When Benjamin Jefferson Hammett was born on 8 April 1821, in Warren, Kentucky, United States, his father, William Rollo Hammett, was 47 and his mother, Rose Anna Oliphant, was 45. He married Rebecca M. Robb on 16 April 1853, in Chillicothe, Peoria, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Marshall, Pawnee, Kansas, United States in 1865 and Kansas, United States in 1870. He died on 6 May 1874, in Waterville, Marshall, Kansas, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Marysville Cemetery, Marysville, Marshall, Kansas, United States.
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The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Historical Boundaries: 1825: Peoria, Illinois, United States
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
English (southwestern England, especialy Devon): from the Middle English personal name Hamet, a pet form of ancient Germanic Hamo (see Hammond 1).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesMy 2nd Great Grandfather Benjamin was born near Bowling Green Kentucky on 8 April 1821. He lived there until the age of 10. His family then traveled by Wagons to Illinois where they settled in Peoria, …
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