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LEONARD L. HAMMOND, formerly one of Wayne Township's best known and most highly respected citizens, was born in Wayne Township, Jefferson COunty, Ohio, February 14, 1847, and died April 15, 1904. His parents were George and Nancy (Campbell) Hammond. George Hammond was a son of John Hammond, who was one of the early settlers in the vicinity of Skelley's Station, in Wayne Township, where George was reared to manhood. Later he settled on the farm southeast of Bloomfield, on which the widow and children of the late Leonard L. Hammond reside. At that time it was wild land and he spent many years of his life in clearing and improving it and died there in September, 1893. He was a member of the Society of Friends. Two of his children survive: John C., residing at Richmond, Ohio and Rachel M., residing in Bloomfield. Leonard L. Hammond spent his life in the neighborhood where he was born. It was a life of quiet usefullness and kind neighborliness, and its influence was ever for the better things of life, causing his memory to be honored by all who knew him. He followed farming and stock raising and owned 1160 acres, the Hammond estate, which he put under a fine state of cultivation. On May 30, 1888, Mr. Hammond was married to the estimable lady who survives him, Margaret J. (Long) Hammond. She was born at Smithfield, Ohio, a daughter of Charles S. and Marjorie (Bines) Long, and is a granddaughter of David Long, a native of Ireland, who was one of the early settlers in Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County. He was a young man when he accompanied his parents across the Atlantic Ocean and before coming to Jefferson County, he lived with them for a time in Fayette County, Pa. Mrs. Hammond has one surviving brother, Porter Long, who lives in Cross Creek Township. Three children were born to Leonard L. Hammond and wife: Charles L., residing in Wayne Township; and Nancy L., and George, all three living with their mother on the homestead. The late Leonard L. Hammond was a Republican in politics, and desired the success of his party, but never sought pilitical honors. Mrs. Hammond is a valued member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Bloomfield. She is widely known, and is much esteemed in the social circle to which she belongs.  Return to Family Tales
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