Seth Hammer

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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 SETH HAMMER was born April 24, 1813 in New Market, Jefferson County, Tennessee, and died March 16, 1881 in Iowa.

Seth Hammer was married 4 times without an intervening divorce. He had a child in his home from 1834 to 1881.
Seth Hammer had 15 children by four wives, all named Elizabeth.
Seth born in 1813
Marriage 1, Elizabeth Janeway, born in 1819, marriage in 1833. Seth is 20, wife 14.
01. 1834 Nancy Hammer - Seth is 21, wife 15
02. 1836 Rachel Hammer - Seth is 23, wife 17
03. 1838 Jesse Hammer - Seth is 25, wife 19
04. 1840 Benjamin Hammer - Seth is 27, wife 21
Elizabeth Janeway Hammer died in 1840, age 21. They were married 7 years.
Marriage 2, Elizabeth Hackney, born in 1818, marriage in 1841. Seth is 28, wife 23.
05. 1846 Seth Francis Hammer - Seth Sr is 33, wife 28
06. 1849 Thomas Hammer - Seth is 36, wife 31
07. 1851 Sarah Hammer - Seth is 38, wife 33
08. 1853 Louisa Hammer - Seth is 40, wife 35
Elizabeth Hackney Hammer died in 1858, age 40. They were married 17 years.
Seth Hammer, age 56, about 1869
Marriage 3, Elizabeth Gotschall Musgrove, born in 1835 (a year after Seth's first child Nancy), marriage in 1860. Seth is 47, wife 25.
09. 1861 Allen Hammer - Seth is 48, wife 26. Allen died in 1862. 10. 1862 Adam Hammer - Seth is 49, wife 27
11. 1864 Harriet Hammer - Seth is 51, wife 29
12. 1866 George Hammer - Seth is 53, wife 31
13. 1868 Eva Hammer - Seth is 55, wife 33
Elizabeth Gotschall Musgrove Hammer died in May 1870, age 36. They were married 10 years.
Marriage 4, Elizabeth “Lillie” Channel, born abt 1839, marriage in 1872. Seth is 59, wife 33.
14. 1873 Rubie Moyer Hammer - Seth is 60, wife 34
15. 1875 Ruie Elizabeth Hammer - Seth is 62, wife 36

Seth’s sister Susannah married Charles Janeway, brother of Seth' first wife Elizabeth Janeway.

He is the main subject of Biography of Seth Hammer, written by his son Thomas Jefferson Hammer. The complete book as a PDF: https://media.geni.com/p9/2542/3588/53444837b540a659/Biography_of_Seth_Hammer_original.pdf?hash=bc7643366113a3285c91f13489cdbdd728d4c41093e9bced1765635b22fc8067.1695970799

Place of Burial: Center Friends Church, Newton, IA, USA http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=50299809

Son of Elisha Hammer and Rachel Lewis

Father of Allen Elisha Hammer, Adam Mark Hammer, Harriet Ann Hammer, George Washington Hammer, Eva Darthula Rash (Hammer), Rachel Hammer, Benjamin Janeway Hammer, Nancy Hammer, Jesse Mills Hammer, Sadie Elizabeth Hammer, Thomas Jefferson Hammer, Janet Jane Hammer, Seth Francis Hammer, Ruie Elizabeth Hammer and Rubie Moyer Hammer

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The children of Seth and Elizabeth Hackney Hammer were registered at Lost Creek 30 Nov 1839.
In Sep 1846, permission was granted to Elizabeth and her daughters, Hannah and her daughters, Rachel (daughter of Seth and Elizabeth.?) and her daughter, Sarah arid her daughter, and Lucinda, to move to Pleasant Plain IA Monthly Meeting. Note: daughters seem generally to have followed the membership of their mothers, and sons followed the membership of their fathers. Thus these women's husbands and sons presumably made the move at the same time, but that record was not contained in this source.
A. T. Andreas, The Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Iowa (1875), p. 478, states that Seth Hammer settled at Hammer's Grove, Jasper Co, in 1845. In 1846, the first county officers were elected and he was chosen Recorder. The same source discloses, p . 531, that Aaron HAMMER was farming in Section 13, Newton Township, Jasper Co, and that he came to Iowa from Jefferson Co TN in 1847. These were quite possibly the sons of Elisha and Rachel Lewis HAMMER.
The History of Jasper Co IA (Chicago, Western Historical Co. 1878), p. 325, confirms that Seth Hammer was elected Recorder in Jasper County's first election, held April 1846.
Elisha Hammer spoke against human slavery. His testimony was not political, but wholly humanitarian, therefore he proclaimed earnestly with all the eloquence that God had given him that 'the oppressed shall go free'. Finally he felt that his ministry in the South was nearing an end, and fearing that some of his posterity through marriage might become identified with slavery, and foreseeing the probable war between the States, concluded to move to the free territory of Iowa. This decision was carried out in 1846. In 1845, he sold his farms and flour mill on the Lost Creek stream, near New Market, Tennessee and gathered his family together to start the long trip to Iowa. Elisha Hammer did not live long after coming to Iowa. He died in 1847 . . .
"The son of the Rev . Elisha Hammer, known as Captain Elisha Hammer, built a brickhouse, southwest of the Center Friends Church, this beautiful brick dwellinghouse stands as a landmark. It was built of brick hauled overland by oxen team from Iowa City, prior to the Civil War. Tradition relates this home was one of the several 'underground stations', in the neighborhood.
--Report of Nita M. Hammer, 10 Sep 1975.

Seth and his descendants are detailed in my book:
Our Iowa Family, by Robert Fahey. The History and Stories of these families and more: Rash, Higgason, Hammer, Brown, Campbell, Adams, Fahey, O’Neill, Phinney.
https://media.geni.com/p13/15/b5/20/9f/5344485ef55470e3/our_iowa_family_-_last_updated_6-9-2021_original.pdf?hash=9a67e95b3c3e3de22dfd9dcb062e35946488c21a1b48207afc3573913b1561a4.1695970799

1850 United States Census:
Name, Gender, Age, Birthplace
Seth Hammer, M, 36, Tennessee
Elizabeth Hammer, F, 31, Tennessee
Nancy Hammer, F, 16, Tennessee
Rachel Hammer, F, 14, Tennessee
Jesse Hammer, M, 12, Tennessee
Francis Hammer, M, 3, Iowa
Thomas Hammer, M, 0, Iowa
Event Place: Jasper county, Jasper, Iowa, United States
House Number: 140
Household ID: 140 ,Line Number: 1 ,Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) ,Affiliate Publication Number: M432 ,Affiliate Film Number: 184 ,GS Film Number:7793 ,Digital Folder Number:004181032 ,Image Number: 00499
"United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZ46-Y4R : accessed 10 Oct 2014), Seth Hammer, Jasper county, Jasper, Iowa, United States; citing family 140, NARA microfilm publication M432.

1880 United States Census:
Name, Role, Sex, Age, Birthplace:
Seth Hammer Self M 67 [born about 1813] Tennessee; occupation farmer
Elizabeth Hammer [Ann Elizabeth Channel, Seth's 4th wife] Wife F 41 [born about 1839] Penn
George Channel Stepson M 19 Pennsylvania, United States
Pearly Channel Stepdaughter F 17 Pennsylvania, United States
Wm Channel Stepson M 16 Pennsylvania, United States
Sam'L Channel Stepson M 13 Minnesota, United States
George Hammer Son M 13 Iowa, United States
Eva Hammer Daughter F 11 Iowa, United States
Ruie Hammer Daughter F 5 Iowa, United States
Event Place Kellogg, Jasper, Iowa, United States
Volume 2
District ED 93
Sheet Number and Letter 63C
Household ID 7825268
Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number T9
Affiliate Film Number 0346
GS Film Number 1254346
Digital Folder Number 005160608
Image Number 00352
Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD2L-D74 : 11 August 2017), Seth Hammer, Kellogg, Jasper, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 93, sheet 63C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0346; FHL microfilm 1,254,346.

1860 United States Census:
Name, Sex, Age, Birthplace:
S [Seth] Hammer M 47 Tenn [born about 1813 in Tennessee]
M E [Mary Elizabeth Gotschall, Seth's 3rd wife] Hammer F 26 O [born about 1834 in Ohio]
Jesse Hammer M 22 Tenn
S F [Seth Francis] Hammer M 13 Iowa
Thos J Hammer M 10 Iowa
Sarah E Hammer F 9 Iowa
Louisa J Hammer F 7 Iowa
Event Place Mariposa, Jasper, Iowa, United States
Page 7
Household ID 48
Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number M653
Affiliate Film Number 325
GS Film Number 803325
Digital Folder Number 005166286
Image Number 00339
Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M822-C8F : 13 December 2017), S Hammer, 1860. Note: M.E. Hammer (probably Mary Elizabeth Hammer) is given a birth state of "O". There are three states that start with O now, but at the time of her birth there was only Ohio. Oregon was 1859 and Oklahoma 1907.

Immediately above the entry for S. Hammer and his family in the 1860 census is an entry for the Gotschall family.
Being listed right next to someone else on the census generally means you live very close to them, because census takers go door-to-door, canvassing neighborhoods.
It seems possible (but not conclusive) that these people are close relatives to Seth's 3rd wife, whom we know to be named Mary Elizabeth Gotschall Musgrove, widow of Allen Musgrove. Seth married her in 1860, the same year as this census.
Name,Sex, Age, Race, Birthplace:
Jacob Gotschall Male 33 White, O [so born abt 1827 in Ohio], occupation carpenter
Mary Gotschall Female 47 White, O [so born abt 1813 in Ohio]
John Gotschall Male 12 White, O [so born abt 1848 in Ohio]
Then immediately below that is Seth and family.
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Marriage record of Seth Hammer and Mary Elizabeth Gotschall Musgrove:
Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934
Name Seth Hammer
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 22 Mar 1860
Event Place Iowa, USA
Gender Male
Spouse's Name Mary Elizabeth Musgrove
Spouse's Gender Female
Reference ID 59
GS Film Number 001034509
Digital Folder Number 004310140
Image Number 00063
Citing this Record: "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJKP-NPG : 26 September 2017), Seth Hammer and Mary Elizabeth Musgson, 22 Mar 1860, Iowa, USA; citing reference 59, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,034,509.

Seth Hammer death record:
Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992
Name Seth Hammer
Event Type Death
Event Date 16 Mar 1881
Event Place Mount Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa
Gender Male
Age 68
Birth Year (Estimated) 1813
Certificate Number 134
Page 11
GS Film Number 000965923
Digital Folder Number 007590275
Image Number 00051
Citing this Record: "Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVMF-YXDK : 29 October 2015), Seth Hammer, 16 Mar 1881; citing Death, Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa, United States, page 11, offices of county clerk from various counties; FHL microfilm 965,923.