BIO:  J. C. Hammond, 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, Hopewell Township, Pg 113

J. C. HAMMOND, son of Henry and Sarah (Coulson) Hammond, natives of Baltimore 
County, Md., was born in Hopewell Township, York County, May 12, 1834.  His 
grandfather, Philip Hammond, came to York County in 1815, settling in Hopewell 
Township.  Henry Hammond, subject’s father, was born July 3, 1793, came to York 
County in 1815, and settled in Hopewell Township, where he resided until his 
death in 1873.  He held the office of commissioner from 1865 to 1868.  The mother 
of our subject is still living at the age of eighty-seven years.  J. C. remained 
on the home farm until 1876, when he engaged as clerk with James Fulton, of 
Stewartstown, with whom he remained four years.  He is now a dealer in 
agricultural implements, also has a book store and circulating library.  In 1867 
he was appointed mercantile appraiser for the county, and held that office one 
year.  He owns two valuable properties in Stewartstown, an interest in a farm of 
360 acres in Baltimore County, Md., and has an interest in a farm of 100 acres in 
Harford County, Md.