This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2YB.2ACI/2107.1 Message Board Post: According to the book "History of Ross and Highland Counties, Ohio" by Williams Bros., Hamer Township was named in honor of General Thomas L. Hamer of Brown County, OH. Yolanda (Campbell) Lifter Malabar, FL http://www.ohiofamilyresearch.com