"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND MARTINSVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
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JOHN T. HAMMANS was born in Morgan County, Ind., December 31, 1830, and is a
son of Pryor and Matilda (Burk) Hammans, both of whom came to the county in
the early days, married and passed the larger portion of their lives; Mr.
Hammans died in 1866, but Mrs. Hammans is yet living in this county. Their
children were by name Joshua, William, Harvey, Andrew, Mahala, Mary, George,
Martin, Elijah, Adeline, Hester, Elizabeth, Rhoda, Nancy, Martha and John T.
Our subject married in this county, August 16, 1857, Delilah, daughter of
Ivan and Irena Voyles, with an issue of eleven children, Catherine, James,
Irena, Robert, Mary, John, Maria, Sarah, Clarissa, Burley and Margaret. In
August, 1862, Mr. Hammans enlisted in Company H, Seventieth Indiana
Volunteers, and served until September, 1864, on July 23 of which year, at
Atlanta, he was wounded by a gunshot passing through his cheek and cutting
his tongue. Mr. Hammans is an honored citizen, and he and wife are members
of the Baptist Church.
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