The Thomas Hamer Jr. Bible lists Elizabeth's death date as 1849.

Family tradition has it that she married a Jacob Hamers from whom she separated. No children were born.

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IGI Record Elizabeth HAMER Sex: F Event(s): Birth: 26 Nov 1790

<>, Of Geneva, New York Parents: Father: Thomas Jr. HAMER Mother: Hannah MCNEALL Source Information: Film Number: 1985591

This agrees with family bible. The place of birth does not agree with the 1790 census which shows her a child in PA.

William Hamer is enumerated in the Thomas Hamer Jr. household in 1800 and 1810. His birthdate is given in the Thomas Hamer Family Bible, May 1, 1792.

[Brøderbund Family Archive #314, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1820, Date of Import: Sep 15, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.314.1.2502.18]

Individual: Hammer, William

County/State: Ontario Co., NY

Location: Livonia

Page #: 063

Year: 1820

1 male 26-45; 1 female under 10; 1 female 16-26; 1 female 26 - 45.

[Brøderbund Family Archive #315, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1830, Date of Import: Aug 23, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.315.1.3891.92]

Individual: Hamet, William

County/State: Sandusky Co., OH

Location: Green Creek Twp

Page #: 015

Year: 1830

1 male between 30 and 40; 1 female under 5; 1 female between 10 and 15; 1 female between 30 and 40.

[Brøderbund Family Archive #316, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1840, Date of Import: Aug 10, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.316.1.4993.192]

Individual: Hamer, William

County/State: Sandusky Co., OH

Location: Green Creek Twp

Page #: 036

Year: 1840

1 male between 40 and 50; 1 female under 5; 1 female between 10 and 15; 1 female between 40 and 50.

[Brøderbund Family Archive #317, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1850, Date of Import: Aug 10, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.317.1.13619.19]

Individual: Hamer, William

County/State: Sandusky Co., OH

Location: Green Creek

Page #: 425b

Year: 1850

Enumerated 1 Aug 1850 by J. S. Fouke

30 474 486 HAMER William 60 M Farmer 10,000 N.Y.

31 474 486 HAMER Keesa 58 F N.Y.

32 474 486 HAMER Jemimah 23 F OH

1860 Census of Sandusky County Ohio - Clyde - Green Creek Township - pg 101 - 1490-1454

Jun 26, 1860

William Hamar 67 M Master Farmer 12500 500 PA

Jemima " 31 F OH

Andrew Gifford 33 M Farm Laborer NH

James Brady 22 M Farm Laborer Ire

Jane Elder 18 F Domestic OH

History of Sandusky County Ohio, 1812-1882. Cleveland: Williams, 1882. p637

"William Hamer was born in Geneseo, New York, in 1791. In 1815 he married Kezia Cleveland, who died Sept. 19, 1856. He came to Ohio in 1826 and began keeping tavern at the [Hamers} Corners. Soon after that time he laid out the first town lots in Centreville, now Clyde. He married for his second wife, Mrs. Priscilla Blanchard, who is yet living."

Source for below: R.B.Hayes Library. Sandusky, OH. Obituary Index.

HAMER, WILLIAM

Age at Time of Death 75 City of Death CLYDE State of Death OH

Month of Death 12 Day of Death 26 Year of Death 1866

Fremont Journal. Fremont, Ohio. Dec 28, 1866. pg 3 col 4

Death of An Old Citizen. William Hamer, one of the oldest inhabitants of Sandusky county, died at his residence in Clyde (Ohio), Wednesday, Dec 26th, at the age of 75 years. Mr. Hamer was one of the first settlers here, and the little town from which Clyde came was named after him, as Hamer's Corners. He was very widely known, perhaps more so than any citizen of Clyde. In June last, Mr. Hamer's only daughter died of consumption. From that day the old gentleman went down.

International Masonic Directory, 1860.

Hamer William farmer Monticello Clyde, Sandusky Couty OH U.S.A.

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William HAMER Sex: M Event(s): Birth: 1 May 1792 Genesee, New York

Relatives: Luman A. Shurtleff

William HAMER Sex: M Marriage(s): Spouse: Kesiah CLEVELAND Marriage: Abt. 1819

<morris>, Livingston, New York

Source for below: R.B.Hayes Library. Sandusky, OH. Obituary Index.

HAMER, KEZIE

Spouse Last Name

Spouse First Name

Age at Time of Death 64

City of Death

State of Death

Month of Marriage

Day of Marriage

Year of Marriage

Fathers First Name

Month of Death 9

Day of Death 19

Year of Death 1856

Source for below: R.B.Hayes Library. Sandusky, OH. Obituary Index.

HAMER, PRISCILLA S Spouse Last Name HAMER Spouse First Name WILLIAM

Age at Time of Death 83 City of Death READING State of Death MI

Month of Death 3 Day of Death 20 Year of Death 1895

Clyde Enterprise. Clyde, Ohio. Mar 22, 1895. pg 1 col 3

Priscilla S. Hamer. On Wednesday of this week undertaker George F. Supner received a telegram from Reading, Michigan announcing the death of Mrs. Priscilla S. Hamer and requesting him to meet the remains at the Lake Shore Depot here at 6:15 last evening. At that time the body arrived here, accompanied by her son in law, Orson Grover, and his son Charles. The body was taken to Supner's undertaking rooms where it remained until nine o'clock this morning, when it was taken to Bakertown cemetery for interment, accompanied by friends of the deceased, there being no funeral services here except brief services at the grave by Rev. J.M. Davies, of the Baptist church. Mrs. Hamer was one of the earliest residents of Clyde, and it was from her second husband, William Hamer, that the early hamlet of Hamer's Corners, now Clyde, received its name. The family lived for many years in the house now owned and occupied by C.L.Dirlam, where her husband died many years ago. Mrs. Hamer was born in Massachusetts and was there married to Cephas Blanchard. They came to this place about 1840, and upon the death of Mr. Blanchard whe was married about 1862 to Mr Hamer. She remained a resident of Clyde until July 1890, since which time she has made her home with her son in law, Orson Grover, at Reading, Michigan. She died there on Wednesday, March 20th at the age of 83 years, 4 months and 18 days. Deceased was well known among older residents of Clyde as a most estimable lady. She leaves no near relatives here or elsewhere. Orson Grover, who accompanied the remains here, is a brother of Truman Grover, west of town.

Fremont Democratic Messenger. Fremont, Ohio. Mar 28, 1895. pg 5 col 5.

Hamer. At the residence of her son in law, Orson Grover, Reading, Michigan, Wednesday, March 20, 1895, Priscilla S. Hamer, aged 83 years, 4 months and 18 days. The body was brought to Clyde and taken to the Bakertown cemetery for interment where a brief service was held by Rev. J.M. Davis, of the Baptist Church. The Clyde Interprise says: " Mrs. Hamer was born in Massachusetts and was there married to Cephas Blanchard. They came to this place about 1840, and upon the death of Mr. Blanchard whe was married about 1862 to Mr Hamer. She remained a resident of Clyde until July 1890, since which time she has made her home with her son in law, Orson Grover, at Reading, Michigan. She died there on Wednesday, March 20th at the age of 83 years, 4 months and 18 days. Deceased was well known among older residents of Clyde as a most estimable lady. She leaves no near relatives here or elsewhere. Orson Grover, who accompanied the remains here, is a brother of Truman Grover, west of town." The age at death makes her birthday Feb 11, 1811.

[Brøderbund Family Archive #315, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1830, Date of Import: Feb 8, 2002, Internal Ref. #1.315.1.815.198]

Individual: Blanchard, Sylvanus (Syl, Cep)

County/State: Windsor Co., VT

Location: Barnard

Page #: 008

Year: 1830

1 male between 20 and 30; 1 female under 5; 1 female between 20 and 30.

[Brøderbund Family Archive #316, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1840, Date of Import: Feb 8, 2002, Internal Ref. #1.316.1.1038.7]

Individual: Blanchard, Cisperd

County/State: Sandusky Co., OH

Location: Green Creek Twp

Page #: 037

Year: 1840

1 male between 30 and 40; 1 female between 10 and 15; 1 female between 30 and 40.

1850 Census of Sandusky County Ohio - Green Creek Township - p 451 - 817-832

BLANCHARD Cleophas 49 M Farmer VT

BLANCHARD Priscilla 38 F Mass

BLANCHARD Lorinda 18 F VT

BLANCHARD Mary E. 9 F OH

BLANCHARD Wm. 7 M OH

BLANCHARD Chas 3 M OH

1860 Census of Sandusky County Ohio - Green Creek Township - p 95 - 1090-1055

Orson Grover 42 m w Master Farmer 2500 300 NY

Lorinda " 28 f w NY

Charles " 0 m w OH

Priscilla Blanchard 48 f w VT

Sarah Grover 81 f w NY

1880 Census of Sandusky County Ohio - Clyde - Green Creek Township - p 47b

Priscilla HAMER Self F W W 68 Keeps House MA Fa: MA Mo: MA

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Husband's Name Cephas BLANCHARD (AFN:168M-DVB) Born: 30 Nov 1800 Place: Barnard, Vermont

Died: 19 Sept 1854 Place: Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio

Married: 7 Sep 1828 Place: Barnard, Vermont

Wife's Name Priscilla Shurtleff MAXHAM (AFN:168M-DWJ) Born: 4 Nov 1811 Place: Middleboro, Plymouth County, Massachuetts Died: 20 Mar 1895 Place: Reading, Hillsdale County, Michigan

Father: Samuel MAXHAM (AFN:168M-DGT) Mother: Mary SHURTLEFF (AFN:168M-ZRM)

Children

1. F Lorinda BLANCHARD (AFN:168M-DXQ) Born: 27 Jan 1832 Place: Barnard, Windsor County, Vermont

2. F Mary Emeline BLANCHARD (AFN:168M-DZX) Born: 29 Jan 1842 Place: Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio

3. M Charles A BLANCHARD (AFN:168M-F4X) Born: 1 Oct 1847 Place: Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio Died: 5 Apr 1881 Place: Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio

4. M Williiam H BLANCHARD (AFN:168M-F2J) Born: 24 Jun 1845 Place: Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio Died: 30 Jan 1873 Place: Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio

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Burial: March 22, 1895, Bakertown Cemetery, Sandusky County, Ohio

HAMER, WILLIAM BLANCHARD, PERCILLA S. 21 Mar 1861 Sandusky OH

Database: Ohio Marriages, 1803-1900 Ancestry.com

Source for below: R.B.Hayes Library. Sandusky, OH. Obituary Index.

Fremont Journal. Fremont, Ohio. April 5, 1861. pg 3 col 1

MARRIED on the 27th of March, at the Veranda Hotel, Green Springs, by Wm. H. Gale, Esq., William Hamer and Mrs. Percilla Blanchard, both of Clyde, Ohio.

Nancy Hamer seems to have married Lemuel Jennings in 1816, according to the DAR record of Louise R. Riley, then Roswell Crowfoot in 1822, according to Clarice Evans DeWreede.

Family histories report her to be the village schoolteacher at Spring Mill after the death of her second husband, Roswell Crowfoot. Her name is sometimes spelled Nancy Crofoot. She came between 1830 and 1840, since Charles was born in 1830, and Euphemia was married in Indiana in 1833. She was called "Aunt Nancy". She was teacher to Almira Hamer Lucas, who was left handed. Aunt Nancy tried to make Almira right handed. Almira remembered this even in her old age. Family histories report Nancy as moving to Louisville, Kentucky, and remarrying. They also report her death as 1890.

[Brøderbund Family Archive #314, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1820, Date of Import: Aug 20, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.314.1.3120.188]

Individual: Jennings, Semuel

County/State: Ontario Co., NY

Location: Geneseo

Page #: 194

Year: 1820

00010010100 This appears to be Lemuel Jennings. one male 16-26; one female under 10; one female 16-26. Lemuel, Euphemia, and Nancy.

[Brøderbund Family Archive #315, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1830, Date of Import: Sep 17, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.315.1.2161.199]

Individual: Crofoot, Roswell

County/State: Livingston Co., NY

Location: Livonia

Page #: 064

Year: 1830

20000100000000110100000000; 2 males under five; 1 male between thirty and forty; 1 female between five and ten; 1 female between ten and fifteen; 1 female between twenty and thirty. Franklin, William, Roswell, Unknown, Euphemia, and Nancy.

She does not appear in the 1840 Indiana Census Index; she may be resident with Hugh Hamer or Euphemia Jennings Nugent.

1850 Census of Lawrence County Indiana - Marion Twp - p341 - 241-241 Aug. 3, 1850

[Brøderbund Family Archive #317, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1850, Date of Import: Jul 24, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.317.1.7522.15] Individual: Crowfoot, Nancy County/State: Lawrence Co., IN Location: Marion Twp Page #: 341 Year: 1850 - 241- 241

Nancy Crowfoot 52 f Teacher PA

William 24 m Farmer NY

Franklin 22 m Farmer NY

Charles 20 m Farmer NY

Nancy may have recorded the boys living with her, when actually William lived in Louisville and Frank lived on a neighboring farm. There is a William of the same description in Louisville and a Francis of the same description elsewhere in Lawrence County Indiana.

1860 Census of Jefferson County Kentucky - Louisville - Portland Ward 8 - p571 - 183-198

Sarah Rickets 50 f w 1,000 100 VA

John 17 m w Laborer KY

Gage 15 m w KY

Arrabella 13 f w At school KY

Nancy Crofoot 64 f w NY

There is a Clara Crofoot at the top of this census page, who seems to be a widow. Perhaps William's family.

1860 Census of Jefferson County Kentucky - Louisville - Portland Ward 8 - p 571 - 181-196

Clara Crofoot 27 f w 300 OH

Charles Crofoot 6 m w At school KY

Jennie Crofoot 5 f w KY

Hallie Crofoot 10/12 f w KY

Martha Pope 16 f w Servant KY

Eugenia Perot 19 f w Servant at Villiers France

Marie Bouvier 13 f w Servant at Villers France

[Brøderbund Family Archive #314, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1820, Date of Import: Aug 20, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.314.1.3120.188]

Individual: Jennings, Semuel

County/State: Ontario Co., NY

Location: Geneseo

Page #: 194

Year: 1820

00010010100 This appears to be Lemuel Jennings. one male 16-26; one female under 10; one female 16-26. Lemuel Jennings; Euphemia Jennings; Nancy Hamer Jennings.

[Brøderbund Family Archive #314, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1820, Date of Import: Jan 28, 2003, Internal Ref. #1.314.1.1391.144]

Individual: Crowfoot, Roswell

County/State: Ontario Co., NY

Location: Geneseo

Page #: 191

Year: 1820

00010010101; it looks like Roswell was in his twenties, living with his mother, wife and daughter.

[Brøderbund Family Archive #315, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1830, Date of Import: Sep 17, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.315.1.2161.199]

Individual: Crofoot, Roswell

County/State: Livingston Co., NY

Location: Livonia

Page #: 064

Year: 1830

20000100000000110100000000; 2 males under five; 1 male between thirty and forty; 1 female between five and ten; 1 female between ten and fifteen; 1 female between twenty and thirty.

Marriage date supplied by Clarissa DeWrede, but not documented.

Tombstone in Hamer Cemetery, Lawrence County, Indiana, reads: Hugh Hamer, Dec 18, 1799 - March 10, 1872. Born in Geneva, New York. Came to this County in 1817.

According to Family Tradition, Hugh traveled with brother, Thomas L., to Indiana in 1816 for John Hamersley of New York, who later ran a mill in Bono Twp, Lawrence Co, Indiana. Hugh and Thomas L. returned to Indiana by 1820 and lived in the area of Clifty Falls, then worked at Spring Mill until they bought it. Hugh was active in politics. Postmaster in 1829; County Commissioner in 1830's; State representative in 1839 and 1840; State Senator in 1844.

Biographical Directory of the Indiana General Assembly (1980) has the following:

Hamer, Hugh. House 1839-1840; 1840-1841 (Lawrence County); Senate 1844-1845; 1845-1846; 1846-1847 (Lawrence County). Born 1799, Geneva, NY. Married Elizabeth Fitzpatrick (8 children). Miller 1825-1872; Storekeeper, Farmer, Distillerer, Flatboat trader to New Orleans; Whig; Spring Mill (Lawrence

County) Postmaster, 1831; Lawrence County Commissioner, 1833-1839; Trustee of Mitchell Academy. Died March 10, 1872, Lawrence County Indiana. Sources: Sources: Bowen History of Lawrence County, Goodspeed History of Lawrence County, I.M.H, and I.B.I.

[Brøderbund Family Archive #315, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1830, Date of Import: Sep 15, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.315.1.3906.86]

Individual: Hammer, Hugh

County/State: Lawrence Co., IN

Page #: 096

Year: 1830

Hugh Hammer; 1 male 5 to 10(Henry Thomas); 2 males 20-30 (James & Joseph); 1 male 30-40 (Hugh); 3 females under 5 (Hannah, Maria, Harriet); 1 female 10-15(?); 1 female 20-30 (Elizabeth); 1 female 30-40 (Nancy?).

In the Fall of 1835 Hugh Hamer made a trip East to see his family. He stopped in Georgetown, Ohio, to see his cousin, Thomas L. Hamer, son of William Hamer. He may have visited Pennsylvania and New York as well as Ohio. He wrote a letter to Thomas L. Hamer, his cousin, on returning to Indiana. He reported that his brothers were well and the government roads were terrible. His relatives had inquired about Thomas L. Hamer from Hugh when he visited them. He was sorry he was not able to return by way of Georgetown. He was also sorry that his poor grammar had not allowed him to write more often. He bewailed his Hamer pride and hoped Thomas L. had conquered this family trait. This letter is in a collection of Thomas L. Hamer correspondence in the Huntington Library in California.

[Brøderbund Family Archive #316, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1840, Date of Import: Mar 19, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.316.1.4993.131]

Individual: Hamer, Hugh

County/State: Lawrence Co., IN

Page #: 210

Year: 1840

Hugh Hamer; 1 male under 5; 2 males 5-10; 1 male 15-20; 1 male 20-30; 1 male 40-50; 1 female under 5; 2 females 5-10; 1 female 10-15; 1 female 30-40; 1 female 40-50; 1 farmer; 1 manufacture; 1 commerce; 1 miller.

[Brøderbund Family Archive #317, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1850, Date of Import: Apr 7, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.317.1.13617.199] Individual: Hamer, Hugh County/State: Lawrence Co., IN Location: Marion Twp Page #: 336

Year: 1850

Hugh Hamer 50 m Miller/farmer 20,000 NY

Elizabeth 46 f OH

Maria L. 23 f IN

William B. 19 m Miller IN

James M. 17 m Miller IN

George W. 13 m IN School

Robert B. 9 m IN School

Nancy Stringer 13 f IN School

Emorine Chapman 11 f IN School

[Broderbund Family Archive #304, Ed. 1, Census Records, Indiana, 1860, Date of Import: Mar 9, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.304.1.9089.18]

Individual: Hamer, Hugh, Sr.

Age: 61 Year(s)

Ethnicity: White

Birthplace: New York

County: Lawrence

Township: Marion

Post Office: Mitchell

State: IN

Census Page Number: 0855

Census Line Number: 37A

National Archives Series Number: M653

National Archives Microfilm Number: 276

Job: Farmer

Job Code: 001 - Farmer

Real Property: $30000

Personal Property: $10000

Head of Household: Y

Literate: Yes

Family Number: 0917

Dwelling Number: 0917

Misc: (7)& MILLER

917-917

Hamer, Hugh Sr. 61

Elizabeth 56

Robert B. 19

Charley 9

1870 Census - Lawrence County, Indiana - Marion Twp, p439

301-301

Hugh Hamer 70 m w Farmer/Miller 15,000 1500 NY

Hamer, Elizabeth 66 f w Keeping House OH

Munson, Nettie 18 f w At home IN

Hamer, Charles 19 m w At home IN

Will of Hugh Hamer, 1872.

In the name of the Benevolent Father of all. I, Hugh Hamer, of Lawrence County and state of Indiana, being in feeble health, but of sound and disposing mind and memory, do make and publish this my last will and testament, that is to say:

Item 1 - I give and devise to my beloved wife Elizabeth Hamer all the real and personal estate of which I may be possessed at my death to use and control, sell and dispose of, without an accounting to court of her doings therein.

Item 2 - I make and appoint my beloved wife the said Elizabeth Hamer executrix of this my last will and testament. In witness hereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 24th day of February, 1872. Signed: Hugh Hamer.

Signed and acknowledged by said Hugh Hamer and his last will and testament in our presence and signed in his presence: Martin Crim. Charles G. Berry.

Burial: Aft. March 10, 1872, Lawrence County, Indiana (Hamer Cemetery)

Tombstone in Hamer Cemetery, Lawrence County, Indiana, reads: Elizabeth Hamer, June 1, 1804 - March 22, 1886.

[Broderbund Family Archive #304, Ed. 1, Census Records, Indiana, 1860, Date of Import: Mar 9, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.304.1.9088.48]

Individual: Hamer, Elizabeth

Age: 56 Year(s)

Ethnicity: White

Birthplace: New York

County: Lawrence

Township: Marion

Post Office: Mitchell

State: IN

Census Page Number: 0855

Census Line Number: 38A

National Archives Series Number: M653

National Archives Microfilm Number: 276

Real Property: $0

Personal Property: $0

Literate: Yes

Family Number: 0917

Dwelling Number: 0917

The 1860 census gives New York, the birthplace of her husband, as her birthplace. Her birthplace, as was her sister Hannah's, was Ohio.

1870 Census - Lawrence County, Indiana - Marion Twp, p439 - 301-301

Hugh Hamer 70 m w Farmer/Miller 15,000 1500 NY

Hamer, Elizabeth 66 f w Keeping House OH

Munson, Nettie 18 f w At home IN

Hamer, Charles 19 m w At home IN

Burial: Aft. March 22, 1886, Lawrence County, Indiana (Hamer Cemetery)

Marriage Index: IL, IN, 1790-1850 CD#228

Lawrence County Indiana

Hamer, Hugh Spouse : Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth

Marriage date : Feb 28, 1822

Tombstone in Hamer Cemetery, Lawrence County, Indiana, reads: Thomas L. Hamer, Aug 9, 1856, 55 yrs, 5ms, 18ds.

Thomas L. Hamer Bible (1801-1856) Transcription by unknown source.

Thomas L. Hamer Born March 7, 1801

Hannah Fitzpatrick Born September 4, 1808

Johnson R. Hamer was born November the 22nd 1823

Mahala P. Hamer was born September 10th 1825

Hugh Hamer was born July 18th 1829

Thomas L. Hamer was born September 19th 1832

William Hamer was born October 1st 1835

Angeline M. Hamer was born August 19th 1838

Henry Harrison Hamer was born November 19th 1840.

There may be errors in this transcription of the family bible. Hannah has been listed as born on March 4, 1808 on her tombstone; Harrison as born in 1839 in his civil war pension papers.

An oil painting of Thomas L. Hamer, by Patrick Davenport, hangs in a house of the pioneer village, Spring Mill State Park, Indiana. There is a tintype of him in the possession of Mary Catherine Evans McMullen. He has dark hair and beard.

[Brøderbund Family Archive #315, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1830, Date of Import: Sep 15, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.315.1.3890.197]

Individual: Hamer, Thomas

County/State: Lawrence Co., IN

Page #: 096

Year: 1830

1 male under 5 (Hugh Jr); 1 male 5-10 (Johnson R.); 1 male 20-30 (Thomas L.); 1 female under 5 (Mahala P.); 1 female 20-30 (Hannah).

[Brøderbund Family Archive #316, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1840, Date of Import: Mar 19, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.316.1.4993.188]

Individual: Hamer, Thomas L.

County/State: Lawrence Co., IN

Page #: 210

Year: 1840

Census for Lawrence County Indiana, p210:

Thos. L. Hamer; 1 male under 5 (William); 2 males 5-10 (Hugh & Thomas); 1 male15-20 (Johnson); 1 male 30-40 (Thomas L.); 1 female under 5 (Angeline); 1 female 10-15 (Mahala); 1 female 30-40 (Hannah); 1 farmer; 1 tradesman.

[Brøderbund Family Archive #317, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1850, Date of Import: Apr 7, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.317.1.13618.199]

Individual: Hamer, Thomas

County/State: Lawrence Co., IN

Location: Marion Twp

Page #: 343

Year: 1850

Census of Lawrence County, Indiana, Marion Township, p343, 269-269 (1850):

Thomas Hamer 48 m Farmer 3500 NY

Hannah Hamer 40 f OH

Hugh 21 m Farmer IN

Thomas 17 m Farmer IN

Angeline 12 f IN School

Harrison 9 m IN School

Mahala Wood 26 f IN

Minerva Wood 3 f IN

Eveline Stringer 16 f IN

Elizabeth Chapman 15 f IN

James Harvey 24 m IN Illiterate

The Probate papers state that Thomas L. Hamer died August 9, 1856. Hugh Hamer began the probate August 28, 1856. He was assisted by Helmsley Wood.

The court met pursuant to adjournment on Wednesday morning, July 7, 1858 at 8 o'clock. Estate of Thomas L. Hamer. Comes now Hannah Hamer, and proves that she is the widow of the deceased and that Hugh Hamer, Thomas L. Hamer, Harrison Hamer, Angeline McNabb, wife of Humphry McNabb, and Minerva Wood a minor heir of Mahala Wood, deceased, are the heirs of the deceased and that said Hugh Hamer and Thomas L. Hamer have released all their interest in said estate, having been advanced their full portion thereof, by the decedent, in his lifetime, and that the said Minerva has received by way of advancement the sum of $263.50. Thereupon it is ordered that the residue of said estate remaining at final settlement be distributed as follows towit: to said Hannah the sum of $367.16 2/3; to said Angeline McNabb the sume of $367.16 2/3; to said Harrison Hamer $367.16 2/3; and to said Minerva Wood $103.66. (Acknowledgement of receipt from each then follows.)

Burial: Aft. August 09, 1856, Lawrence County, Indiana (Hamer Cemetery)

An oil painting of Hannah, by Patrick Davenport, hangs in a house of the pioneer village, Spring Mill State Park, Indiana. She wears a white cap and has bright blue eyes. A photograph of Hannah just before her death in 1892 is in the possession of Mary Catherine Evans McMullen.

Lawrence County Cemetery Database for Hamer Cemetery, Lawrence County, Indiana, reads: Hannah Hamer, 4 March 1808 - 1 March 1892. Transcription of the Family Bible gives Sept 4, 1808 for birth. Newspaper article gives March 1, 1892, for death. The transcription could be in error.

Bedford Democrat. Friday, March 4, 1892. Mrs. Hannah Hamer who has been in poor health for some time, died Tuesday evening (March 1), aged eighty four years. The funeral will take place Thursday morning from the Methodist Church [in Mitchell]. Interment at Hamer Graveyard.

[Brøderbund Family Archive #317, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1850, Date of Import: Apr 7, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.317.1.13618.199]

Individual: Hamer, Thomas

County/State: Lawrence Co., IN

Location: Marion Twp

Page #: 343

Year: 1850

Census of Lawrence County, Indiana, Marion Township, p343, 269-269 (1850):

Thomas Hamer 48 m Farmer 3500 NY

Hannah Hamer 40 f OH

Hugh 21 m Farmer IN

Thomas 17 m Farmer IN

Angeline 12 f IN School

Harrison 9 m IN School

Mahala Wood 26 f IN

Minerva Wood 3 f IN

Eveline Stringer 16 f IN

Elizabeth Chapman 15 f IN

James Harvey 24 m IN Illiterate

[Broderbund Family Archive #304, Ed. 1, Census Records, Indiana, 1860, Date of Import: Mar 8, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.304.1.9133.26]

Individual: Hammer, Hanna

Age: 55 Year(s)

Ethnicity: White

Birthplace: New York

County: Lawrence

Township: Marion

Post Office: Mitchell

State: IN

Census Page Number: 0854

Census Line Number: 37A

National Archives Series Number: M653

National Archives Microfilm Number: 276

Real Property: $4000

Personal Property: $800

Head of Household: Y

Literate: Yes

Family Number: 0907

Dwelling Number: 0907

Hannah seems to have lived alone in this census. Jonathan Turley lived on one side and Harrison with Angeline and Humphrey McNabb on the other. The census misspells Hamer as Hammer, has Hannah's age at 55 instead of 53, and has her born in New York where her husband was born, instead of Ohio.

1870 Census - Lawrence County, Indiana - Marion Twp, p438

280-280

Hamer, Hannah 62 f w Keeping house 700 177 OH

Florence 16 f w At home IN

1880 Census of Lawrence County Indiana Marion Twp 131-131 p426b

Hamer, Hannah w f 72 ? 1 0 1 Keeping house OH VA VA

Wood, Manerva w f 32 gdau 0 1 0 Keeping house IN IN IN

Evans, Angeline w f 38 mother 0 1 0 Keeping house IN NY OH

Evans, Elija w m 42 ? 0 1 0 Laborer IN NA NA

Evans, William F. w m 10 son 0 0 0 At Home School IN IN IN

Evans, Charles E. w m 9 son " At Home School "

Evans, Iva N. w f 5 dau " At Home School "

Evans, Harry A. w m 4 son " "

Evans, Dasie B. w f 2 dau " "

Burial: March 03, 1892, Lawrence County, Indiana (Hamer Cemetery)

Marriage application found in Lawrence County Courthouse, Bedford.

Broderbund Family Archive

Lawrence County

Marriage Index: IL, IN, 1790-1850, CD#228,

Hamer, Thomas Spouse : Fitzpatrick, Hannah

Marriage date : Jun 30, 1823

Indiana State Library Genealogy Division

Indiana Marriages Through 1850

Last Name, Bride or Groom: HAMER First Name, Bride or Groom: THOMAS

Last Name, Spouse: FITZPATRICK First Name, Spouse: HANNAH

County : Lawrence Date : 6-30-1823

Lawrence County, Indiana, marriages, 1818-1886, by James E. Goff.

Utica, Ky. : McDowell Publications, c1996.

FamilySearch® International Genealogical Index™ North America IGI Record

Lettie HAMER Sex: F Event(s): Born: 29 Mar 1804 Geneva', 'New York Parents: Father: Thomas Jr. HAMER Mother: Hannah MCNEALL Film Number: 1985591. This information agrees with her birth date in the family bible.

There are various forms for Lettecia's name. Letty is the form used in the Thomas Hamer (1766) family bible. Letitia was the form used by her aunt, Letitia McNeal, and others. Daisy Evans Padgett made a good argument for the spelling "Lettie", and this is found in the LDS records. Lettecia is the form which she used in signing her last will and testament.

According to one Hamer family tradition, Lettie Hamer came to Indiana about 1828/1829 with her brothers James and Joseph, and her father, Thomas Hamer Jr. (b1766). Another tradition has them coming from Ohio rather than New York. She married a Bausley/Bosley and later moved to Ottawa, Kansas, according to tradition, as well. We know that Lettie married John Bosley in New York and came to Ohio about 1830. After John's death she went to Ottawa Kansas to be with her children who had moved West. She returned to Ohio and died at the home of her daughter, Laura. Her granddaughter, Clara Harrington Blinn, was kidnapped in an Indian raid in Colorado and was killed in an Indian battle in Oklahoma.

[Brøderbund Family Archive #315, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1830, Date of Import: Jun 8, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.315.1.906.197]

Individual: Bosley, John

County/State: Livingston Co., NY

Location: Geneseo

Page #: 014

Year: 1830

1 male under 5 (T.J.); 1 male 20-30 (John); 1 female under 5 (Harriet); 1 female 20-30 (Lettie).

Orson Pratt's journal:

January 1st, A. D., 1834. This day I felt some of the effects of the fever and ague.

January 2nd. The Church met according to previous appointment. Four high priests and three elders were present. After the meeting was opened we explained the reasons why E. Landen was cut off. The following persons requested their names to be taken from the Church record of names, viz.: Lester More, Daniel More, Letitia Bosby, Aaron Clark, Rodman Clark, Polly Kelly. The Church therefore were called upon to raise their hands against them and they were cutoff.

January 3rd. Attended a meeting at the Brick Schoolhouse in Avon. Brother Amasa preached.

January 5th. Being the Sabbath, preached at the schoolhouse near Brother Orton's upon the vision.

January 6th. Held a church meeting and the following persons were cut for disbelieving the work and bad conduct: Hannah More, Albert More, Masy More, John Bosely, Ruby Landen, John Heth.

January 9th. Attended a prayer meeting at Brother Bosley's.

(Orson Pratt, The Orson Pratt Journals, edited by Elden J. Watson [Salt Lake City: E. J. Watson, 1975], 30.)

John Bosley bought land in Sandusky Co, Ohio, on Aug 10, 1837.

[Brøderbund Family Archive #316, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1840, Date of Import: Jul 27, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.316.1.1160.34]

Individual: Bosley, John

County/State: Sandusky Co., OH

Location: Lower Sandusky

Page #: 054

Year: 1840

1 male 10-15 (T.J.); 1 male 20-30 (?); 2 males 30-40 (John & ?); 1 female under 5 (Myra); 1 female 5-10 (Laura); 1 female 10-15 (Harriet); 1 female 20-30 (?); 1 female 30-40 (Lettie).

[Brøderbund Family Archive #317, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1850, Date of Import: Jul 27, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.317.1.3033.149]

Individual: Bosley, John

County/State: Wood Co., OH

Location: Perrysburg

Page #: 223 (112)

Year: 1850

#115-116

John Bosley 47 m Tavern keeper NY

Leticia Bosley 46 f NY

TJ Bosley 22 m Sailor NY

Almira Bosley 10 f OH att. school

Abraham Van Camp 33 m laborer NY

John Blinn 22 m laborer OH

James Lewis 17 m laborer att school NY

John Lewis 61? servant NY

1860 Census of Wood County Ohio - Lower Perrysburg - p. 408 - 1085-1083

Laticia Bosley 54 m[!] NY

Almira 20 f OH

1870 Census of Lucas Co, Ohio - Waynesfield Twp

Keysor, Chauncey E. 55 farmer $30000 Real estate, 600 pers prop. NY

______Laura D. 38 Keeping house. 2000 300 NY

Knaggs, Antoinette 20, at home OH

Fields, Frank 18 laborer Canada

Bosely, Lettia 65 3000 RE NY

McDowell,? 15 domestic servant OH

1875 State Census of Kansas, Franklin Township, Ottawa, p16

144-144

Mottram, W.K. 38 M W Hardware dealer 3000 3000 MI Came from MI

Myra 36 F W Keeping house OH Came from OH to KS

Mary 15 F W KS Came from MI

Diana 13 F W MI Came from MI

Fanny 10 F W MI Came from MI

Bosley, Letitia 68 F W 2000 NY Came from OH

1880 Census of Franklin County Kansas - Ottawa - 189-206 - Locust Street

Mottram, William K. w m 43 Head M MI NY VA Agr Implement Dealer

Myra w f 40 Wife M OH NY NY Keeping House

Fannie w f 16 Dau S MI MI MI At school

Bosley, Letitia w f 76 Mother in law Wid NY NY NY

Proof of Will of Lettecia Bosley, deceased.

State of Kansas, Marion County, ss. In the Probate Court of said County.

In the matter of the proving of the last will and testament of Lettecia Bosley deceased.

And now on this 30th day of December, a.d. 1893, comes Samuel Walgamot, who being first duly sworn upon his oath saith: My name is Samuel Walgamot, my residence is Marion, Kansas, my age is 70 years; I was acquainted with Lettecia Bosley, a resident of Franklin County, Kansas, several years in her lifetime; I was present at Ottawa, Kansas on the 31st of January, a.d. 1881 and saw the said Lettecia Bosley sign the foregoing instrument of writing, purporting to be the last will and testament of the said Lettecia Bosley and heard her publish and declare the same to be her last will and testament, and at her request and in her presence and in the presence of S.J. Stoughton & Tyler Baldwin I signed said instrument as a subscribing witness thereto. And the said S.J. Stoughton & Tyler Baldwin at the request of said Lettecia Bosley and in her presence and in my presence, signed said instrument as subscribing witnesses thereto. At the time of signing said instrument, said Lettecia Bosley WAS ABOUT 77 YEARS of age; she was of sound mind and memory and was not under any restraint or undue influence whatever. Said Lettecia Bosley is now dead; she departed this life on the 17th of June, a.d. 1893. Samuel Walgamot. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 5th day of January, a.d. 1894. John B. Green, Probate Judge.

Last Will and Testament of Lettecia Bosley

In the name of the benevolent Father of all.

I Lettecia Bosley of the city of Ottawa, in the county of Franklin & state of Kansas, and being of lawful age and of sound mind and memory, declare this to be my last will and testament.

FIRST, I give devise & bequeath all my personal property of what kind or nature soever it may be, of which I may be the owner & possessor at the time of my decease, to my four children, viz: Harriet E. Herrington, Thomas J. Bosley, Laura B. Keyser & Almyra Mottram, to be by them received in equal proportions & value and to receive share and share alike.

SECOND, I give, grant & devise to my said four children ... and to their heirs & assigns, all and singular the real estate of any & all kinds and description whatsoever of which I may be the owner or seized or both, at the time of my decease ...

THIRD, Any or all interest in or to any real estate of any kind or nature or description equitable or legal or otherwise, which I may have anywhere in any place or locality ... I give grant & devise to the said Harriet E. Herrington, Thomas J. Bosley, Laura B. Keyser, and Almyra Mottram ...

FOURTH, Should Almyra Mottram die without issue of her body prior to my decease ... all ... shall go in equal parts ... to my other three children ...

I HEREBY NOMINATE & appoint Thomas J. Bosley Executor of this my last will and testament.

IN TESTIMONY whereof, I, Lettecia Bosley have to this my last will and testament consisting of two pages of paper subscribed my name this 31st Day of January, 1881, at the city of Ottawa, in the county of Franklin, and state of Kansas in presence of S.J Stoughton and Tyler F. Baldwin & Samuel Walgamot who were present and witnessed the execution of the same at my request.

Affidavit in Proof of Death

State of Kansas, Franklin County ss.

In the Probate Court within and for said County

In the matter of the estate of Letitia Bossley, deceased,

Affidavit.

On this 16th day of January 1894, before me, Probate Judge of Franklin County, Kansas, came T. J. Bossley, a resident of Franklin County, who, being by me duly sworn according to law, on his oath says, that Letitia Bossley, a resident of Ottawa in Franklin County, Kansas, died at Maumee City, Ohio, on the 17th day of June A.D. 1893, testate, leaving the following named persons as her only heirs at law, then surviving, namely: Harriet E. Herrington, daughter, 68 yrs old, Osage County, Kansas; T.J. Bosley, son, 66 yrs old, Centropolis, Franklin County, Kansas; Laura B. Keyser, daughter, 62 yrs old, Maumee City, Ohio; Myra Mottram, daughter, 54 yrs old, Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas. And affiant further says, that said Letitia Bossley died seized and possessed of personal estate, consisting chiefly of rents on property all of which is of the estimated value of $50.00; and that the estate of said deceased should be administered in the manner provided by law. T.J. Bosley, subscribed to me this 16th day of Jan a.d. 1894. S.W. Case, Probate Judge.

Journal & Triumph, weekly newspaper of Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas, Jan 18, 1894. Notice of Appointment. State of Kansas, Franklin County, ss. Notice is hereby given that on the 16th day of January, 1894, the undersigned was duly appointed executor of the estate of Letitia Bosley, late of Franklin county, deceased, by the probate court of said county and state. S.W. Case, Probate Judge; T.J. Bosley, executor.

Kansas Lever, successor of Journal & Triumph, weekly newspaper of Ottawa, Franklin county, Kansas, Nov. 22, 1894. Final Settlement. State of Kansas, Franklin County, ss. Notice is hereby given to all creditors and all others interested, that the undersigned executor of the estate of Letitia Bosley, deceased, will apply to the Probate Court of Franklin County, Kansas, on the 20th day December, a.d., 1894, at 1 o'clock pm. to make final settlement of the estate of said deceased. S.W. Case, Probate Judge; T.J. Bosley, executor.

Will: January 31, 1881, Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas

Livingston County, New York, was formed from Ontario County and Genesee County in 1821. Births and deaths in this family before that time were Ontario County; births and deaths after 1821 were Livingston County.

Family Bible Entries--Bosley

from Bible belonging to Samuel and Mary Ann Bosley Malin)

(in order as written)

BIRTHS

Edmund Bosley 25 Jun 1776

Ann (Bosley) 29 Oct 1778

Joshua H. Bosley 22 Jul 1800

John Bosley 3 Jul 1802

Daniel Bosley 7 or 9 Jan 1805

Almira Bosley 6 Dec 1807

Edmund Bosley 28 Nov 1809

Sarah Bosley 25 Mar 1816 (or 1813)

Mary Ann Bosley 13 Apr (year smudged, probably 1816)

William B. Bosley 21 Jun 1818 (or 1820)

George C. Bosley 12 Nov 1824

Eleanor Bosley 20 Jun 1815 or 1813

George William B. 7 Feb 1835 or 1837

Almira Bosley 12 Jan 1841

Ada Paine 13 Jul 1844

DEATHS

Almira Turner 27 May 1839

Joshua Bosley 7 Auyg 1840 (possible error on last digit)

William R. Bosley 5 Jun 1842

Ada Paine 25 Mar 1845

Edmund Bosley 15 Dec 1846

Anne Bosley 12 May 1849 (Jefferson City, MO)

Sarah B. Griffith 5 May 1849 (St. Louis)

John Bosley Perrysburg, OH 22 Jan 1852

George Clinton B. 30 Jul 1859 (Livonia, NY)

Daniel Bosley 8 Jan 1884

Edmund Bosley 30 Jan 1872 (Mount Morris, NY)

[Brøderbund Family Archive #315, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1830, Date of Import: Jun 8, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.315.1.906.197]

Individual: Bosley, John

County/State: Livingston Co., NY

Location: Geneseo

Page #: 014

Year: 1830

1 male under 5 (T.J.); 1 male 20-30 (John); 1 female under 5 (Harriet); 1 female 20-30 (Lettie).

Orson Pratt's journal:

January 1st, A. D., 1834. This day I felt some of the effects of the fever and ague.

January 2nd. The Church met according to previous appointment. Four high priests and three elders were present. After the meeting was opened we explained the reasons why E. Landen was cut off. The following persons requested their names to be taken from the Church record of names, viz.: Lester More, Daniel More, Letitia Bosby, Aaron Clark, Rodman Clark, Polly Kelly. The Church therefore were called upon to raise their hands against them and they were cutoff.

January 3rd. Attended a meeting at the Brick Schoolhouse in Avon. Brother Amasa preached.

January 5th. Being the Sabbath, preached at the schoolhouse near Brother Orton's upon the vision.

January 6th. Held a church meeting and the following persons were cut for disbelieving the work and bad conduct: Hannah More, Albert More, Masy More, John Bosely, Ruby Landen, John Heth.

January 9th. Attended a prayer meeting at Brother Bosley's.

(Orson Pratt, The Orson Pratt Journals, edited by Elden J. Watson [Salt Lake City: E. J. Watson, 1975], 30.)

John Bosley bought land in Sandusky Co, Ohio, on Aug 10, 1837.

[Brøderbund Family Archive #316, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1840, Date of Import: Jul 27, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.316.1.1160.34]

Individual: Bosley, John

County/State: Sandusky Co., OH

Location: Lower Sandusky

Page #: 054

Year: 1840

1 male 10-15 (T.J.); 1 male 20-30 (?); 2 males 30-40 (John & ?); 1 female under 5 (Myra); 1 female 5-10 (Laura); 1 female 10-15 (Harriet); 1 female 20-30 (?); 1 female 30-40 (Lettie).

[Brøderbund Family Archive #317, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1850, Date of Import: Jul 27, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.317.1.3033.149]

Individual: Bosley, John

County/State: Wood Co., OH

Location: Perrysburg

Page #: 223 (112)

Year: 1850

#115-116

John Bosley 47 m Tavern keeper NY

Leticia Bosley 46 f NY

TJ Bosley 22 m Sailor NY

Almira Bosley 10 f OH att. school

Abraham Van Camp 33 m laborer NY

John Blinn 22 m laborer OH

James Lewis 17 m laborer att school NY

John Lewis 61? servant NY

Wood County, Ohio, Wills etc.

Bosley, John estate 1852 admin and exec bonds 1 p. 1 and B p. 51

John Bosley Estate Book

Know all Men by these Presents, That Leticia Bosley Administratrix for the estate of John Bosley and George Knagg & Jefferson Bosley sureties, are joined and firmly bound to the State of Ohio in the penal sum of Three hundred dollars, to the payment of which we firmly bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators firmly by these presents. Signed with our hands and sealed with our seals this Twelfth day of March A.D. 1852.

The condition of the above bond is such, that if the said administrator shall

First, To make and return into court, on oath, within three months, a true inventory of all the moneys, goods, chattels, rights and credits of the deceased, which have or shall come to his possession or knowledge; and also, if required by the court, an inventory of the real estate of the deceased:

Secondly, To administer, according to the law, all the moneys, goods, chattels, rights and credits of demand, and the proceeds of all his real estate. That may be sold for the payment of his debts, which shall, at any time, come to the possession of the administrator, or to the possession of any other person for him:

Thirdly, To under, upon oath, a true account of his administration, within eighteen months, and at any other time, when required by the court or law:

Fourthly, To pay any balances remaining in his hands, upon the settlement of his accounts, to such persons as the court or the law shall direct; and,

Fifthly, To deliver the letters of administration into court, in case any will of the deceased shall be " thereafter duly proved and allowed," then this litigation to be null and void; otherwise, to remain in full force and virtue in law.

G. B. Knagg (seal)

Lettecia Bosley (seal)

Thos. J. Bosley (seal)

4-0849

State of Ohio Wood County, Lettecia Bosley admininistratix of John Bosley late of Wood County. This page can't be read well enough to transcribe.

4-0851

Original Inventory Perrysburg March 12th 1852

Inventory of John Bosley's estate deceased.

1 Bureau $ 5.00

1 Table 2.00

1 wash stand 1.50

1 clock .25

1 carpet 3.00

1 wash stand .50

16 chairs 1.00

1 wash stand .50

1 bed and bedstead 3.00

1 looking glass .25

1 bed and bedstead 5.00

2 bedsteads 2.50

1 bed and bedstead 3.00

2 beds and bedsteads 5.00

2 tables 3.00

9 chairs .50

lots of dishes 2.00

1 table 1.50

a bll pork 5.00

1 bar room table .50

bar furniture 1.50

for furniture 52,25

second column

9 bar room chairs $00.30

1 bed and bedstead 4.00

Money 345.00

brot up 52.25

397.75

We the undersigned appraisers of the above estate certify this to be a correct appraisement, And the Widow and Minor Childs support for twelve months we set off six hundred and twenty five dollars.

H. D Blim

George Edelman

B. P. Van Camp

Appraisers

4-0852

Appointment of Appraisers

The State of Ohio, Wood County. On this 12th day of March 1852 personally names the within named Geo. Edelleman, Berry Van Camp and N. P Blime and now ..... sworn to make a true valuation of the property and effects of the ...... named John Bosley and return a schedule ....

E Herrington, Justice of the Peace

4-0856

State of Ohio Wood County To George Eddleman, Benjamin Vancamp and Nathaniel P. Blim of said county ..... You are hereby required to forward without delay to make an inventory and appraisement under oath of the good and chattel that were of John Bosley late of said county deceased and further to do and perform all and singular. The duties as appraisers of said State as required by Law.

Given under my hand and the seal of my office this 5th the day of March 1852

........ Cook

Judge

4-0857

The estate of John Bosley the administration of

To amount of the appraisement list

of the personal property $ cts

369.75

By ........amount $ cts

For Coffin No. 1 10.00

" Perk & Robinson

doctors bill No. 2 1.50

" M.S Cook amount

for funeral expenses

No 3 6.00

for N..... Darling

amount No 4 2.50

" R Williams amount

at funeral No 5 1.00

Amt paid further for

publication of. No 6 1.00

for amount paid to

for amount paid to

appraisers No 7 3.00

for notice of filing

final account No 8 1.00

Amt paid Probate

judge for .........

letters filing papers &

making final

Record No 9 8.00

34.00

Amt set off for

the widow & children

for this years support 600.75

Amt of $ 634.75

Amt of effects 396.75

Balance due widow 258.00

State of Ohio Wood County

I Letica Bosley Adminstrix of the estate of John Bosley deceased do make and solemn oath that the amount and the schedules herein referred to contain a True and correct amount of all said estate as I firmly believe-substantiated and sworn before me this first day of May, 1852.

Letticia Bosley

...... Cook

4-0858

Estate of John Bosley deceased

Final account

Filed May 1st 1852.

........ Cook

Recorded in Book

at Page 35

E. Gullen

Tombstone in Hamer Cemetery, Lawrence County, Indiana, reads: James Hamer, 8 Feb 1806, 28 April 1848.

1830 Census of Lawrence County Indiana, p. 96

Hugh Hammer; 1 male 5 to 10(Henry Thomas); 2 males 20-30 (James & Joseph?); 1 male 30-40 (Hugh); 3 females under 5 (Hannah, Maria, Harriet); 1 female 10-15(?); 1 female 20-30 (Elizabeth); 1 female 30-40 (?).

[Brøderbund Family Archive #316, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1840, Date of Import: Mar 19, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.316.1.4993.139]

Individual: Hamer, James

County/State: Lawrence Co., IN

Page #: 184

Year: 1840

James Hamer; 3 males under 5; 1 male 30-40; 1 female 5-10; 1 female 20-30; commercial & miller. (William R., Henry Thomas, Harrison; James; ?, Sophia)

Burial: April 30, 1848, Lawrence County, Indiana (Hamer Cemetery)

Occupation: 1840, Miller

Residence: 1840, Lawrence County, Indiana

Cemetery Records of Ray County, Missouri Volume VI

Cemetery: Hickory Grove Baptist Church Cemetery

Name: Sophia Hamer

Death Date: 12 Jul 1890

Age: 78 yr., 7 mo., 4 da.

w. of James

Description: Located four miles north of Richmond, Mo. on Highway 13, one and one half miles east on Route B, three miles east on Route F and three fourth miles south.

[Brøderbund Family Archive #316, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1840, Date of Import: Mar 19, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.316.1.4993.139]

Individual: Hamer, James

County/State: Lawrence Co., IN

Page #: 184

Year: 1840

James Hamer; 3 males under 5; 1 male 30-40; 1 female 5-10; 1 female 20-30; commercial & miller. (William R., Henry Thomas, Harrison; James; ?, Sophia)

[Brøderbund Family Archive #317, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1850, Date of Import: Apr 7, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.317.1.13618.192]

Individual: Hamer, Sophia

County/State: Lawrence Co., IN

Location: Indian Creek Twp

Page #: 380

Year: 1850

118-118

Sophia Hamer 39 f $469 IN

Eveline 16 f IN School

William 14 m IN School

Henry 13 m IN School

Harrison 10 m IN School

Maria 9 f IN School

Elmsley 5 m IN

[Broderbund Family Archive #304, Ed. 1, Census Records, Indiana, 1860, Date of Import: Mar 8, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.304.1.9134.37]

Individual: Hammer, Sophia

Age: 48 Year(s)

Ethnicity: White

Birthplace: North Carolina

County: Lawrence

Township: Marion

Post Office: Mitchell

State: IN

Census Page Number: 0814

Census Line Number: 22A

National Archives Series Number: M653

National Archives Microfilm Number: 276

Job: Farming

Job Code: 001 - Farmer

Real Property: $500

Personal Property: $200

Head of Household: Y

Literate: Yes

Family Number: 0531

Dwelling Number: 0531

1870 Census - Lawrence County, Indiana - Marion Twp, p430

154-154

Hamer, Sopha 58 f w Keeping House NC

Hamer, Evaline 36 f w Housekeeper IN (Listed by maiden name)

McFall, James 27 m w Farmer IN

1880 Census of Daviess County Indiana Washington Twp

85-88, page 533

Hamer, Hemsley w m 34 Head Day Laborer IN NY NC

Hamer, Mary w f 26 Wife Keepng House IN IN IN

Hamer, Maudie w f 3 IN IN IN

Hamer, James W. w m 1/12 May IN IN IN

Hamer, Sophia w f 68 Mother NC NC NC

Burial: Aft. July 12, 1890, Ray County, Missouri (Hickory Grove Baptist Church Cemetery)

Marriage Index: IL, IN, 1790-1850

Lawrence County Indiana

Hamer, James Spouse : Wood, Sophia

Marriage date : Jan 5, 1832

Joseph Hamer has no record in the Maysville Cemetery, but Family Tradition says he is buried there with his second wife, Martha Jane Maddox.

The only Hamers recorded in Maysville Cemetery are Joseph's son, George's family:

George W. 22 Feb 1840 - 12 Oct 1903 Co. A., 24th Reg. Ind. Inf

Sarah J. 8 Dec 1849 - 24 Jan 1911

Christopher D. 8 Jan 1901, Age 18y Unmarked grave

1830 Census of Lawrence County Indiana, p. 96

Hugh Hammer; 1 male 5 to 10(Henry Thomas); 2 males 20-30 (James & Joseph?); 1 male 30-40 (Hugh); 3 females under 5 (Hannah, Maria, Harriet); 1 female 10-15(?); 1 female 20-30 (Elizabeth); 1 female 30-40 (?).

[Brøderbund Family Archive #316, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1840, Date of Import: Mar 19, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.316.1.4993.163]

Individual: Hamer, Joseph

County/State: Lawrence Co., IN

Page #: 184

Year: 1840

Jos Hamer; 2 males under 5 (Hugh & George); 1 male 30-40 (Joseph); 1 female under 5 (Mary Elizabeth); 1 female 20-30 (Evaline); 1 farmer.

[Broderbund Family Archive #302, Census Microfilm Records: Indiana, 1850, Disk 3, Date of Import: Aug 12, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.302.1.26919.0]

Individual: Hamer, Joseph

Year: 1850

State: IN

County: Martin

Location: Perry Township

National Archives Series Number: M432

National Archives Microfilm Number: 160

Census Page Number: 56

Joseph Hamer 39 m Millwright 250 NY

Martha J. 27 f KY

Hugh 16 m School IN

Elizabeth 12 f School IN

Geo W. 9 m School IN

Hannah 7 f School IN

Evaline 3 f IN

Josephine 11/12 f IN

[Broderbund Family Archive #304, Ed. 1, Census Records, Indiana, 1860, Date of Import: Mar 9, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.304.1.9089.34]

Individual: Hamer, Joseph

Age: 53 Year(s)

Ethnicity: White

Birthplace: New York

County: Lawrence

Township: Marion

Post Office: Mitchell

State: IN

Census Page Number: 0846

Census Line Number: 36A

National Archives Series Number: M653

National Archives Microfilm Number: 276

Job: Carpenter

Job Code: 430 - Carpenter

Real Property: $2000

Personal Property: $1000

Head of Household: Y

Literate: Yes

Family Number: 0853

Dwelling Number: 0853

1860 Census of Lawrence County Indiana Marion Township, p 846, 853-853:

Joseph Hamer, 53 w m NY

Martha

Geo. W

Hannah

Eveline

Josephine

James

Arabella

John Grave, age 23, b. IN

Greenberry Cruse, age 16, b. IN

1870 Census of Lawrence County Indiana - Marion Township, p421, 97-97

Hamer, Joseph 61 m w Farmer 2500 600 NY

Martha 48 f w Keeping house KY

James M 15 m w At Home IN

Arabelle 11 f w At Home IN

Patterson, Thomas 28 m w Farmer PA

Euphema (Josephine?) 20 f w Keeping House IN

Leolie M. 2 f w At home IN

This could be George and Josephine (Hamer) Patterson. The ages are right.

1880 Census of Daviess County Indiana - Washington Twp, p512b

Hamer, Joseph Head m wid w 71 NY PA PA Carpenter

Hummer, Evaline Dau f wid w 30 IN NY PA Keeping house

Snyder, Arabel Dau f wid w 23 IN NY PA At home

August 16, 1998. Blue Tour highlights northern Lawrence County. Checkpoint 15 is the junction with Ind. 58 in Springville. Turn left and travel four miles to Avoca. Checkpoint 16 is the Avoca Fish Hatchery. The hatchery grounds are open to the public. The old white house on the grounds serves as the property manager's home and is not open to the public. The house was once a stage coach stop and was the home of Joseph Hamer, brother of the men who operated Hamer's Mill at Spring Mill State Park near Mitchell. This Hamer also operated a mill on the hatchery grounds. The mill is no longer standing. (Bedford Times-Mail)

Avoca Landmark (Picture of residence at the Avoca Fish Hatchery by Claude Parsons). History of Avoca Dates Back to 1818; House at State Fish Hatchery Is 133 Years Old, By Claude Parsons. One of the oldest buildings in Lawrence County can be found in the town of Avoca. The building, which is reported to be 133 years old, is now the residence of the superintendent of the Avoca Fish Hatchery. In the early days, the building was an inn and travelers felt right at home there. It was built in 1823 by the Hamer Brothers, of North Carolina, who were the first settlers of the town back in 1818. One north upstairs room of the building was opened up as a grocery store in 1828. Avoca, with a present population of about 300, is located six miles northwest of Bedford in Marshall township. The first mill in the township, as well as being one of the earliest in the county, was build at Avoca about 1819 by a man named Fitzpatrick, and later sold to the Hamer Brothers. It was operated by a turbine waterwheel, and had three sets of buhrs -- one for wheat, one for corn, and one for chop feed. In 1884 the mill was valued at $2500... (Bedford Times-Mail, 1956) (The Hamer Brothers were not from North Carolina. They were from New York. The wives of the younger brothers were from North Carolina.)

Notes from Family Reunions. Avoca Mill Site. The mill at Avoca, which was built in 1819, burned down in the 1860's and was rebuilt. The mill was operated by turbine waterwheels. Water to run the mill came from a large underground spring which surfaces from a cave near the mill site. The mill had three sets of buhrs, one for wheat, one for corn, and one for chop feed. Hugh Hamer, Thomas L. Hamer, and Edward Fitzpatrick, their brother in law, built a house in 1823 for the residences of the mill owner. This building still stands, and is one of the oldest buildings in Lawrence County. The furnishings from the home were brought in by ox cart from Louisville, Kentucky. Although the home was built as a residence, over the years it has served as an inn, a post office, a general store, and a grocery store. It now serves as a residence for the superintendent of the Avoca Fish Hatchery, which bought the property in 1924. Edward Fitzpatrick owned and operated the mill from 1819 until he sold it to Absolam Hart. James Hamer and Joseph Hamer came to Indiana about 1828 or 29. They married sisters Sophia (1-5-1832) and Evaline Wood (7-17-1834), and on July 24, 1834, these brothers bought the mill and 200 acres of land for $800, from Absolam Hart (deed recorded on 6-9-1835). With a bright future and four little children, Joseph decided to buy the entire ownership of the mill and make a home for his family. On December 10, 1838, he bought out James for the sum total of $2,100. (Mortgage recorded on said date and deed recorded on December 11, 1839.) Sadness befell Joseph when his wife died on August 10, 1841, only a year and a half after buying. Because of this unforeseen circumstance, Joseph sold back the mill, house, and land to James Hamer. James acknowledges mortgage and signed it as fully satisfied on February 22, 1842. Joseph remarried on November 21, 1842, to Martha Jane Maddox and left Avoca to move to the Spring Mill area. By 1884 the mill was valued at $2,500. But after many years of disuse, it was bought and moved to Owensburg, Indiana, to be used as a private home. The place where this mill stood at Avoca can still be seen today.

Civil War Pension Certificate, #250.011

Joseph Hamer, Father of,

Hugh Hamer,

Rank, Pvt; Company "F", Regiment 15th Indiana Infantry;

Commencing (filed) 15th Oct, 1886

Ending _______

Certificate dated, Dec 24, 1888, and sent, Jan 2, 1889.

Payable at Indianapolis Agency,

Fee, $25,

Jan 19, 1889, Late allowance to A.W. Jones.

Attn Rec. D. Luckie.

Aug 26, 1896 Reimb Blks by G.W. Hamer

P.A. advised of DEATH. EAS.

Reimbursement Act Mar 2 , 1880.

Accounting --- Certificate 10021 0

Appropriation 7 returned to Interior

Department for Filing, Dec 5, 1896.

General Affidavit in Pension Claim of Joseph Hamer. State of Indiana, County of Lawrence ss.

In the matter of Pension Claim no. 345.794 of Joseph Hamer, as father of Hugh Hamer, Co. "F:, 15th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers. Personally came before me a Justice of the Peace in and for aforesaid county and state, Joseph Hamer, aged seventy nine years, county of Orange, State of Indiana, well known to me to be reputable and entitled to credit, and who, being duly sworn, declared in relation to aforesaid case as follows: that he resided in Lawrence County, Indiana, and that his post office address was Mitchell, Indiana, in the year 1863, and remained his residence until the year 1871; that he then removed to Daviess County, Indiana, and his post office address was Washington, Daviess County, Indiana; and that was his post office address until about the year 1880; that he then broke up housekeeping and has since been living with his son in law, in Dubois County, Indiana, and that Hillham has been his postoffice address ever since to the present time; that the names and ages of his family in the year 1863, consisted of the following named to wit: his self, Joseph Hamer born Sept 5, 1808; his wife, Martha J. Hamer, born July 14, 1823; ; Hugh Hamer, born September 15, 1835; Elizabeth Hamer, born March 6th, 1838; George W. Hamer, born Feb 22nd, 1840; Hannah Hamer, born born January 16th, 1843; Evalina Hamer, born November 6, 1846; Josephine, born June 14th, 1849; James M. Hamer, born October 25th, 1854; Arabell Hamer, born Dec 7th, 1858; that these were the names and members of his family in 1863; he also states that his son, Hugh Hamer, was never married; that at the time his son Hugh Hamer died he was depending on him to help keep up the family; that while said son was in the military service he sent money home to him to the amount of three hundred dollars; that before his son entered the military service he helped him work and provide for the family, and after he enlisted in the military service his son Hugh Hamer sent him three hundred dollars; that his son, Hugh, died on the 6th day of December 1863; That in the year 1863 he was the owner of a small piece of land near Mitchell, Indiana; that he paid for said land the sum of six hundred dollars; that he went to work and improved said land by building a house, and improving and repairing said land; that in a few years after he had purchased said land he became largely in debt, and was compelled to sell the same to pay his creditors, and when he had sold said land in the year 1871 he only had a few dollars left after paying his debts; siad claimant further states that he has been twice married; that his first wife was the mother of Hugh Hamer; that he has had to depend greatly on his children for his support for the last 25 years. His first wife was named Evalina Hamer and was married in July 1834. Signed: Joseph Hamer. 10/5/1887

Declaration for An Original Pension of a Father or Mother. State of Indiana, County of Lawrence ss.

On this 11th day of October, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and eighty six personally appeared before me, Thomas V. Thornton, Clerk of the Circuit Court, a Court of Record within and for the county and State aforesaid, Joseph Hamer, aged 78 years, who , being duly sworn according to law, makes the following declaration in order to obtain the Pension provided by Acts of Congress granting Pensions to dependent relatives: That he is the Father of Hugh Hamer who enlisted under the name of Hugh Hamer at Bedford, Indiana, on the 14th day of June, A.D. 1861, in Co. "F", 15th Indiana Volunteer Infantry in the War of 1861, who received a gunshot wound in the ankle joint of his right foot, causing amputation of right leg, below the knee, and afterward a second amputation of thigh, which resulted in the death of said soldier on December 6, 1863, at or near Chattanouga, Tennessee. He bore at the time of his death the rank of private, in Co. "F", 15th Indiana Volunteers. That said son, Hugh Hamer, left neither widow nor child under sixteen years of age surviving; that said declarant was married to the Mother of said son at Lawrence County, Indiana, on the 17th day of July, A.D. 1834, by Squire Porter, that he was dependent upon said son for support; that the Mother of said son died at Lawrence County, Indiana, on the 10th day of August , A.D. 1841; that there were surviving at date of said soldier's death his brothers and sisters, who were under sixteen years of age, as follows (children of second wife): Josephine Hamer, born June 14, 1849; James M. Hamer, born October 26, 1854; Arabell Hamer, born Dec 7, 1858; that he has not heretofore received or applied for Pension; that he has not aided or abetted the Rebellion; and that Declarant hereby appoints, with full power of substitution and revocation, Anthony W. Jones of Mitchell, Indiana, true and lawful attorney to prosecute his claim; that his residence is Warren Street, Mitchell, Indiana and his Post Office address is Mitchell, Indiana. Signature: Joseph Hamer.

General Affidavit of Elijah Evans in Pension Claim of Joseph Hamer. State of Ind, Cty of Lawrence ss.

In the matter of pension claim no. 345.794 of Joseph Hamer as father of Hugh Hamer, Co "F" 15th Regiment Indiana Vols, personally came before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and State, Elijah Evans, aged 43 years, a citizen of the town of Mitchell, county of Lawrence and state of Indiana well known to me to be reputable and entitled to credit and who being duly sworn declared in relation to aforesaid case as follows: that he is personally acquainted with claimant, has know him for 30 years last past; that he has seen the family Bible of the claimant giving the dates of the births and deaths of Hugh Hamer and Evalina Hamer as follows: Hugh Hamer was born on the 15th day of September, 1835; and Evalina Hamer died on the 1pth day of August, 1841. That he has no interest in this calimant for a pension; his post office address is Mitchell, lawrence County, Indiana. Signed: Elijah Evans. Subscribed ans sworn to before me this 20th day of December 1887. And I certify that affiant is a creditable person and is so reputed in the community in which he resides. Josh Laswell, J.P. 1/5/88

General Affidavit of Wesley Weaver in Pension Claim of Joseph Hamer. State of Ind Cty of Lawrence ss.

In the matter of Pension Claim no. 345.794 of Joseph Hamer, father of Hugh Hamer, Company "F" 15th Regiment Indiana Volunteers. Personally came before me a Justice of the Peace in and for aforesaid county and state, Wesley Weaver, aged fifty years, citizen of the county of Orange, State of Indiana, well known to me to be reputable and entitled to credit, and who, being duly sworn, declared in relation to aforesaid case as follows: That he is well and personaly acquainted with claimant, Joseph Hamer; That he has known him for forty years last past; That he has lived with him in his family for the last seven years past; That he has had to support said applicant all the time he has been with him; That he is quite feeble and not able to help himself except to walk around and not able to do any work; he further states that said applicant has had to depend on his children and friends for the last twenty five years; That he has had no income, excpt what little work he could do himself; and for the last several years he has not been able to perform scarcely any manual labor at all. He further states that he has no interest in said case and is not concerned with its prosecution. Signed: Wesley Weaver. Oct 5, 1887.

General Affidavit of Amzi Munson in Pension Claim of Joseph Hamer. State of Ind. Cty of Lawrence ss.

In the matter of Pension Claim no 345.794 of Joseph Hamer as father of Hugh Hamer Co. "F: 15th Regt Ind Vols. Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for aforesaid county and state, Amzi L. Munson, aged 59 years, citizen of the town of Mitchell, county of Lawrence, State of Indiana, well known to me to be reputable and entitled to credit, and who, being duly sworn, declared in relation to aforesaid case as follows: That he is wll and personally acquainted with Joseph Hamer and has known him for 45 years; that he remembers well that said Hamer had a serious spell of typhoid fever in 1853; and knows that said Hamer has never been stout since; that said Hamer has often complained when he would be with him of his back hurting him. Affiant further states that he knows of said Hugh Hamer, son of Joseph Hamer working for his father by day's work, before he entered the military service; that said claimant was never himself after his sickness with fever; that as to his income he had none except by day's work; he further declared that he has no interest in said case and is not concerned in its prosecution and is not related to said aplicant. Signed: Amzi L. Munson. Oct 27, 1887

Burial: Aft. August 05, 1896, Daviess County, Indiana

Avolina Wood is the name given on the marriage record. There are various forms of this name used for her. Evalina is the form used by Joseph Hamer and Elijah Evans in the Pension Claim papers.

The site of her grave is unknown. It may be at Avoca or at Spring Mill.

Burial: August 1841, Unknown

Marriage Index: IL, IN, 1790-1850

Lawrence County Indiana

Hamer, Joseph Spouse : Wood, Avolina

Marriage date : Jul 17, 1834

[Broderbund Family Archive #304, Ed. 1, Census Records, Indiana, 1860, Date of Import: Mar 9, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.304.1.9089.52]

Individual: Hamer, Martha

Age: 37 Year(s)

Ethnicity: White

Birthplace: Kentucky

County: Lawrence

Township: Marion

Post Office: Mitchell

State: IN

Census Page Number: 0846

Census Line Number: 37A

National Archives Series Number: M653

National Archives Microfilm Number: 276

Real Property: $0

Personal Property: $0

Literate: No

Family Number: 0853

Dwelling Number: 0853

Marriage between Martha Madox and Joseph Hamer was found in the Online Index to Indiana Marriages through 1850. There is also a copy of the marriage certificate in the Pension Paper file.

Transcript. Marriage: Joseph Hamer with Avalina Wood.

State of Indiana, Lawrence County, ss.

Be it remembered, That on this 14th day of July, 1834, the following marriage license was issued, to-wit: The State of Indiana, To any person by law empowered to solemnize marriage, Greeting: You are hereby authorized to join together as husband and wife, Joseph Hamer, and Avalina Wood, and this shall be your warrant for the same. Witness my hand and seal of office, aqt Bedford, this 14th day of July, A.D., 1834. Robert Mitchell, Clerk L.C.C.

Be it further remembered that on this 17th day of July, 1834, the following certificate was filed in m office to-wit: State of Indiana, Lawrence County, ss. I certify that on the 17th day of July 1834, Joseph Hamer and Avalina Wood were joined together as husban and wife by me, Robert Porter, J.P.

Revised April 18, 2004