aged seventy-five.
  Jacob Hammond attended school in Franklin county until he was eleven 
years old, when he moved with his brother, Peter, to a farm which his 
brother had purchased in Cromwell township, Huntingdon county. His 
mother died when he was twelve. Jacob Hammond remained with his 
brother, attending school and working on the farm until he was fifteen, 
when he found employment among the farmers of Franklin and Huntingdon 
counties. For several years, Mr. Hammond rented a farm; but in 1856 he 
bought his present home, then a farm of 150 acres, to which he has 
added until he now owns 5,000 acres. Mr. Hammond is a self-made man, 
one who has always "hoed his own row." He is a member of the Republican 
party, but has never sought office.
  In 1842, Jacob Hammond was married in Cromwell township, to Sarah, 
daughter of Benjamin Rinker. She died in 1862, leaving nine children: 
Martin; Calvin; Melissa, deceased; Peter; Elizabeth; Margaret; 
Benjamin; Ellen, deceased; and Sarah. Mr. Hammond's second wife was 
Rebecca, daughter of William and Jane (Martin) Booth. Their children 
are: Robert, deceased; John; Jennie; Belle; Rhoads; William; Harrison, 
deceased; Elliott; and Louisa.