Tehama County Biographies

ANDREW JOSEPH HAMMANS

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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was born in Davis County, Iowa, December 9, 1844.  His father, Henry Hammans, 
and his grandfather, Johnson Hammans, were both natives of Virginia, and the 
latter was a soldier in the [war] of 1812.  His father married Miss Elizabeth 
Brown, a native of Indiana, and emigrated to Davis County, Iowa, and was a 
pioneer of that county.  Two sons were born to them, George W. and Andrew 
Joseph, the subject of this article.  Both were reared there, and there the 
mother died.  The father had made a trip to California in 1849, and in 1865 he 
moved to this State.  His death occurred in 1876.
            Mr. Hammans was educated in his native State, farmed there two 
years, and in 1865 came to California.  For two years he engaged in agricultural 
pursuits in Shasta County.  In 1867 he came to Tehama County and farmed the Cone 
ranch, then known as the Dye grant.  He has since been in the business in 
different parts of the county.  In 1880 he moved into Red Bluff, and has 
purchased a nice home on Jefferson street, between Pine and Hickory streets, 
where he resides with his family.  Mr. Hammans is the agent and representative 
of the California Land Association and the West Coast Land Company.  They have 
about 31,000 acres of choice lands, including the Oakwood Colony lands, the 
Mayhew Colony lands, the Clear Water Company lands, and also a large amount of 
stock lands.  The settlement in their colonies is rapid.
            Mr. Hammans was united in marriage with Miss Caroline Huffman, a 
native of Iowa, in 1863.  They have five children.  The oldest, Arnold S., was 
born in Iowa.  The following are native sons and daughters of California:  Dora, 
Harriet Belle, William B. and Alta J.  Their preference in religious faith is 
given to the Christian Church.  Mr. Hammans� political views are Democratic.  He 
is an Odd Fellow, and has filled all the chairs of the order.
 
Memorial & Biographical History of Northern California, The Lewis Publishing 
Co., 1891, pp 573-574