BIOGRAPHY: As recorded in "The Roots and Branches of Jakob Hamp" bt Robert M. Hamp of Oklahoma City, USA (1987):
Frederick Hamp was born Johann Fridrich Hampp on 15 Nov 1814 in Eglosheim, Wurttemberg, Germany. He emigrated at two and a half years with his parents to the USA. He must have been about nine years of age when the family arrived in Hanoverton, Columbiana County, Ohio, after escaping their indenture, and a teenager when they moved on to Holmes County. He had reached his majority at or soon after their arrival in the County of Lucas. What his formal schooling may have been along the way is unknown.
Census records and army records that give his age would indicate his birth was in 1820/22 which doesn't jibe with records in Germany. There is always the possibility that the German born Friedrich died and that a later child born in 5this country was given the same name. This practice was fairly
common in the early days when the childhood death rate was high. In fact,
Frederick's father was the second Johann Jakob Hampp in his family, the first one having died as a baby. We find the ages given to census takers and other government officials in many cases were incorrect, whether due to poor recording, the attitude toward such government probing, or whatever, and this is probably the case here.Judging by his children's ages on the 1850 census, Frederick probably married ca 1841 but we have no record of it. Minerva, his first wife, maiden name unknown, was born in Massachusetts. Census records give Frederick's occupation variously as farmer or laborer. Like many of the Hamps, he seemed to be a rolling stone, moving about a great deal. His first child was born in Illinois, his second in Michigan and his third in Ohio.
What happened to Minerva is unknown, but on the 1860 Census Frederick is located in Lucas County, Ohio and he has a wife by the name of Amanda who is thirteen years older than he, born in New Hampshire. She has two children that were evidently by a previous marriage. Frederick's third son isn't listed, having either died early or perhaps with his mother if marriage had ended in divorce. However, he isn't found on any of the later Census records of the area. Besides the sons that were Amanda's and those of Frederick from the first marriage, there is also a daughter that we count as being born to Frederick and Amanda.
On 20 Jun 1861 at Adrian, Lenawee County, Michigan, Frederick enlisted in Co. F, 4th Regiment of Michigan Infantry Volunteers for a three hitch but was discharged on 11 May 1862 for medical reasons at Alexandria, Virginia. His discharge states that he was very old, debilitated and incapable of performing his duties because of thyphoid and pneumonia.
In Ferris township, Montcalm County, Michigan, on 27 Sep 1868 a third marriage occurred. This time his age is shown as 53 and this does match the German birth record. His bride this time was also named Amanda. The last name was Bay. Her age was only 18. The ceremony was performed by Micajah DOUGLASS. Witnesses were Charles SHERMAN and Charles H. ROSEBROK. Frederick and Amanda had one daughter born after they had been married 21 years and Frederick was almost 75 years old and Amanda was 39.
In 1880 Frederick resided in Wilsonville, Nebraska. Enumerated on the 1880 Census there with him was wife Amanda, brother Jacob and John GILL shown as an adopted (?) son. John is believed to be a grandson. It is doubtful he was legally adopted as he is listed under the name Gill.
In 1882 when Frederick filed a pension application he was living in Christina, Kearney County, Nebraska. He stated on it that since the Civil War he had lived in Fulton County, Ohio, and in Elm Hall, Michigan, in addition to Wilsonville and Christina, Nebraska.
In 1890 Frederick, Amanda and daughter were living in Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana. In the fall of 1891 they moved to Parkman, Sheridan County, Wyoming. Frederick died ther on 13 Dec 1891 of Asthma and LaGrippe. He is buried in Dayton Cemetery, Dayton, Wyoming a few miles south of Parkman. No physician was summoned during his last illness which lasted about ten days. It was not thought he was ill enough to need the doctor until it was too late.
Amanda returned to the state of Michigan and was residing and was residing in Barryton, Mecosta County in 1910. Date of her death is not known.
No present day descendants of Frederick Hamp have been found. The most information we have on his children is from Government records on two sons that were in service during the Civil War. It is hard to say what in these records is information and what is misinformation. At least they provide a glimpse of the record keeping of the times. Some of today's isn't any better.
BIOGRAPHY: As recorded in "The Roots and Branches of Jakob Hamp" bt Robert M. Hamp of Oklahoma City, USA (1987):
Frederick Hamp was born Johann Fridrich Hampp on 15 Nov 1814 in Eglosheim, Wurttemberg, Germany. He emigrated at two and a half years with his parents to the USA. He must have been about nine years of age when the family arrived in Hanoverton, Columbiana County, Ohio, after escaping their indenture, and a teenager when they moved on to Holmes County. He had reached his majority at or soon after their arrival in the County of Lucas. What his formal schooling may have been along the way is unknown.
Census records and army records that give his age would indicate his birth was in 1820/22 which doesn't jibe with records in Germany. There is always the possibility that the German born Friedrich died and that a later child born in 5this country was given the same name. This practice was fairly
common in the early days when the childhood death rate was high. In fact,
Frederick's father was the second Johann Jakob Hampp in his family, the first one having died as a baby. We find the ages given to census takers and other government officials in many cases were incorrect, whether due to poor recording, the attitude toward such government probing, or whatever, and this is probably the case here.Judging by his children's ages on the 1850 census, Frederick probably married ca 1841 but we have no record of it. Minerva, his first wife, maiden name unknown, was born in Massachusetts. Census records give Frederick's occupation variously as farmer or laborer. Like many of the Hamps, he seemed to be a rolling stone, moving about a great deal. His first child was born in Illinois, his second in Michigan and his third in Ohio.
What happened to Minerva is unknown, but on the 1860 Census Frederick is located in Lucas County, Ohio and he has a wife by the name of Amanda who is thirteen years older than he, born in New Hampshire. She has two children that were evidently by a previous marriage. Frederick's third son isn't listed, having either died early or perhaps with his mother if marriage had ended in divorce. However, he isn't found on any of the later Census records of the area. Besides the sons that were Amanda's and those of Frederick from the first marriage, there is also a daughter that we count as being born to Frederick and Amanda.
On 20 Jun 1861 at Adrian, Lenawee County, Michigan, Frederick enlisted in Co. F, 4th Regiment of Michigan Infantry Volunteers for a three hitch but was discharged on 11 May 1862 for medical reasons at Alexandria, Virginia. His discharge states that he was very old, debilitated and incapable of performing his duties because of thyphoid and pneumonia.
In Ferris township, Montcalm County, Michigan, on 27 Sep 1868 a third marriage occurred. This time his age is shown as 53 and this does match the German birth record. His bride this time was also named Amanda. The last name was Bay. Her age was only 18. The ceremony was performed by Micajah DOUGLASS. Witnesses were Charles SHERMAN and Charles H. ROSEBROK. Frederick and Amanda had one daughter born after they had been married 21 years and Frederick was almost 75 years old and Amanda was 39.
In 1880 Frederick resided in Wilsonville, Nebraska. Enumerated on the 1880 Census there with him was wife Amanda, brother Jacob and John GILL shown as an adopted (?) son. John is believed to be a grandson. It is doubtful he was legally adopted as he is listed under the name Gill.
In 1882 when Frederick filed a pension application he was living in Christina, Kearney County, Nebraska. He stated on it that since the Civil War he had lived in Fulton County, Ohio, and in Elm Hall, Michigan, in addition to Wilsonville and Christina, Nebraska.
In 1890 Frederick, Amanda and daughter were living in Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana. In the fall of 1891 they moved to Parkman, Sheridan County, Wyoming. Frederick died ther on 13 Dec 1891 of Asthma and LaGrippe. He is buried in Dayton Cemetery, Dayton, Wyoming a few miles south of Parkman. No physician was summoned during his last illness which lasted about ten days. It was not thought he was ill enough to need the doctor until it was too late.
Amanda returned to the state of Michigan and was residing and was residing in Barryton, Mecosta County in 1910. Date of her death is not known.
No present day descendants of Frederick Hamp have been found. The most information we have on his children is from Government records on two sons that were in service during the Civil War. It is hard to say what in these records is information and what is misinformation. At least they provide a glimpse of the record keeping of the times. Some of today's isn't any better.
BIOGRAPHY: As recorded in "The Roots and Branches of Jakob Hamp" bt Robert M. Hamp of Oklahoma City, USA (1987):
Frederick Hamp was born Johann Fridrich Hampp on 15 Nov 1814 in Eglosheim, Wurttemberg, Germany. He emigrated at two and a half years with his parents to the USA. He must have been about nine years of age when the family arrived in Hanoverton, Columbiana County, Ohio, after escaping their indenture, and a teenager when they moved on to Holmes County. He had reached his majority at or soon after their arrival in the County of Lucas. What his formal schooling may have been along the way is unknown.
Census records and army records that give his age would indicate his birth was in 1820/22 which doesn't jibe with records in Germany. There is always the possibility that the German born Friedrich died and that a later child born in 5this country was given the same name. This practice was fairly
common in the early days when the childhood death rate was high. In fact,
Frederick's father was the second Johann Jakob Hampp in his family, the first one having died as a baby. We find the ages given to census takers and other government officials in many cases were incorrect, whether due to poor recording, the attitude toward such government probing, or whatever, and this is probably the case here.Judging by his children's ages on the 1850 census, Frederick probably married ca 1841 but we have no record of it. Minerva, his first wife, maiden name unknown, was born in Massachusetts. Census records give Frederick's occupation variously as farmer or laborer. Like many of the Hamps, he seemed to be a rolling stone, moving about a great deal. His first child was born in Illinois, his second in Michigan and his third in Ohio.
What happened to Minerva is unknown, but on the 1860 Census Frederick is located in Lucas County, Ohio and he has a wife by the name of Amanda who is thirteen years older than he, born in New Hampshire. She has two children that were evidently by a previous marriage. Frederick's third son isn't listed, having either died early or perhaps with his mother if marriage had ended in divorce. However, he isn't found on any of the later Census records of the area. Besides the sons that were Amanda's and those of Frederick from the first marriage, there is also a daughter that we count as being born to Frederick and Amanda.
On 20 Jun 1861 at Adrian, Lenawee County, Michigan, Frederick enlisted in Co. F, 4th Regiment of Michigan Infantry Volunteers for a three hitch but was discharged on 11 May 1862 for medical reasons at Alexandria, Virginia. His discharge states that he was very old, debilitated and incapable of performing his duties because of thyphoid and pneumonia.
In Ferris township, Montcalm County, Michigan, on 27 Sep 1868 a third marriage occurred. This time his age is shown as 53 and this does match the German birth record. His bride this time was also named Amanda. The last name was Bay. Her age was only 18. The ceremony was performed by Micajah DOUGLASS. Witnesses were Charles SHERMAN and Charles H. ROSEBROK. Frederick and Amanda had one daughter born after they had been married 21 years and Frederick was almost 75 years old and Amanda was 39.
In 1880 Frederick resided in Wilsonville, Nebraska. Enumerated on the 1880 Census there with him was wife Amanda, brother Jacob and John GILL shown as an adopted (?) son. John is believed to be a grandson. It is doubtful he was legally adopted as he is listed under the name Gill.
In 1882 when Frederick filed a pension application he was living in Christina, Kearney County, Nebraska. He stated on it that since the Civil War he had lived in Fulton County, Ohio, and in Elm Hall, Michigan, in addition to Wilsonville and Christina, Nebraska.
In 1890 Frederick, Amanda and daughter were living in Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana. In the fall of 1891 they moved to Parkman, Sheridan County, Wyoming. Frederick died ther on 13 Dec 1891 of Asthma and LaGrippe. He is buried in Dayton Cemetery, Dayton, Wyoming a few miles south of Parkman. No physician was summoned during his last illness which lasted about ten days. It was not thought he was ill enough to need the doctor until it was too late.
Amanda returned to the state of Michigan and was residing and was residing in Barryton, Mecosta County in 1910. Date of her death is not known.
No present day descendants of Frederick Hamp have been found. The most information we have on his children is from Government records on two sons that were in service during the Civil War. It is hard to say what in these records is information and what is misinformation. At least they provide a glimpse of the record keeping of the times. Some of today's isn't any better.
References, David Hamp Family.Group Records
1. 1850 Federal Census, Fulton Twp, Fulton County, OH:
Name age occupation place of birth
David Hamp 30 farmer PA
Mercy Hamp 21 housewife PA
David Hamp 7. OH
Napoleon Hamp 5 OH
J. Q. Hamp 4 OH
Malissa Hamp 2 OH1850 Federal Census, Royalton Twp, Fulton County, OH:
Daniel Woodford 70 farmer CT
Anna Woodford 63 housewife NY
Hiram Woodford 22 laborer NY
Edwin Woodford 21 farmer NY
David Hamp* 7 OH
Believed same 7 year old David as with Hamp family enumerated again here with his maternal grandparents.1860 Federal,Census, Gratiot County, MI;
David Hamp 40 PA
Mercy Hamp 30 PA
David Hamp 17 OH
Bonapart Hamp 15 OH
John Hamp 13 OH
Ellen Hamp 8 OH
Parley W. Hamp 7 OH
Daniel T. Hamp 6 OH
Casper M. Hamp 3 OH
Eveline Hamp 4 months MI2. National Archives Military Pension Records of Civil War: a. Pension File # 491,901, affidavit dated 1 Dec 1890 by David Hamp, dependent father, age 71, a resident of Seville Twp, Gratiot County, MI states he is father of John Q. Hamp, died 12 Oct 1863 Knoxville, TN and that he married the mother of John Q. Hamp on 14 Jun 1842, Adrian MI and that the mother died about 15 May 1849.
b. Two additional supporting statements by Annie Strayer and Mary Ann Dubor to the effect David Hamp & Emaline
Woodford were known to them in Fulton Co., OH and Lenawee Co., MI both before and after they were married.3. Gratiot County probate records Liber 65, page 265 re David Hamp estate show his death date as 1 Jan 1894.
4. State of Michigan, Div. Vital Statistics, Death Certificate shows, Mercy's birth 2 May 1829 and death 21 Jul 1920.
5. Estimated.
6. grave unmarked. Pre 1900 records incomplete. Grandson Clayton Hamp letter 22 Oct 1978 states "I know about where Grandfather is in Elm Hall cemetery."
RESEARCH: Extracted from "The Roots and Branches of Jakob Hampp" by Robert M. Hamp of Oklahoma City,USA (1987):
David Hamp was born somewhere in Pennsylvania, ca 1820, the third son of Jacob Hamp Sr and Ivey Rosanna Kittleberger, and died on 1 Jan 1894 in Gatiot County, Michigan. He is buried in the Elm Hall Cemetery, Elm Hall, Michigan. The grave marker, if one exists, is unreadable and records do not disclose the exact location of his grave.
David was first married 14 Jun 1842 at Adrian, Lenawee County, Michigan, to Emaline WOODFORD, daughter of Daniel Woodford and Anna NORTON. Emaline died 15 May 1849. After her death David was married ca 1850 to Mercy Ann MEAD, daughter of Daniel MEAD and Hannah GREEN. Mercy was born 2 May 1829 in Pennsylvania and died on 21 Jul 1920 at Burlington, Michigan, and is buried in Barrington Cemetery, located three and one half miles north of town. At the time of her death she lived with son Casper HAMP (H38) a couple of farms north of the cemetery.
Little is known of David's early life during his marriage to Emaline, except that he fathered three sons and a daughter and the family lived in Lenawee County, Michigan, and also in Fulton County, Ohio. David served as a constable in Fulton County.
On 23 Aug 1858 David purchased the SE quarter of the NE quarter Section 33, Seville Township, Gratiot County, Michigan, from the government for $50. He also later bought the SW quarter and the NE quarter of this same quarter section. It is unknown if David saw this land before buying it, but being raised on the frontier, he had probably had no qualms about moving again with it. Perhaps he should have. The place to which he moved his family became known as "starving Gratiot". The actual move was likely made in the spring of 1859 when David and Mercy packed up the family and travelled there from Fulton County, Ohio, by ox team and wagon.
Although David was one of the earliest, they soon had company. So many Ohio pioneers moved on north to Gratiot County, Michigan, that in later years special "Ohio trains" were made up to provide transportation for settlesr to visit their friends and relatives back in Ohio. Some of David's family may have made such trips, but at the time of his departure into the Michigan wilds, grandma Ivey Rosanna was undoubtedly on hand to hug and and kiss all of the grandkids, not knowing if she would see them again or not.
According to Gratiot County histories, their destination at the time was a dense trackless wilderness. One settler told of having to chop his way north from the frontier settlement of Riverdale. David's land was located two miles east and a half a mile north of Riverdale on what is known as Warner Road. Another early settler told of living in a hut covered with bark with mother earth as a floor and wolves and wildcats for neighbours.
The first shelter for David and family on their arrival was a lean-to constructed from the dismantled wagon in which they had made their trip north. From this lean-to Mercy hung quilts to completethe enclosure. It probably didn't do much better at keeping the wild life out as it did at keeping the children in. Casper who was one year old at the time, told his great-great-grandchildren many many years later of hearing his mother tell of the frustrations at trying to keep him inside that house of quilts.
Clayton Hamp (H378), grandson of David, said his father told him that the family's diet that first spring consisted mostly of leeks and cowslips. Casper (H38) said he was told that they could not have survived that first winter had it not been for friendly Indians that brought them venison. Clearings had to be made in the totally forested land before even scanty crops could be raised and much of these were destroyed by wild life.
In the spring of 1860 the first town meeting of Seville township was held and consisted of 21 settlers who met at the home of Samuel Shroy and elected township officers. David was elected Justice of the Peace. He was elected to this post twice more, in 1868 and 1871. In 1879 he was the Director of Scvhool District #6 in Seville township. He also served as trustee in the United Brethren Church in Elm Hall.
Before his death he drew a dependent father's pension based on the Civil War service of his son John Q. Hamp (H33). Material in the pension file is what led to Lenawee County and a record of David's first marriage. Until then the name of his first wife was unknown to the Hamp Hunter group.
Neither the state of Michigan, nor Gratiot County has a death certificate for David. The death date was obtained from the probate file of his estate.
The week following his death there was an item in a local newspaper that perhaps pertained to David's death but practically everything in it was in error, including the name! Maybe the item was transmitted by grapevine and no effort was made to confirm it. The name was given as Jacob Hamp. This brother did live in the same area off and on but didn't die until seven years later. The age given was "approximate" and the date of death as "last week". the cause of death was given as pneumonia, and this perhaps was correct.
The value of his estate was listed as 40 acres land $1,000.00; 3 horses $125.00; 3 cows $70.00; 4 yearlings $20.00; Farming tools $25.00; Poultry $12.00; and Household goods $75.00. Of debts against the estate besides taxes and legal fees, there was $29.50 for casket and robe, $2.00 for straw to his son Edwin S. Hamp (H3b) and $1.00 for seed potatoes.
Surely there must have been photographs of David but none have been found. We do have one of his second wife which is reproduced on page 92 (of book).
Following the death of David, Daniel Truman Hamp (H37) furnished land and lumber, and Edwin S. Hamp (H3b) and friend Elmer BEMIS built Mercy a small house. She later moved in with Truman and her house was incorporated into a new log house that he built. A few years later he went to live with Casper (H38) at Burlington, Michigan, and stayed there until the time of her death.
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Sex: M
Event(s):
Misc: Abt. 1820
Pennsylvania
Parents:
Father: Johann Jakob HAMPP
Mother: Euphrosina KITTLEBERGER
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References, David Hamp Family.Group Records
1. 1850 Federal Census, Fulton Twp, Fulton County, OH:
Name age occupation place of birth
David Hamp 30 farmer PA
Mercy Hamp 21 housewife PA
David Hamp 7. OH
Napoleon Hamp 5 OH
J. Q. Hamp 4 OH
Malissa Hamp 2 OH1850 Federal Census, Royalton Twp, Fulton County, OH:
Daniel Woodford 70 farmer CT
Anna Woodford 63 housewife NY
Hiram Woodford 22 laborer NY
Edwin Woodford 21 farmer NY
David Hamp* 7 OH
Believed same 7 year old David as with Hamp family enumerated again here with his maternal grandparents.1860 Federal,Census, Gratiot County, MI;
David Hamp 40 PA
Mercy Hamp 30 PA
David Hamp 17 OH
Bonapart Hamp 15 OH
John Hamp 13 OH
Ellen Hamp 8 OH
Parley W. Hamp 7 OH
Daniel T. Hamp 6 OH
Casper M. Hamp 3 OH
Eveline Hamp 4 months MI2. National Archives Military Pension Records of Civil War: a. Pension File # 491,901, affidavit dated 1 Dec 1890 by David Hamp, dependent father, age 71, a resident of Seville Twp, Gratiot County, MI states he is father of John Q. Hamp, died 12 Oct 1863 Knoxville, TN and that he married the mother of John Q. Hamp on 14 Jun 1842, Adrian MI and that the mother died about 15 May 1849.
b. Two additional supporting statements by Annie Strayer and Mary Ann Dubor to the effect David Hamp & Emaline
Woodford were known to them in Fulton Co., OH and Lenawee Co., MI both before and after they were married.3. Gratiot County probate records Liber 65, page 265 re David Hamp estate show his death date as 1 Jan 1894.
4. State of Michigan, Div. Vital Statistics, Death Certificate shows, Mercy's birth 2 May 1829 and death 21 Jul 1920.
5. Estimated.
6. grave unmarked. Pre 1900 records incomplete. Grandson Clayton Hamp letter 22 Oct 1978 states "I know about where Grandfather is in Elm Hall cemetery."
RESEARCH: Extracted from "The Roots and Branches of Jakob Hampp" by Robert M. Hamp of Oklahoma City,USA (1987):
David Hamp was born somewhere in Pennsylvania, ca 1820, the third son of Jacob Hamp Sr and Ivey Rosanna Kittleberger, and died on 1 Jan 1894 in Gatiot County, Michigan. He is buried in the Elm Hall Cemetery, Elm Hall, Michigan. The grave marker, if one exists, is unreadable and records do not disclose the exact location of his grave.
David was first married 14 Jun 1842 at Adrian, Lenawee County, Michigan, to Emaline WOODFORD, daughter of Daniel Woodford and Anna NORTON. Emaline died 15 May 1849. After her death David was married ca 1850 to Mercy Ann MEAD, daughter of Daniel MEAD and Hannah GREEN. Mercy was born 2 May 1829 in Pennsylvania and died on 21 Jul 1920 at Burlington, Michigan, and is buried in Barrington Cemetery, located three and one half miles north of town. At the time of her death she lived with son Casper HAMP (H38) a couple of farms north of the cemetery.
Little is known of David's early life during his marriage to Emaline, except that he fathered three sons and a daughter and the family lived in Lenawee County, Michigan, and also in Fulton County, Ohio. David served as a constable in Fulton County.
On 23 Aug 1858 David purchased the SE quarter of the NE quarter Section 33, Seville Township, Gratiot County, Michigan, from the government for $50. He also later bought the SW quarter and the NE quarter of this same quarter section. It is unknown if David saw this land before buying it, but being raised on the frontier, he had probably had no qualms about moving again with it. Perhaps he should have. The place to which he moved his family became known as "starving Gratiot". The actual move was likely made in the spring of 1859 when David and Mercy packed up the family and travelled there from Fulton County, Ohio, by ox team and wagon.
Although David was one of the earliest, they soon had company. So many Ohio pioneers moved on north to Gratiot County, Michigan, that in later years special "Ohio trains" were made up to provide transportation for settlesr to visit their friends and relatives back in Ohio. Some of David's family may have made such trips, but at the time of his departure into the Michigan wilds, grandma Ivey Rosanna was undoubtedly on hand to hug and and kiss all of the grandkids, not knowing if she would see them again or not.
According to Gratiot County histories, their destination at the time was a dense trackless wilderness. One settler told of having to chop his way north from the frontier settlement of Riverdale. David's land was located two miles east and a half a mile north of Riverdale on what is known as Warner Road. Another early settler told of living in a hut covered with bark with mother earth as a floor and wolves and wildcats for neighbours.
The first shelter for David and family on their arrival was a lean-to constructed from the dismantled wagon in which they had made their trip north. From this lean-to Mercy hung quilts to completethe enclosure. It probably didn't do much better at keeping the wild life out as it did at keeping the children in. Casper who was one year old at the time, told his great-great-grandchildren many many years later of hearing his mother tell of the frustrations at trying to keep him inside that house of quilts.
Clayton Hamp (H378), grandson of David, said his father told him that the family's diet that first spring consisted mostly of leeks and cowslips. Casper (H38) said he was told that they could not have survived that first winter had it not been for friendly Indians that brought them venison. Clearings had to be made in the totally forested land before even scanty crops could be raised and much of these were destroyed by wild life.
In the spring of 1860 the first town meeting of Seville township was held and consisted of 21 settlers who met at the home of Samuel Shroy and elected township officers. David was elected Justice of the Peace. He was elected to this post twice more, in 1868 and 1871. In 1879 he was the Director of Scvhool District #6 in Seville township. He also served as trustee in the United Brethren Church in Elm Hall.
Before his death he drew a dependent father's pension based on the Civil War service of his son John Q. Hamp (H33). Material in the pension file is what led to Lenawee County and a record of David's first marriage. Until then the name of his first wife was unknown to the Hamp Hunter group.
Neither the state of Michigan, nor Gratiot County has a death certificate for David. The death date was obtained from the probate file of his estate.
The week following his death there was an item in a local newspaper that perhaps pertained to David's death but practically everything in it was in error, including the name! Maybe the item was transmitted by grapevine and no effort was made to confirm it. The name was given as Jacob Hamp. This brother did live in the same area off and on but didn't die until seven years later. The age given was "approximate" and the date of death as "last week". the cause of death was given as pneumonia, and this perhaps was correct.
The value of his estate was listed as 40 acres land $1,000.00; 3 horses $125.00; 3 cows $70.00; 4 yearlings $20.00; Farming tools $25.00; Poultry $12.00; and Household goods $75.00. Of debts against the estate besides taxes and legal fees, there was $29.50 for casket and robe, $2.00 for straw to his son Edwin S. Hamp (H3b) and $1.00 for seed potatoes.
Surely there must have been photographs of David but none have been found. We do have one of his second wife which is reproduced on page 92 (of book).
Following the death of David, Daniel Truman Hamp (H37) furnished land and lumber, and Edwin S. Hamp (H3b) and friend Elmer BEMIS built Mercy a small house. She later moved in with Truman and her house was incorporated into a new log house that he built. A few years later he went to live with Casper (H38) at Burlington, Michigan, and stayed there until the time of her death.
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David HAMP
Sex: M
Event(s):
Misc: Abt. 1820
Pennsylvania
Parents:
Father: Johann Jakob HAMPP
Mother: Euphrosina KITTLEBERGER
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Eveline HAMP
Sex: F
Event(s):
Birth: 1860
Gratiot, Michigan
Parents:
Father: David HAMP
Mother: Mercy Ann MEAD
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RESEARCH: John Hamp, the fourth born son of Jacob and Ivey Rosanna Hamp was born on the family farm in Columbiana County, Ohio. The date of 26 May 1826 is given as his birth date on his death certificate. In family notes by Ray LaForset Eddy (H441), the date of 23 May 1827 is shown for John's birth. Some others can be found but all are close to the ones above.
John was little more than a toddler when the family moved on to Walnut Creek in Holmes County which probably accounts for death certificate showing him born there. He would have been around nine when they moved on to Lucas County. No particulars could be found of his childhood or extent of his schooling. It was around 1849 when he first married. His first wife was Rebecca NORRIS, born 4 Jun 1831 in Pennsylvania, a daughter of William Norris and Catherine DECK, so far as can be determined. William Norris was a minister of the German Baptist Church.
We have no actual proof that Rebecca was a daughter of William and Catherine but it seems very likely. In 1850 John and his wife were living close by the Norris family in the same Noble County township in Indiana and their first child was Catherine, probably named for the grandmother, Catherine Norris. Later the names Harrison and William were common to both families. It is also known that the Norris family had a son named Sam and that Rebecca had a brother by that name.
Although the 1860 Census listed John and Rebecca as residents of Elkhart Township, Noble County, Indiana, the birthplace of most of the children is shown as Ohio. Rebecca may have went there to have the children. John's mother, Ivey Rosanna, was known for her ability as a nurse and physician and she may have delivered her grandchildren as well as caring for sick settlers and Indians as mentioned in Fulton County histories.
John's second wife was Elizabeth WARREN, born in Ohio, ca 1834, daughter of an Irish immigrant Nathaniel Warren and Julian Ann ______, born in Pennsylvania. John's two families presented a confusing situation for family researchers for some time but the following account by John's grandaughter Lida (hamp) Sandel served to clear it up:
Elizabeth had been previously married and had two small children, a boy and a girl. Her man had supposedly been lost in the Civil War. One cold late winter day John was passing her house with the team and wagon and noticed there was no smoke from the chimney, nor any sign of life. He stopped to investigate, finding the children huddled in blankets to keep warm and no firewood or food on hand. So he chopped some wood and built a fire and went home to tell Rebecca. He then loaded the wagon with provisions and returned to Elizabeth's and left it. Starting with this kindness, a friendship developed and bloomed and John continued to visit Elizabeth.
When Elizabeth found she was with child, she and John decided to run away and get married. Elizabeth turned her two little ones over to another family to raise as their own. John's last child by Rebecca and his first child by Elizabeth were born only two weeks apart.
It first appeared to researchers that there was more than one John Hamp involved. On the 1870 Census all of the children listed with Rebecca (she was now using the Norris name) were indicated to be Hamp children, but the youngest, Margaret Ellen was not born until 1864, more than two years after John's first child by Elizabeth. Then it was learned from Ray Eddy's (H441) notes that Margaret Ellen's name was SMITH. Also the will of Rebecca indicated that she had an interest in the estate of an Adam Smith. Eventually a marriage record was found but Rebecca was shown as HEMP rather than Hamp. Why she resumed using the name Norris is unclear. Whether her marriage to Smith ended by death or divorce is unknown. Maybe her maiden name Norris was the only one she was comfortable with. Since we haven't positive proof of her being the daughter of William Norris, some will contend that that was not her maiden name, but County histories do list it as such. A clue that always linked the two families of John was the son Harrison Hamp (H45) who happened to be counted with both families on the 1870 Census. At any rate that disclosure by Lida Sandel (H4a4) of John's two broods put to rest many of the original questions that troubled the Hamp Hunters.
John never served in the army during the CIvil War, but he is listed as a member of the Ohio militia from Fulton County in 1861. On the 1870 Census he is listed as a day laborer. Besides farming, he also served Fulton County as a constable for a number of years. At the time of the 1870 Census he was living in Ai, Ohio, across from the cemetery with his wife Elizabeth and five children and his mother Rosanna. Rebecca was also living in Fulton County with six children. John continued to live in Fulton County through the 1880's.
Margaret Ellen Smith died as a teenager on 6 Dec 1879 and is buried in Ai cemetery as daughter of A. R.A. Smith and is just left of the grave of Rebecca Norris. Rebecca died on 21 Apr 1887. Her will was probated 13 Jun 1887.
Although Elizabeth's death certificate states that she died of blood poisoning, family tradition has it that she and John were out picking apples in the fall of the year. It was one of those cold wet days when it is impossible to keep warm. Elizabeth took a chill. They returned to their daughter's home and got warmed up. Then helped whitewash the kitchen and did some other household chores. After arriving home, Elizabeth became sick with what was then called the quick consumption. She was sick all winter and spring. Her son Eli and wife Ada cared for her as best they could but she died 11 Jun 1889 and was buried in the Ai cemetery.
John remained single until 13 Jun 1892 when he married Mary Elizabeth KELLOGG from Williams County, Ohio. She was born on 20 Nov 1844 in New York State. Her parents were Ezekiel Kellogg and Nancy CELIE. John and Mary lived in Williams County after the marriage. John constructed a stone house which is still being lived in although it has been remodelled over the years.
Lida Sandel (H4a4) recalled visiting John and Mary Hamp when a child in Ohio. Her folks would load the wagon with oats and hay for the horses, comforters for the children. whatever other supplies were needed, usaully some canned goods and fried chicken that Lida's mother, Ada, had prepared. It was an all day trip and they would usually stay a few days before returning home to Ai. John and Mary were always pleased to see them.
John and Mary were sef sufficient on the farm, John still doing the plowing and other hard work alone. But the years were catching up with him and he felt he needed some help with the farm.
John's grandson LeRoy Hamp (H4f1), son of John Jnr., tells that his grandfather talked his dad into leaving a good job in the Toledo Shipyards to come help him in his old age, implying that the farm would be eventually his. So he moved his family from Toledo to the sticks of Williams County and lERoy had to leave his well equipped school for a little country school that was like the difference between daylight and dark. They found a small home near John in which to live but John Jnr. never got the farm. It was in Mary's name and she outlived John by 24 years.
Old John died on 15 May 1909. He had been ill for about a year with a heart problem. He is buried in Malcolm Cemetery near Edon, Ohio. Mary joined him there in 1933.
LeRoy tells another story about old John. Like many farmers of those days, he kept several hives of bees for their honey and had done so for years. One day when he was past eighty years old he started out of the house to tend his bees. He was bareheaded and wore none of the other protective gear usually used for such an activity. Young john told him he should at least wear a hat and coat when working the hives. Old John just replied "Nonsense, all those bees know me, I've worked with them for so long". But shortly after he had shuffled off to tend the hives there was agreat commotion and he came fleeing back into the house as fast as his rheumatism would allow with an angry swarm of bees all over him. As John Jnr. doctored the many stings with cold water and soda, he remarked "Father, I believe some of your bees must have forgotten you".
Another thing mentioned by LeRoy was he remembered Old John had a picture of Ivey Rosanna taken on her "100th" birthday, the same day she rode a horse five miles and delivered a baby. He said the picture was of a frail old lady with a dainty lace shawl and she was smoking a small clay pipe. He didn't know what became of the oicture when John died.
Most of the foregoing information has been supplied by Hamp Hunters Bob Ward (H4a411), a great great grandson of John Hamp. He also supplied what information we have on the descendants of John and Elizabeth with the exception of the descendants of George Edward Hamp (H4a3), those of Clark Hamp (H4b) and those of Ida Hamp (H4d) which were obtained by the author (Robert M. Hamp). Information on descendants of John and Rebecca came mostly from Hamp Hunter Virgil Miller (H41731), another great great grandson of John. Exceptions which were obtained by the author include the descendants of Ray LaForest Eddy (H441) and of Elizabteh Hamp (H47).
RESEARCH: John Hamp, the fourth born son of Jacob and Ivey Rosanna Hamp was born on the family farm in Columbiana County, Ohio. The date of 26 May 1826 is given as his birth date on his death certificate. In family notes by Ray LaForset Eddy (H441), the date of 23 May 1827 is shown for John's birth. Some others can be found but all are close to the ones above.
John was little more than a toddler when the family moved on to Walnut Creek in Holmes County which probably accounts for death certificate showing him born there. He would have been around nine when they moved on to Lucas County. No particulars could be found of his childhood or extent of his schooling. It was around 1849 when he first married. His first wife was Rebecca NORRIS, born 4 Jun 1831 in Pennsylvania, a daughter of William Norris and Catherine DECK, so far as can be determined. William Norris was a minister of the German Baptist Church.
We have no actual proof that Rebecca was a daughter of William and Catherine but it seems very likely. In 1850 John and his wife were living close by the Norris family in the same Noble County township in Indiana and their first child was Catherine, probably named for the grandmother, Catherine Norris. Later the names Harrison and William were common to both families. It is also known that the Norris family had a son named Sam and that Rebecca had a brother by that name.
Although the 1860 Census listed John and Rebecca as residents of Elkhart Township, Noble County, Indiana, the birthplace of most of the children is shown as Ohio. Rebecca may have went there to have the children. John's mother, Ivey Rosanna, was known for her ability as a nurse and physician and she may have delivered her grandchildren as well as caring for sick settlers and Indians as mentioned in Fulton County histories.
John's second wife was Elizabeth WARREN, born in Ohio, ca 1834, daughter of an Irish immigrant Nathaniel Warren and Julian Ann ______, born in Pennsylvania. John's two families presented a confusing situation for family researchers for some time but the following account by John's grandaughter Lida (hamp) Sandel served to clear it up:
Elizabeth had been previously married and had two small children, a boy and a girl. Her man had supposedly been lost in the Civil War. One cold late winter day John was passing her house with the team and wagon and noticed there was no smoke from the chimney, nor any sign of life. He stopped to investigate, finding the children huddled in blankets to keep warm and no firewood or food on hand. So he chopped some wood and built a fire and went home to tell Rebecca. He then loaded the wagon with provisions and returned to Elizabeth's and left it. Starting with this kindness, a friendship developed and bloomed and John continued to visit Elizabeth.
When Elizabeth found she was with child, she and John decided to run away and get married. Elizabeth turned her two little ones over to another family to raise as their own. John's last child by Rebecca and his first child by Elizabeth were born only two weeks apart.
It first appeared to researchers that there was more than one John Hamp involved. On the 1870 Census all of the children listed with Rebecca (she was now using the Norris name) were indicated to be Hamp children, but the youngest, Margaret Ellen was not born until 1864, more than two years after John's first child by Elizabeth. Then it was learned from Ray Eddy's (H441) notes that Margaret Ellen's name was SMITH. Also the will of Rebecca indicated that she had an interest in the estate of an Adam Smith. Eventually a marriage record was found but Rebecca was shown as HEMP rather than Hamp. Why she resumed using the name Norris is unclear. Whether her marriage to Smith ended by death or divorce is unknown. Maybe her maiden name Norris was the only one she was comfortable with. Since we haven't positive proof of her being the daughter of William Norris, some will contend that that was not her maiden name, but County histories do list it as such. A clue that always linked the two families of John was the son Harrison Hamp (H45) who happened to be counted with both families on the 1870 Census. At any rate that disclosure by Lida Sandel (H4a4) of John's two broods put to rest many of the original questions that troubled the Hamp Hunters.
John never served in the army during the CIvil War, but he is listed as a member of the Ohio militia from Fulton County in 1861. On the 1870 Census he is listed as a day laborer. Besides farming, he also served Fulton County as a constable for a number of years. At the time of the 1870 Census he was living in Ai, Ohio, across from the cemetery with his wife Elizabeth and five children and his mother Rosanna. Rebecca was also living in Fulton County with six children. John continued to live in Fulton County through the 1880's.
Margaret Ellen Smith died as a teenager on 6 Dec 1879 and is buried in Ai cemetery as daughter of A. R.A. Smith and is just left of the grave of Rebecca Norris. Rebecca died on 21 Apr 1887. Her will was probated 13 Jun 1887.
Although Elizabeth's death certificate states that she died of blood poisoning, family tradition has it that she and John were out picking apples in the fall of the year. It was one of those cold wet days when it is impossible to keep warm. Elizabeth took a chill. They returned to their daughter's home and got warmed up. Then helped whitewash the kitchen and did some other household chores. After arriving home, Elizabeth became sick with what was then called the quick consumption. She was sick all winter and spring. Her son Eli and wife Ada cared for her as best they could but she died 11 Jun 1889 and was buried in the Ai cemetery.
John remained single until 13 Jun 1892 when he married Mary Elizabeth KELLOGG from Williams County, Ohio. She was born on 20 Nov 1844 in New York State. Her parents were Ezekiel Kellogg and Nancy CELIE. John and Mary lived in Williams County after the marriage. John constructed a stone house which is still being lived in although it has been remodelled over the years.
Lida Sandel (H4a4) recalled visiting John and Mary Hamp when a child in Ohio. Her folks would load the wagon with oats and hay for the horses, comforters for the children. whatever other supplies were needed, usaully some canned goods and fried chicken that Lida's mother, Ada, had prepared. It was an all day trip and they would usually stay a few days before returning home to Ai. John and Mary were always pleased to see them.
John and Mary were sef sufficient on the farm, John still doing the plowing and other hard work alone. But the years were catching up with him and he felt he needed some help with the farm.
John's grandson LeRoy Hamp (H4f1), son of John Jnr., tells that his grandfather talked his dad into leaving a good job in the Toledo Shipyards to come help him in his old age, implying that the farm would be eventually his. So he moved his family from Toledo to the sticks of Williams County and lERoy had to leave his well equipped school for a little country school that was like the difference between daylight and dark. They found a small home near John in which to live but John Jnr. never got the farm. It was in Mary's name and she outlived John by 24 years.
Old John died on 15 May 1909. He had been ill for about a year with a heart problem. He is buried in Malcolm Cemetery near Edon, Ohio. Mary joined him there in 1933.
LeRoy tells another story about old John. Like many farmers of those days, he kept several hives of bees for their honey and had done so for years. One day when he was past eighty years old he started out of the house to tend his bees. He was bareheaded and wore none of the other protective gear usually used for such an activity. Young john told him he should at least wear a hat and coat when working the hives. Old John just replied "Nonsense, all those bees know me, I've worked with them for so long". But shortly after he had shuffled off to tend the hives there was agreat commotion and he came fleeing back into the house as fast as his rheumatism would allow with an angry swarm of bees all over him. As John Jnr. doctored the many stings with cold water and soda, he remarked "Father, I believe some of your bees must have forgotten you".
Another thing mentioned by LeRoy was he remembered Old John had a picture of Ivey Rosanna taken on her "100th" birthday, the same day she rode a horse five miles and delivered a baby. He said the picture was of a frail old lady with a dainty lace shawl and she was smoking a small clay pipe. He didn't know what became of the oicture when John died.
Most of the foregoing information has been supplied by Hamp Hunters Bob Ward (H4a411), a great great grandson of John Hamp. He also supplied what information we have on the descendants of John and Elizabeth with the exception of the descendants of George Edward Hamp (H4a3), those of Clark Hamp (H4b) and those of Ida Hamp (H4d) which were obtained by the author (Robert M. Hamp). Information on descendants of John and Rebecca came mostly from Hamp Hunter Virgil Miller (H41731), another great great grandson of John. Exceptions which were obtained by the author include the descendants of Ray LaForest Eddy (H441) and of Elizabteh Hamp (H47).
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ELI HAMP and his DescendantsH 5 ELI HAMP, the fifth son of Jacob and Ivey Rosanna Hamp, was born in Walnut Creek, Holmes County, OH. He moved as a small child with his parents and brothers to Lucas Coun-ty, OH in 1835. Census records from 1850 through 1900 aren't consistent in indication of his year of birth, and while his army record has it 1834, his obituary, death certificate, some census records and tombstone give his birth year as 1832, the date where shown being March 21. Except for the few months he was in the army, he spent his entire life in the same area of Ohio in what is now Fulton County. He was the only one of the five Hamp boys.to do so. Many of his descnedants still live in the vicinity. On 10 Aug 1851 in neighboring Lenawee County, MI he wed Bathsheba MEAD. She was born 11 Feb 1831, probably in Pennsylvania although her obituary says New York, daughter of Daniel Mead and Hannah Green. During the next eleven years seven children were born to them, one dying at around three years of age.
One army buddy described him as a strong and healthy man at the time of enlistment. His occupation was farmer and butcher. His enlistment was on 2 May 1864 in Co. H, 130th Reg. of the Ohio Volunteers for a period of 100 days. The early part of July he suffered an attack of diarrhea and was off duty a few days. He was then returned to duty and put to butchering sheep at Point of Rocks, VA and suffered sunstroke. This information is from his pension application. He further stated that right after that he suffered fits and was carried to the hospital and was unconscious for several days. The rest of his life his health remained poor. His complaints were "fits" and "lpyles" and chronic diarrhea and he could no longer work at either farming or butchering for any length of time.
Having six children plus a grandchild or two to raise, he had to resort to another source of income and opened a saloon in Ai. Eli was eventually granted a pension and at the time of his death it was $20. a month. It was passed on to Bathsheba and at her death had increased to $30. a month.
Bashie Ann Shufelt (H521) was the grandaughter which Eli and Bathsheba raised. She loved them very much but apparently the proximity to the saloon gave her her fill of drunks as when she was grown she would not allow a drop of liquor of any kind in her house.
On the 1880 census grandson Charles Maurice Hamp (H513) is also enumerated with them and it has been confirmed that they raised him too. His father Franklin L. Hamp (H51) had headed west and Eugene, older brother of Charles had been sent to an
orphanage in Boston. The Register book of the County Home in Fulton County reveals this and an added note states his mother is leading a disreputable life in Ai; father reportedly hung by a mob in Missouri for horse stealing (not true); and grand-father Eli Hamp serving time in the state pen (evidently true).An 1870 Wauseon, OH paper mentions Eli's arrest and scheduled appearance before a Cleveland judge for passing a bogus $10 bill. This is likely what he was serving time for. Perhaps some of his saloon crowd led him astray. His incarceration wasn't too lengthy as he was back home for the 1880 census.
A story is told that Eli banned Bathsheba from entering the saloon, as he felt she consorted too much with some of the men patrons, but he let her set on the front porch with her bucket of beer. When it was empty, she would bang on it for a refill! No doubt such stories get embellished in the retelling from generation to generation and this writer makes no claim to the authenticity, but.also rejoices that perhaps not everyone in the family was only a notch away from sainthood as is the case in some genealogies one can read, but not necessarily believe.
In the mid 1880's when Ai went dry, Eli bought an outfit for moving buildings (Delta Atlas 11 Dec 1886), probably a change for the better in choice of occupation. At least he didn't follow the saloon trade to Swanton.
Bathsheba is remembered by a great grandaughter Geraldine Anna (Vaughan) Wurns (H52172) as follows: "I can remember Grandma Hamp. I was too young to go to school, but she lived with her daughter Julia Donnelly (H57) in Ai. I will never forget her, she looked like an old apple head doll in her wooden rocker and long dress and apron. She smoked a pipe and if we would give her a kiss, she would give us a peppermint which she kept in her apron pocket."
Joe Eddy (H4411) remembered that his father used to save his cigar clippings and take to the Hamp reunions to give to "Aunt Bashie", as she liked them to smoke in her pipe.
Nettie (Hamp) Roche (H135) also remembered Bashie at the Hamp reunions because "she sat around smoking big black cigars, and that was quite a novelty in those days."
Eli died 17 Aug 1910. Bathsheba died 12 Feb 1925. Both are buried in the Ai cemetery.
BIOGRAPHY: OZIAS MERRILL HAMP was born 17 Sep 1863 in Ohio, probably Fulton County. The name of his first wife is unknown.
So far as known there were no children by the first marriage. Ozias married second Flora BENTLEY on 5 Jul 1888 in Gratiot County, MI. The ceremony was performed by Thompson KIRBY. Flora was born ca 1869 in Blanchard, Isabella County, MI. The occupation of Ozias was listed as fireman. Around 1908 Ozias and Flora were divorced. Flora died on 16 April 1932 in Chicago, IL. The third marriage of Ozias was to Ethel CUNNINGHAM of. Detroit, MI. The date is unknown but it was prior to 1915. All of his children were by Flora, but he and Ethel adopted one of his grandsons, Frank Royal HAMP (H1351). In 1923 Ozias, Ethel, and Frank moved to Monrovia, Los Angeles County, CA and Ozias went to work for his brother-in-law Frank MORAN (H16H2).BIOGRAPHY: Ozias played the violin and in fact he hand carved one himself, which his adopted son Frank also learned to play. This was damaged in a bicycle accident when Frank, as a youngster, was returning from a music lesson. In later years, Frank restored the violin, mounted and framed it and it is still proudly displayed in the home of Frank’s family. Equally prized is the hand made game table with inlaid top, which Ozias built out of 18 varieties of wood. Ozias was very adept at woodcarving, carving lengths of wooden chain from a single piece of wood. He made many pieces of doll furniture for the little girls of the family. His religion was Seventh Day Adventist. He died
1.0 May 1932 in Monrovia, CA.
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