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ALDEN HAMMOND
A California pioneer of 1849, Alden
Hammond was born in Newport, Rhode Island, August 5, 1834, a son of Moses and
Abigail (Marble) Hammond, who were merchants in Newport. Moses Hammond came to California and located
in Stockton, engaging in the lumber business here.
Alden Hammond was a lad of fifteen
when he came to California. He was
employed in the lumber yard, and later became a farmer. He was married in Stockton to Miss Elizabeth
B. W. Gorham, born in Nantucket, New York, who came with her pioneer father to
California when young. The mother was a
woman of very loving and affable disposition, and was endeared to everyone. She passed away in August, 1910. Five children were born in the family: Mary Elizabeth (Mrs. Southrey),
Martha Gorham (Mrs. Wheeler), Cynthia G. (Mrs. Adams), and George G., all of
Stockton, and Mrs. Emma Nason, deceased. The father resided on the old home place till
the time of his death, January 4, 1923.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1087. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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