Solano County Biographies

E. A. HAMMOND

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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a native of Simpson county, Ky.; born October 8, 1837.  At the age of one year 
he moved, with his uncle, David J. Clayton, to Jackson county, Mo. (being an 
orphan), where he lived until 15 years old, when he emigrated, in company with 
his uncle, to California, crossing the plains with ox teams, arriving in Suisun 
valley October, 1852.  He worked at farming in this county until 1856, when he 
went to Sonoma county, where he engaged in the sheep business, remaining there 
one year, and thence to Napa county, and engaged in the cattle trade, where he 
remained about two years.  He then returned to this county and settled in the 
upper end of Suisun valley, where he farmed for one year, and then turned 
speculator, dealing in horses and cattle, and working by the month until 1867.  
Married Miss Catherine Ives, April 7, 1867.  He then rented a farm, which he 
occupied for about two years, in Napa county, and then purchased a farm in Pope 
valley, Napa county, where he remained for four years.  He then returned to this 
county, and farmed the widow Clayton farm, in Suisun valley, which he conducted 
one year.  After farming in different parts of this county and Napa for a few 
years, he made a trip to Texas, where he remained about eight months, when he 
returned to California, and, after working for a few months as a farm hand, 
leased the ranch where he now resides, in Suisun valley.  Mary F., Charles C. 
(deceased), James S., and William E. are the names of their children.
 
History of Solano County � San Francisco, Cal. - Wood, Alley  & Co., East 
Oakland, pub 1879, pp 411-412