Herbert Hammond and Florence May Eberhart

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Husband Herbert Hammond ¹

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           Born: 20 Sep 1854 1
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       Marriage: 20 Dec 1881 1

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Wife Florence May Eberhart ²

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           Born: 24 May 1860 - Council Hill, Jo Daviess Co, IL 2
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         Father: Rev. Uriah Eberhart (1821-      ) 3 4
         Mother: Lovicy Ann May (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 M Harold Eberhart Hammond ¹

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           Born: 4 Dec 1882 1
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General Notes: Husband - Herbert Hammond

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Tipton, Cedar Co, IA

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General Notes: Wife - Florence May Eberhart

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She was born at Council Hill, Jo Daviess County , Illinois. When nearly four years of age she was taken to Vicksburg, Mississippi, and later to New Orleans, Louisianna, where, during the Civil War, she was with her parents in the United States Marine Hospital, making herself acceptable and useful, by distributing tracts, and fanning flies from the sick soldiers, at the same time entertaining them in their loneliness by her childish prattle, smiling face and cheerful disposition. She was also greatly interested in the colored people, attending the schools taught by her mother; she soon became an assistant, teaching the colored soldiers their A B C's.
She was not sent to school until eight years of age, but as she had a sprightly mind she progressed rapidly, so that by attending the best graded schools of Iowa, and later Albion Seminary, she soon obtained a liberal education. But as she early developed a taste and rare talent for music, she was sent to Chicago, where she took a course of lessons in harmony, voice culture and instrumental music, under the direction of the best teachers of the city. Later she studied the "kindergarten" system of teaching at the Cook County Normal School, and then taught a large school in the city. She also taught vocal and instrumental music with good success. The volume and quality of her voice was such as to win for her a laudable place in society and church, as a "solo singer."

1 Rev. Uriah Eberhart, History of the Eberharts (Chicago Lawn, IL: Donohue & Henneberry, Printers and Binders, 1891), Pg 109.

2 Rev. Uriah Eberhart, History of the Eberharts (Chicago Lawn, IL: Donohue & Henneberry, Printers and Binders, 1891), Pg 108.

3 Rev. Uriah Eberhart, History of the Eberharts (Chicago Lawn, IL: Donohue & Henneberry, Printers and Binders, 1891), Pg 106.

4 Gladys & Oliver Eberhart, Eberhart History 1938 (Kismet, KS: Privately published, 1938), Pg III.