Patterson Cemetery District, Stanislaus County, CA 

Obituaries for 1924

Submitted by Gale Stroud and Burta Herger 26 Aug 2007

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Hammonds James M 240501 p1
Westley Pioneer Passes Away Monday; Another passed out of the rapidly thinning ranks of the group of pioneers who
settled this section in the sixties and seventies when James Morgan Hammonds passed away Monday night at his home
north of Westley.  While he had been ailing at intervals for some time, the end was quite unexpected.  Mr. Hammonds
being attacked as he was starting on an auto ride and he passed away soon after being brought back to the house.
Hammonds was almost 68 years of age, being born in Kentucky in 1856.  He came to California at the age of 11, and four
years later, in 1869, came to the Grayson section, where he has been engaged in farming ever since close to the location
of his present home. A son, James P. and an adopted daughter, Muriel F.  survive, as well as the following brothers and
sisters; Mrs. Ed Brown and Wm J. Hammonds of Patterson; John S. Hammonds of Alameda; McAjor W. of Dos Palos;
Mrs. M. N. Stinson of Bakersfield; Mrs. P. M White of Manteca and Mrs. S. E. Gaffery of Vernalis. Funeral services
were held at the family home yesterday afternoon and were largely attended by friends from all over this section.  Rev. H.
Pitman of Modesto delivered the funeral service, following which the remains were interred in the family plot in the
Grayson cemetery.