John T. Hammans

    John T .Hammans was born in Morgan County, Indiana, December 31,1 830, and is a son of Pryor and Matilda (Burk) Hammans, both of whom came to this 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 embers of the Baptist Church.

Source: Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. Charles Blanchard, Editor. F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1884.