FRANK L. HAMMOND was born
in Lancaster, S.C., April 19, 1839. The family moved to Montgomery
County, Miss., in November, 1845, and there he united with the
Pleasant Grove Bapt. church in 1852 at the age of 13 years. He was
made a Mason in Kilmichael Lodge in 1860. He joined the
Confederate service in 1861, going out with the Lody Grays, Company
B, 15th Mississippi Regiment and served til the close of the war.
He married to MISS EMMA C. MILLER in 1867 and the following year
he located in Winston County., Miss. which was his home until
1909, when he moved to Calvert, Ala. Most of his life was spent in
the agriculture pursuits and later he was in the mercantile
business. To them were born five children.
....In his
business and domestic relations he carried all the marks of an
honest, clean, cultured and refined gentleman. We who survive this
noble man should be thankful that God spared him to this world so
long....
his body was laid to rest beside
that of his faithful companion, in his hometown in
Mississippi.