Elisha Hammer (1789 - 1847)

Born 1 May 1789 in Jefferson, Tennessee, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Rachel Lewis — married 6 Jun 1810 in Jefferson, Tennessee, USA

Descendants

Died 1 May 1847 at age 58 in Pleasant Plains, Jasper, Iowa, USA

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Biography

Descendant of Thomas and Joan Mildenhall.

Elisha was a Friend (Quaker)

Biography

There are some that note Elisha as being born in Guilford Courthouse, Guilford, North Carolina, United States. In the Lost Creek Quarterly Meeting, Wilmington Yearly Meeting , Women's Minutes, 1733-1934 it states 01 Fifth 1789 Birth Place: Jefferson, Tennessee ^[1]

In the summer of 1846, Rev. Elisha Hammer, with all of his family's, with six wagons left Jefferson County, Tennessee, Tennessee, for Iowa.

He later became the first Quaker minister in Jasper County, Iowa, where he established a homestead.

Rev. Elisha Hammer spent the winter of 1846-1847 at Richland, Iowa. He taught school during the winter in Richland, in the spring of 1847 he and all of his children settled in Jasper County at Amboy Switch.

• Past and present of Jasper County, Iowa page 530
• The History of Jasper County, Iowa page 343

ELISHA HAMMER REV was born on 01 Fifth 1789^[2] in Jefferson, Tennessee He died on 01 May 1847 in Pleasant Plains, Jasper, Iowa, United States. He married RACHEL LEWIS on 06 Jun 1810 in Jefferson, Tennessee, USA. She was born on 08 Fourth 1792 in Lost Creek, Jefferson County, Tennessee. She died in 1853 in Pleasant Plains, Jasper, Iowa.

Elisha Hammer and Rachel Lewis had the following children:

1. MAHLON HAMMER was born on 03 Mar 1811 in Tennessee . He died on 15 Dec 1831 in Jefferson, Tennessee.
2. SETH HAMMER was born on 02 Apr 1813 in Lost Creek, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States. He died on 10 Mar 1881 in Jasper, Iowa, United States
3. SUSANNAH HAMMER was born on 16 Oct 1815 in Jefferson Co, Tennessee . She died on 17 Sep 1890 in Kellogg, Jasper, Iowa, USA.
4. HENRY HAMMER was born on 15 Dec 1817 in Lost Creek, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States . He died on 03 Dec 1879 in Kellogg Jasper co, Iowa.
5. JESSE HAMMER was born on 04 Oct 1820 in Jefferson co, TN. He died on 02 Sep 1873 in Richland, Keokuk, Iowa, United States.
6. IRA LEWIS HAMMER was born on 09 Mar 1823 in Jefferson co, TN He died on 11 Mar 1896 in Jefferson City, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States.
7. LYDIA HAMMER was born on 06 Oct 1825 in Jefferson City, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States . She died in Aug 1827 in Jefferson City, Jefferson,Tennessee, United States .
8. ELISHA HAMMER was born on 30 Apr 1828 in Lost Creek, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States '. He died in 1907 in Marshalltown Marshall co, Iowa.
9. AARON HAMMER was born on 20 Jun 1831 in Jefferson, Tennessee . He died on 11 Nov 1914 in Jasper, Iowa, United States.
10. MARY ANN HAMMER was born on 15 Nov 1834 in Jefferson City, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States . She died on 29 Aug 1874 in Jasper, Iowa, United States.
11. ISAAC HAMMER was born on 20 Jun 1836 in Jefferson City, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States . He died in 1862 in Austin, Lander, Nevada, United States.

• Mendenhall Person: I54122

Census

1830 Jefferson, Tennessee, United States^[3]

1840 Jefferson, Tennessee, United States^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ •Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. •North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes. Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina. •Indiana Yearly Meeting Minutes. Earlham College Friends Collection & College Archives, Richmond, Indiana. •Haverford, Quaker Meeting Records. Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania.
2. ↑ U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I page 1105
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP9-DVQ : 18 August 2015), Elisha Hammer, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States; citing 322, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 180; FHL microfilm 24,538.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYL-16P : 24 August 2015), Elisha Hammer, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 309, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 526; FHL microfilm 24,546.

Elisha was born in 1789. He passed away in 1847.

Sources

1. ↑ •Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. •North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes. Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina. •Indiana Yearly Meeting Minutes. Earlham College Friends Collection & College Archives, Richmond, Indiana. •Haverford, Quaker Meeting Records. Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania.
2. ↑ U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I page 1105
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP9-DVQ : 18 August 2015), Elisha Hammer, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States; citing 322, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 180; FHL microfilm 24,538.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYL-16P : 24 August 2015), Elisha Hammer, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 309, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 526; FHL microfilm 24,546.

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