Timothy If this is the same man I have a W R Hammond b: abt 1866 TX son of Benjamin Franklin Hammond & Sarah E Burns. If you think this is the same man let me know I have more info on this Benjamin line. I do not have any info. on the WR or William Rayford/Raiform Hammond. Pat Oates in TX At 01:34 PM 3/6/2005 -0700, you wrote: >Seeking information on William Hammond and wife Eliza C Spencer Hammond. Died >in 1928 and buried in Kosse Cemetery in Limestone Texas. Daughter Ada married >Dr. Bunyan S Ezell then remarried a Proter. Daughter Lela married a T. A. >Griffin. Daughter Velma married Roscoe Patrick Henry. Daughter Susan married >John Ralls(Rawls?) Henry. Velma moved to Oklahoma City. Susan died of >appendicitis in Dec, 1900. Have pictures just don't know anything about them. >I understand he was a very rich man in the late 1800s. Family story says one of >his sons was a Texas state senator or representative. > >Timothy Henry >Sunspot, NM

Pat, Am afraid 1866 is much too young. I think Susan was 25 when she died. That would make her father age 11 when she was born. The picture claims it was take on the 50th wedding anniversary in 1911. Dates on the tombstones mention he was born in 1840 and Eliza in 1850. Could be that the pict was taken in 1921 but the dresses date earlier. Perhaps its a 40th or 30th wedding anniversary. BTW, he owned land in Robertson county. Mineral rights still in the family....but spread very thin. The picture is a family portrait but other pictures show a couple of spouses. Have some digitized. Timothy Henry No one has ever "cashed in". There is a Hammond, TX just south of Kosse(Limestone Co) in Robertson Co. Patricia Oates wrote: > Timothy > If this is the same man I have a W R Hammond b: abt 1866 TX son of > Benjamin Franklin Hammond & Sarah E Burns. > If you think this is the same man let me know I have more info on this > Benjamin line. > I do not have any info. on the WR or William Rayford/Raiform Hammond. > Pat Oates in TX > > > At 01:34 PM 3/6/2005 -0700, you wrote: > >>Seeking information on William Hammond and wife Eliza C Spencer Hammond. > > Died > >>in 1928 and buried in Kosse Cemetery in Limestone Texas. Daughter Ada > > married > >>Dr. Bunyan S Ezell then remarried a Proter. Daughter Lela married a T. A. >>Griffin. Daughter Velma married Roscoe Patrick Henry. Daughter Susan > > married > >>John Ralls(Rawls?) Henry. Velma moved to Oklahoma City. Susan died of >>appendicitis in Dec, 1900. Have pictures just don't know anything about > > them. > >>I understand he was a very rich man in the late 1800s. Family story says > > one of > >>his sons was a Texas state senator or representative. >> >>Timothy Henry >>Sunspot, NM > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > The Limestone County Resource Page is at > http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/TX/Limestone/ > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > >

Pat, I have children of B.F. Hammond and Sarah Burns as follows: Benjamin B. - born 1864 D. B. - born 1868 Icy - born 1871 M. Frank - born 1872 Sally - born 1874 Thomas H. - born 1880 Where did you find a son W.R. born 1866? Sally Hammond married David C. Williams. At one time there was a family Bible for sale in the antique store in Groesbeck that seemed to be from this family. Lots of Williams names in it and a couple of Fergusons. Also a paper pinned inside with B.F. Hammond's family. There was even mention of family dogs in the Bible: "Rover died Dec. 8, 1916" and "Bigon died June 20, 1920, a car run over him". Barbara