BIO: John H. Hamme, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, historical editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, York Borough, Pg 21

JOHN H. HAMME, son of Jonas and Catherine (Eisenhart) Hamme, was born in Dover 
Township, March 6, 1838.  He is the fifth of ten children:  Annie, Eliza, Adam, 
Ellen, John H., George H. (deceased), William (deceased), Amanda, Martin and 
Rebecca.  Mr. Hamme's mother was the daughter of Dr. George H. Eisenhart, of 
West Manchester Township, and she still lives, at the advanced age of eighty 
years, in the village of Dover, York County.  November, 1871, Mr. Hamme married 
Sarah Bentzel, and this marriage was blessed with six children: Carrie C., 
William (deceased), Annie V., Shuman F., Harry L. and Minnie May.  Mr. Hamme's 
occupation has always been farming, to which he was reared.  He recently leased 
the Motler House in York.