Jacob Hammer

Jacob Hammer 1816-1891 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10723811

Came to Oregon from Indiana in 1844. Married Hanna Cox of Indiana in 1840. Hammer was of German descent that came to America in 1709. He was a Quaker. They had 14 children.
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OREGON TRAIL....... Jacob HAMMER (c1816- ): m'd 1840 Hannah COX; "[excerpt from interview with Ellis Hammer, s/o Jacob and Hannah (Cox) Hammer] ........From The Dalles the men folks came by the Barlow Pass, but mother and the three children came down the river to Portland in an Indian canoe.........My parents had a hard time at first. Meat was easy to get as deer were plentiful and tame. For flour they had to carry the wheat by ox-team to Oregon City, and the trip took about ten days. This adventure was undertaken only once a year, just after harvest in the fall. Their first house was of logs. This was well built and was still standing when I was a man grown. It was used for a shop and storehouse. Goods were so hard to come by that for one whole summer father went barefooted. Later when he could get lumber he built a tan vat, got tan bark from the woods, and tanned leather for himself and for the neighbors. From that time he made the shoes for the family......."; settled Benton Co
- Bev

Parents:
Jonathan Hammer 1795 – unknown https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43345282
Lydia Jane Bayless Hammer unknown–1873 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21662609

Spouse:

 Hannah Cox Hammer 1820–1896 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10723821

Siblings:
Levi Hammer 1830–1902 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178932200

 Lydia Ann Hammer Osborn 1835–1906 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46193101

Children:

 A. I. Hammer 1841–1915 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74504624

 Melissa Hammer Fudge 1843–1929 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38032270

 Goldsmith Hammer 1844–1935 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37947386

 Josephus Hammer 1846–1934 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68411662

 Amos K. Hammer 1849–1930 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19506205

 Lorenzo Hammer 1850–1935 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37947426

 Eudocia Esther Hammer Harrison 1852–1884 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37947477

 Noah Hammer 1853–1902 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37947446

 Jeremiah Hammer 1855–1935 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29306974

Hiram Hammer 1856–1864 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34210445

 Ellis Enos Hammer 1861–1946 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34210439

 Alvah Hammer 1864–1881 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37947244

 Elias Hammer 1868–1881 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37947368