Royal Hammond

		b. April 13, 1809 

bp. Fairlee, Vermont 

m. May 24, 1838, Emeline Rogers, Bath, Ohio 

d. February 2, 1899 

Figure 2.4: Emeline Rogers Hammond

Royal Hammond, the fourth child of Calvin Hammond and Roxanna Field, was born in Fairlee, Vermont, in 1809. While a young child of six, he traveled with his family to Summit Co., Ohio, where he grew up. After the death of his father, Royal took care of his mother. His years in Summit Co. are remembered by Eveline Bosworth Cook, on page .

His wife, Emeline Rogers, was born to Rufus Rogers and Evangelia Booth Rogers in Chesterfield, Massachusetts. There were six sons and two daughters in the family. In 1837 the family moved to Bath, Ohio where many from New England had settled. Being Congregationalists they encountered the Hammonds in that church in Bath, and Royal Hammond and Emeline were married on May 24, 1838.

Royal Hammond and his wife Emeline Rogers Hammond moved to Knox Co., Ill., in 1844. Royal and a distant relative, James Hammond, left Bath on Sept. 10 with a flock of 1,300 sheep and two hired helpers. They arrived in Ontario Township, Ill. (over five hundred miles away) on Oct. 28, having lost only one hundred and fifty sheep^4.5. Royal settled on a homestead in Ontario, and in 1852 moved to nearby Galesburg to become a grocer. He became distinguished for having a store which focused on groceries and became quite successful. He and his wife had no children, but they helped many relatives to establish themselves in Knox Co. Upon his death, he left much of his estate to Wheaton College. His personal story is well documented in History of Knox Co., Illinois[7].