Hammond, Harry
Harry Hammond Soundex Code H553
Harry Hammond, contractor for steam construction;
born in: Richmond, Indiana, on Monday, March 10, 1862;Harry Hammond
son of: S.U. Hammond and Rhoda Eloise Hammond, nee: Rhoda Eloise Harris
education: grammar schools, Indianapolis, Indiana, and Cincinnati, Ohio;
married: Irene Hammond, nee: Irene Kelly, in Richmond, Indiana, on Wednesday, February 2, 1887;
daughters: Eloise R. Hammond, Irene Hammond2 (deceased), Re: Etta.
Was railway postal clerk in Florida, with headquarters at Jacksonville, Florida, 1882-7;
reporter Richmond Palladium (Indiana), 1887-8;
Stenographer Adams Express Company, Chicago, 1888-9;
General Clerk Albert W. Cobb & Company, 1889-94;
Renting Manager, Mead & Coe, real estate, 1895-1903;
since February, 1903, partner in firm of Thomas J. Douglass & Company, contractors for steam fitting, hot water heating, and power plant construction.
Charter member: Chicago Continental Guard. Mason, Odd Fellows.
Member: Sons of the American Revolution (S.A.R.)
Office: 52 N. Dearborn Street
Residence: 831 W. Morse Avenue, 1905, 1614 W. Greenleaf Avenue, 1919.
Source: Book of Chicagoans, 1905; Rogers Park Directory, 1919, page 33.
