This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hammond, Cook, Becker, Schoonover Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0k.2ADE/2275 Message Board Post: Family member seeking any information about the family of J. Oren Hammond & Martha Alydia (Becker) Cook Hammond. Marriage on 27 June 1887 in Persia, Iowa. Children were: Alta, Effie, Charles, Archie & Oscar Hammond. Martha was previously married to Frank O. Cook of Persia with whom she had 3 children: Levi A. Cook, Joseph Emenzo Cook and Joel Cook. Children probably raised together by Hammond family. J. Oren Hammond DOB 19 Feb 1857, DOD unk in Persia, Iowa. Both families appear to be buried in Valley View Cemetery, Union Twp., Harrison County, Iowa. Bob Schoonover Email: [email protected]