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† Source #1: History of
Pike County, Illinois. - 1880
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JOEL HAM, farmer, sec. 20;
P. O. Chambersburg. In Rutherford Co., Tenn., in
1829, there was born to James and Mary Hamm the
subject of this sketch; they moved to this county when
their son was one year old;/ here he grew to manhood,
and May 9, 1850, was married to Miss Sarah A. Wells,
who was born in this township April 29, 1833.
James A., Orson, Sarah H., Bennett D. and Charles
are the names of the children born to them.
Mrs. H. died, and Sept. 8, 1859, Mr. H.
married Miss Malvina Lee, who was born May 24,
1836, at Orleans, Ind. Ten children have been born
to them, - Benj. F., Angenettia, Lucretia, David L.,
Enoch, Walter S., Harvey, Anna E., Dollie P., Frederick
A. The following of his former children are
dead: James A., Orson and Charlie;
and of the latter, Benjamin, Lucretia and
Dollie. Mr. H. began life very poor,
but now owns 400 acres of land. He well remembers
about the early settlers pounding corn with an iron
wedge in the top of the stump burned out for the
purpose, and when it took tow days for his father to go
to mill with the grist in a sack thrown over the horse's
back. All the sugar then used was from the maple
trees standing in the forest. Mrs. H. is a
member of the Christian Church. |
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JOHN H. HAM, farmer, sec.
20; P. O. Chambersburg; is the son of Lewis and Julia
A. Ham, and was born in this county in 1855; his
mother died in December, 1878. In 1874 Mr. H.
took unto himself a wife in the person of Miss
Alice Conner; she was born in Pike county in 1854;
only one of the two children born to them is living.
Mrs. H. is a member of the Christian Church. |
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JAMES L. HAM, one
of the largest farmers in this county, was born June 15,
1832, in this township; his parents came here in 1830
from Rutherford county, Tenn.; their names were James
and Mary (Broiles) Ham, one a native of S. C. and
the other of Tenn., and of German descent, - both very
old families in those States, and took part in the
Revolutionary war, their great-grandfather, Gen.
Williams, serving under Washington. James
Ham, the father of our subject, during his life-time
was a very large and successful farmer, owning and
working 1,500 acres of land in this township at the time
of his death, which occurred in 1868. He began
life in 1830 with a team and 35 cents. He raised a
large family of eight children, seven of whom lived to
be grown, - four now living in this county and one in
Stark county. James L. was married Sept.
25, 1853, to Julia A. Wells, daughter of James
Wells, the oldest settler in this township. He
had a family of four children, - John H., who is
married and lives on sec. 20, Henry A.,
Marshall A. and Reuben L. Mr. Ham has
served the township for several years as Supervisor, and
was Chairman of that body; he is now acting as Justice
of the Peace. He has been a member of the
Christian Church for many years. He is also a
member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows fraternities, and
has been prominently connected with the Pike County
Agricultural Society, being President, Vice-President or
Director for the last fifteen years, and is now
Vice-President. |
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WILLIAM HAWK, farmer, sec.
4; P. O. Chambersburg; was born Aug. 3, 1842, and is a
son of James and Rachel Hawk. He came with
his parents to Brown county, Ill., when nine years of
age, and in 1854 located in Pike county. Mr. H.
served three years in Co. G, 99th Ill. Vol. Inf.;
was in the siege of Vicksburg, then transferred to the
Army of the Gulf; was in the battle of Fort Blakely,
then returned to New Orleans, then to Memphis, then to
Mobile, - was there when that place was captured, then
to Shreveport and Baton Rouge. He returned home
and engaged in farming. |
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HENRY HENDRICKS,
farmer, sec. 16; P. O. Chambersburg. Mr. H.
is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth Hendricks, the
former a native of Kentucky and the latter of Vermont.
They were married in Jennings county, O., where in
1836 the subject of this sketch was born; in 1849 Mr.
H. came with his parents to Brown County, Ill.,
where he lived until he became of age and married
Miss Elmina Hume, who was born in 1837. To
them have been born seven children. Mr. H.
has held some township offices ever since he came to
this county in 1861. Mrs. H. is a member of
the Christian Church. |
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D. J. HOBBS, of the
firm of Smith & Hobbs, was born in 1848 in Pike
county, Ill., and is the son of Henson and Jane
Hobbs; his father was born in Kentucky and his
mother in this county; in 1857 he moved with his parents
to Missouri, and returned to Pike county in 1861.
He worked two years in a woolen mill at Perry, this
county. In 1868 he married Miss Bettie Ann
Wilkins, who was born in Ohio Dec. 22, 1848.
Four children have been born to them. Mr. H.
embarked in the wagon business in 1870, turning out good
wagons and buggies and meeting with fair success.
Both Mr. and Mrs. H. are members of the Christian
Church. |
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GEO. T. HUME,
merchant, Chambersburg, was born in Pike county in 1855,
and is a son of Thos. and Elmina Hume, father a
native of Pike county and mother of Brown county,
Illinois. Mr. H. grew to manhood in this
immediate vicinity, receiving a liberal education, and
embarked in the mercantile business; he carries a large
stock of dry goods, hats, caps, boots, shoes, notions,
etc., and transacts a large business. He married
Miss Vienna McPherson in 1877; she was born in
DeWitt county, Illinois, in 1858. |
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W. A. HUME, merchant,
Chambersburg, was born in 1837 in this county, and is a
son of W. A. and Margaret Hume, both
natives of Kentucky. They came to this State in
1828 (where both of them died) when the subject of this
sketch was bound out; in 1864 he married Miss
Caroline Pool, who was born in Pike county in 1846.
Two of the four children born to them are living.
Mrs. H. died in 1873, and Mr. H. married
again in 1874 Miss Mary Winegar. Miss W.
was born in this county in 1850. Of this union two
children have been born. Mr. H. has held
the offices of Collector, Treasurer and Town Clerk.
He embarked in the dry-goods business in 1865 and met
with good success. He owns a farm of 230 acres. |
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