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Obituary for Erskine Goodlett Hammond (1844-1912)
No. 056 - Uncited clippings from the "Neva Murphy Hubbard Collection" of
Beth Rengers Talken, 1998.
Erskine Goodlett HAMMOND was born near Troy, Mo., Aug. 11, 1844. Died at Dalhart, Texas Oct. 19, 1912, making his age 68 years, 2 months and 8 days.
He was married to Matilda YOUNG of Bardstown, Ky., on Aug. 25, 1864. To this union nine children were born only two of whom are living, Miss Mollie and Clair. Bro. HAMMOND professed religion and united with the Troy Baptist church in the year 1890. He made his home in and near Troy and engaged in various lines of business until about four years ago when he sold his beautiful home and moved to the southern part of the state. Remaining only a short time he went to Clayton, N.Mex., in search of a more suitable climate to his weakened condition in health, which had been poor for a number of years. The immediate suffering was heart failure, which brought the peaceful end last Saturday morning.
The body was brought to Troy October 22nd, accompanied by Miss Luvina HAMMOND of
Bardstown, Ky., and taken to the home of Mr. Chas. MARTIN, where funeral services were
conducted by the writer at 2 p.m. The interment was in the city cemetery. There was a
large gathering of friends to do honor to the memory of a good neighbor and a good
citizen. May God's blessing be upon the aged wife, the son and daughter, and other
relatives and friends.
--O.A. Gordon.
Note regarding clippings from the "Neva Murphy Hubbard Collection": Neva Murphy Hubbard (1886-1971) lived all of her life in Lincoln County, MO. She collected a large file of clippings of Lincoln County residents. The majority of the clippings were without citation. Beth Rengers Talken, beneficiary of the collection, has transcribed them for inclusion in our Lincoln County Heritage Records.
File contributed for use on USGenWeb/MOGenWeb Lincoln County Heritage Page by Beth Rengers Talken, 30 October 1998. Link change or update: 30 Oct 1998
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