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About Jesse Mills Hammer
Siblings (children of Rev. Elisha Hammer and Rachel Lewis, all born in Jefferson County, Tennessee):
- Mahlon Hammer 1811-1831
- Seth Hammer 1813-1881 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50299809
- Susannah Hammer 1815-1890 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50264164
- Henry Hammer 1817-1879 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50232492
- Jesse Hammer 1820-1873 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144433154
- Ira Lewis Hammer b. March 9 1823
- Lydia Hammer 1825-1827
- Elisha Hammer 1828-1907 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50235163
- Aaron Hammer 1831-1914 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50258321
- Mary Ann "Polly" Hammer Booth 1833-1874 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50296637
- Isaac Newton Hammer 1836-1862 http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=144433154
JESSE MILLS HAMMER was born October 4, 1820, near New Market, a town in Jefferson County, Tennessee, and died September 2, 1873 in Richland, Iowa. He married (1) LUCINDA HACKNEY May 1, 1841 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, daughter of AARON HACKNEY and JANE JONES. She was born Jan. 21, 1821 and died about 1847. In the winter of 1848-49, he married (2) MARGARET W. SPARKS, daughter of J.R. SPARKS and ELIZABETH MATTHEWS. She was born Oct. 3, 1830, and died Nov. 24, 1860 at her home two miles west of Lynville, Jasper Co., Ia. He married (3) Emma Woodward April 19, 1863, in Newton County, IA. She died before 1868. He married (4) Mrs. Jane (Mills) Hammer, the widow of his nephew Mahlon Akilen Hammer, on Oct. 20, 1868 in Newton, IA. She was born in 1838 and died Feb. 5, 1887. Jane is buried in Center Friends Cemetery, Jasper County, Iowa. http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=50235063
Write-up about JESSE MILLS HAMMER on page 530 of the 1912 book Past and Present of Jasper County Iowa:
Jesse Hammer… was born October 4, 1820, in Jefferson county, Tennessee. There he grew up, received what education he could in the rude schools of those early days and there he married, his wife dying in early life, leaving him with two sons. In 1846 he joined his father, who decided to leave that country since he was opposed to slavery and his views had been resented by his neighbors, and they all came to Iowa. He settled in Jasper county and was destined to become quite prominent and influential. Here he married Margaret W. Sparks, daughter of John R. Sparks, who owned a flour mill at Lynnville, of which mill Jesse Hammer later became miller, operating the same successfully for a number of years. He later became miller of Doctor Warren's mill near Oskaloosa. He was the owner of two hundred acres of land in Newton township. He was elected the first sheriff of Jasper county. but refused to serve. His marriage with Margaret Sparks was the first of record in this county. His brother Seth was the first recorder of the county, having been elected in 1846 or 1847; another brother. Elisha, was captain of Company G, Seventh Iowa Cavalry, in the Civil war.
Jesse Hammer was married four times, his first wife having been a Miss Hackney, of Tennessee, and they were married in Jefferson county, Mr. Hammer's wedding suit having been cut out by Andrew Johnson*, later President of the United States, who lived in the adjoining county. By his second wife, Margaret Sparks, was born Dr. Marion R. Hammer… he being their oldest child. In all, Jesse Hammer was the father of fourteen children. John R. Sparks, mentioned above, was not only known as the proprietor of the mill at Lynnville but he was also a large land owner, and at one time paid the largest tax of any one in Jasper county. He was prominent in the early industrial life of the county, having established the first flour mill, the first saw mill and the first carding mill in Jasper county, all being erected near Linnville. Two sons of his (editor: sons of J.R. Sparks), William Henry and Matthew T… were soldiers in the Civil war, having served in the Fifth Iowa Volunteer Infantry; they were captured at Tunnel Hill in 1864 and incarcerated in Andersonville prison, where they died. The death of Jesse Hammer… occurred on Sept. 2, 1873 at Richland, Iowa, whither he had gone on a visit.
About Margaret Sparks’ brothers William Henry and Matthew T. Sparks: Tunnel Hill is a town in Whitfield County, Georgia. The general area of Tunnel Hill hosted many engagements and camps throughout the course of the war. The Andersonville prison, officially known as Camp Sumter, was the largest Confederate military prison during the American Civil War. The site of the prison is now Andersonville National Historic Site in Andersonville, Georgia. A Union soldier described his entry into the prison camp: "As we entered the place, a spectacle met our eyes that almost froze our blood with horror, and made our hearts fail within us. Before us were forms that had once been active and erect;—stalwart men, now nothing but mere walking skeletons, covered with filth and vermin. Many of our men, in the heat and intensity of their feeling, exclaimed with earnestness, "Can this be hell?" "God protect us!"
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Jesse in the 1894 book Portrait and Biographical Record of Jasper, Marshall and Grundy Counties, Iowa, page 283:
Jesse, the fourth son of Elisha, was born in Jefferson County, Tenn., October 4, 1820, and died at Richland, Iowa, September 2, 1878. He was four times married, and was the father of six daughters and eight sons. The two eldest, Aaron T. and John H., were by his first wife, and were born in Jefferson County, Tenn.; the other children were all born in Jssper County, Iowa. Those by his second wife were Elizabeth L., Marion R., Samuel L., Jasper F., Martha E. and Mary E.; by his third wife were Alta E. and Etta N.; and by his fourth wife, James C., Frank V. and Jesse M.
The Hammers, back to the first representative of the family in this country, have been identified with the Quaker faith, although the later generations have drifted away from that church.
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Jesse Mills Hammer's Timeline
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October 4, 1820
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New Market, Jefferson County, Tennessee, United States
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| 1843 |
March 10, 1843
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June 16, 1845
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1851
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Keokuk, Lee Co., IA ?
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January 26, 1853
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Jasper County, Iowa
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July 13, 1854
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Newton, Jasper County, Iowa, United States
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April 8, 1856
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Jasper Co., IA ?
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May 23, 1858
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Jasper Co., IA ?
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June 2, 1860
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Jasper Co., IA ?
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1864
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