William H. Hammer
William H. Hammer, carpenter, a son of George and Mary Hammer, natives of Virginia, was born October 12, 1840, and is one of a family of twelve.
He was married January 19, 1871, to Miss Mellie, daughter of James G., and Telithe Jolly, of Lomberton, Clinton County, Ohio. Mr. Hammer is the father of five children: Howard E., Pearl B., Leota, Georgianna, and Claud H.
He enlisted in the 25th Northern Virginia Regiment, C. S. A., under Generals Lee and Jackson, and was engaged in thirty-two battles; some of the most important, of which, were Ridge Mountain, Alleghany Monntain, Winchester, etc. At Spottsylvania C. H., Virginia, after having been three years in the confederate army, he was taken prisoner, and was coniined at Point Lookout three months, and Elmyra, New York, twelve months. He was never, wounded or sick while in the army.
He is a member of the Masonic Order, and of the Presbyterian Church. He was reared and educated in Virginia, where he lived until his removal to Ohio, March 20, 1867.
From R. S. Dills' History of Fayette County