972535

Events

Event	Date	Place	Description	Notes
Birth [E5794]	1891-01-29	Washington, (Washington Co.), Pennsylvania
Death [E5795]	1957-01-23	Columbus, Ohio		Event Note He died at work.
Burial [E5796]	1957-01-00	Reynoldsburg, Ohio		Event Note He is buried in the Silent Home Cemetery.
Military [E5797]	1911-10-09			Event Note He was enlisted in Company C of the 13th Infantry, and then Company FSignal Corps when he was discharged on 09 24 1914. He reportedlyserved in the Philippines and in Japan, though his military recordshave not been located.
Military [E5798]	1917-06-07			Event Note He entered as Private First Class in the General Service Infantry. Hewas discharged on 13 Dec 1918 as a Sergeant in the General ServiceInfantry.
Occupation [E5799]	1914	Cleveland, (Cuyahoga Co.), Ohio	K & W Ignition Company	Event Note His weekly wage was $37.00 until he enlisted a second time in theArmy.
Occupation [E5800]	1919-01-00	Cleveland, (Cuyahoga Co.), Ohio	Conductor	Event Note He worked for the Cleveland Electric Railroad for 9 1/2 years. He mayhave also worked as a streetcar detective. He earned between $.60 and$.72 per hour, and did not own any real estate.
Occupation [E5801]	1929-04-04	Cleveland, (Cuyahoga Co.), Ohio	FBI Prohibition Agent	Event Note He worked the 12th district of Ohio. He and other agents wouldpurchase alcohol, gather evidence, obtain a warrant, then make thearrest and testify in court. They covered a large area on workassignments. Because of the nature of the job, his children had to becareful not to let people know what their father did. John at timestook his wife into "speak easy's" to set up a raid. He wastransferred to Toledo, OH in January 1930, and was injured whiledestroying bottles of beer, but lost no time at work. On 6 Mar 1930,the Cleveland District Attorney and another agent mishandled a casethat was reported in the Cleveland newspaper. John was named in thepaper as being the cause of the problem, and it was suggested that hebe dismissed. He was later exonerated. John lost his three front teeth in Toledo, OH on 21 Mar 1930 when hechased a suspect around a corner and was hit with a piece of lumberduring a raid on a speak easy at 506 Front Street. He captured thesuspect and later had three porcelain crowns installed for $75.00 atthe government's expense.
Living [E5802]	1924	Parma, Ohio
Living [E5803]	1929-04-00	Cleveland, (Cuyahoga Co.), Ohio		Event Note He lived at 4110 Denison Avenue, 21st Election District.
Living [E5804]	1931-01-00	Toledo, (Lucas Co.), Ohio		Event Note They lived at 3610 Cathoun St., 9th district.
Living [E5805]	1931-03-00	Memphis, (Shelby Co.), Tennessee		Event Note They lived at 1316 Faxton Ave.
Living [E5806]	1933-08-00	Birmingham, Alabama
Living [E5807]	after 1933-09-00	Bradenton, Florida
Living [E5808]	1936-06-00	Newbury, Massachusetts		Event Note He resided at 12 Dove Street.
Living [E5809]	1936-11-00	Cleveland, (Cuyahoga Co.), Ohio		Event Note They lived at 7014 Wakefield Ave. John asked for his records forre-employed and placed on an FBI civil service list. He stayed inCleveland with his aging parents and worked for Brinks Security as aprivate investigator until 1950, when he left for California.
Living [E5810]	1950	California		Event Note They moved near his wife's half-sister Virginia Fife, and he foundwork as a paint sprayer for North American Aviation in Los Angeles.He asked North American to transfer east and was transferred toReynoldsburg, OH.

Relation to the center person (Hammond, Living) : first cousin three times removed (down)

Parents

Relation to main person	Name	Birth date	Death date
Father	Hammond, John S. Brady [I7138]	1858-04-12	1943-02-21
Mother	White, Elizabeth Ann [I7139]		1939-07-07
	Hammond, John Waldren [I7140]	1891-01-29	1957-01-23

Families

Family of Hammond, John Waldren and Simpson, Eva Mae [F2552]

Married

Wife

Simpson, Eva Mae [I7148] ( * + 1994-03-22 )

Event	Date	Place	Description	Notes	Sources
Marriage [E7265]	1914-05-10	Cleveland, (Cuyahoga Co.), Ohio

Children

Name	Birth Date	Death Date
Hammond, Wayne [I7149]	1916
Hammond, Vivian [I7150]	1918
Hammond, Clayton [I7151]	1922
Hammond, Living [I7152]
Hammond, Living [I7153]

Narrative

He completed 8 years of grammar school. His family moved toCleveland, OH before 1909. In the winter of 1909, John was employedby the Sherwin Williams Paint Company in Cleveland at $15.00 per week. He left the job to visit Oregon and Washington.