Rasselas Wait Hammond (1832 - 1910)

Born 25 Jun 1832 in Windsor, Vermont, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Eliza (McGeorge) Hammond — married 14 Sep 1856 in Guthrie County, Iowa, USA

Husband of Sarah Lavinia Mosley (Carmical) Hammond — married 16 Dec 1907 in Houston, Texas, Missouri, USA

Descendants

Died 11 Dec 1910 at age 78 in Ozark Township, Texas, Missouri, United States

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Biography

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Name pronounced "rah-see-lass". Rasselas Wait Hammond was born June 25, 1832, in Windsor, Vermont, USA. His parents were Jiry Hammond and Hulda(h) Davis. ^[1]

Rasselas (Charles) Hammond married Eliza (Oliza) McGeorge, September 14, 1856 in Guthrie County, Iowa, USA. ^[2]

In the 1860 Census, Charles (Rasselas) is mentioned working as a Laborer (a Stonemason, by family accounts)^[3], and living in Iowa Township, Marshall County, Iowa, USA. Family List: ^[4]

• Charles Hammond, age 27, Birthplace: Vermont
• Eliza Hammond, age 28, Birthplace: Ohio
• Wm H Hammond, age 2, Birthplace: Iowa
• Gno. W Hammond, age 1/12 (1 month), Birthplace: Iowa
• Lydia McGeorge, age 61, Birthplace: Vermont

Lydia is Eliza's mother, wife of Samuel McGeorge. (Her maiden name was Knowlton).

On August 24, 1864, he joined the Wisconsin volunteers---becoming a artillery man of the Union Army (6th Battery)---and was mustered out July 3, 1865. He is listed as being from (or living in) Buena Vista, under the name of "Hammond, Rasselas"(not Charles, as the gravesite source claims). ^[5] Note: This may refer to Buena Vista County, in Iowa...the county seat being Storm Lake, the birthplace of his son in 1857, William Henry Hammond.

In the 1870 Census, Rasselas is mentioned as working as a Farmer, and living in Douglass, Sac County, Iowa. Family List: ^[6]

• Rasselas W Hammond, Male, Age 38, White, Occupation: Farmer, Value of Real Estate: $1200, Value of Personal Estate: $550, Birthplace: Vermont
• Eliza Hammond, Female, Age 38, White, Occupation: Keeping house, Birthplace: Ohio
• William H Hammond, Male, Age 12, White, Occupation: Farm Laborer, Birthplace: Iowa
• George W Hammond, Male, Age 10, White, Occupation: At Home, Birthplace: Iowa
• Emma L Hammond, Female age 4/12 (4 months), White

Land secured through the Homestead Act: On July 20, 1874, Rasellas was awarded a portion of land, some 171 acres total, located in the SW quarter of section 30, township 89, range 36, in the District of Lands subject to sale at Sioux City, Iowa. https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Land_Awarded_via_the_Homestead_Act

In the 1880 Census, Rasselas is mentioned as still working as a Farmer, and living in Delaware, Sac County, Iowa. Family List: ^[7]

• R. W. Hammond, Male, Age 47, White, Married, Occupation: Farming, Birthplace: Vermont, Father's/Mother's Birthplace: Vermont
• Eliza Hammond, Female, Age 48, White, Married, Occupation: Keeping house, Birthplace: Ohio, Father's/Mother's Birthplace: Vermont
• Emma Hammond, Female, Age 10, White, Single, Occupation: At school, Birthplace: Iowa

Rasselas' wife, Eliza, is recorded as dying in 1885, so she does not appear on further census records. ^[1]

By the 1885 Iowa Census, Rasselas (now as Charles), living in Lake City, Calhoun County, Iowa, is widowed, and living together with his teenage daughter, and an unknown older man. List: ^[8]

• Charles W Hammond, Age 52, Male, Widowed, Occupation: Laborer
• Emma L Hammond, Age 15, Female, Single, Occupation: n/a
• Andrew Davis, Age 82, Male, Widowed, Occupation: n/a

In the 1900 Census, Rasselas is mentioned working as a Farmer, widowed, and head of his household (with no one living with him). And living in Ozark, Texas County, Missouri. ^[9]

• R. Hammond, Relationshuip: Head, White, Male, Birth: June 1832, Age 67, Widowed, Occupation: Farmer, Owns Farm

Rasselas is listed as a veteran of the Union in the 1900 Census. ^[9]

In December 16, 1907, Rasselas (R.W.) marries his second wife, Sarah Mosley Carmicle (Carmichal), in Houston, Missouri--while living in Tyrone, Texas, Missouri, USA. ^[10][3]

In the 1910 Census, he is still living on his own, living in Ozark, Texas County, Missouri. ^[11]

• Racellas W. Hammond, age 76

Note: Even though he was married a second time to Sarah Carmicle in 1907, she is not mentioned as living with him on the census form. Instead, she is listed as living in Piney, Texas County, with her daughter Nora's family. ^[12]

According to his death certificate, his son, William Henry Hammond looked after him from November 11, 1910 until his death due to pnemonia, December 11, 1910. He was buried at the cemetery in Nagle, Missouri, December 12, 1910. ^[13][14]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Hammond, Roland, A history and genealogy of the descendants of William Hammond of London, England, and his wife Elizabeth Penn : through their son Benjamin of Sandwich and Rochester, Mass., 1600-1894, published in Boston : D. Clapp & son, printers. Published 1894. Page 156
2. ↑ "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KLWL-THZ : 4 November 2017), Charles Hammond and Eliza Mcgeorge, 13 Sep 1856, , Guthrie, Iowa, United States; citing reference , county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,035,092.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Hammond, Marcia, great grandaughter of Rasselas. Written notes, unknown date, given to Michael Hammond. Notes in the possession of Michael Hammond.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8L7-VJV : 30 December 2015), Charles Hammond, 1860.
5. ↑ Roster of Wisconsin volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Madison, Wis.: Democrat Print. Co., 1886. Volume I Roster of Light Artillery, pg 224. [1]
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDVT-LRP : 17 October 2014), Rasselas W Hammond, Iowa, United States; citing p. 8, family 66, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,916.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDL6-YC1 : 24 December 2015), R W Hammond, Delaware, Sac, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 184, sheet 140B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0362; FHL microfilm 1,254,362.
8. ↑ "Iowa State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HHL5-9T2 : 15 November 2014), Emma L Hammond in household of Charles W Hammond, Lake City, Calhoun, Calhoun, Iowa; citing p. 13, 1885, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,021,448.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3H8-B6P : 20 January 2015), R Hammond, Ozark & Pierce Townships, Texas, Missouri, United States; citing sheet 13A, family 244, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,906.
10. ↑ Ancestry.com, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002. "[2]." Viewed 4/30/2016. Missouri Marriage Records. Jefferson City, MO, USA: Missouri State Archives. Microfilm.
11. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census. "[3]." Accessed 7/16/2017. Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Year: 1910; Census Place: Ozark, Texas, Missouri; Roll: T624_826; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0107; FHL microfilm: 1374839.
12. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census. "[4]". Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Year: 1910; Census Place: Piney, Texas, Missouri; Roll: T624_826; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 0109; FHL microfilm: 1374839.
13. ↑ Missouri Death Certificates. [5]. Rascelus W Hammond's death certificate.
14. ↑ Miller, Jan.. (Find A Grave site: accessed 03/21/2016). Photo of Rasselas (Charles) W. Hammond gravesite.