Ham, John D.

1841 - 1937  (96 years)    Has 2 ancestors and 16 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Ham, John D.
  Born	12 Sep 1841	Balston, Saratoga, New York, USA
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	Bef 1866
  Civil War - 1st Regiment Wisconsin Calvary
  1870 Census	1870	Vinland, Winnebago, Wisconsin, USA
  Peter A Ham 64 Margaret Ham 67 John D Ham 27
  1900 Census	1900	Bovina, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  John D Ham58 Sarah Ham34 Maggie Ham18 Jessie Ham17 Bessie Ham15 Carrie Ham13 Erle Ham8 Irving Ham4
  1905 State Census	1905	Bovina, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  John D Ham63 Sarah L Ham39 Jessie A Ham22 Bessie D Ham20 Carrie E Ham18 Earl L Ham13 Irvin A Ham9
  1910 Census	1910	Bovina, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  John D Ham68 Sarah Ham43 Earl Ham18 Irvin Ham14
  Biography	Abt 1911
  JOHN D. HAM, one of the old and honored residents of Bovina township, and a veteran of the great Civil War, is carrying on farming operations on a tract of forty acres situated in section 33. He was born September 12, 1841, in Balston, Saratoga county, New York, and is a son of Peter A. and Margaret (DuBois) Ham. On his father's side Mr. Ham is descended from German ancestors, while on the maternal side he is of German, English and French extraction. His parents were both born in New York, and came to Wisconsin about 1850, settling in Winnebago county, where Peter Ham purchased eighty acres of prairie land. He erected a house on this uncultivated property, and here resided for thirty-two years, at the end of which time he had it all under cultivation. He died August 5, 1885, at the age of seventy-nine years, and was buried in the cemetery at Stephensville. Mrs. Ham, who died March 1, 1875, at the age of seventy-two years, was interred at Vineland cemetery. They had a family of six children, of whom John D. was the youngest, and but one other, Charles H., of San Diego, California, now survives. Four of the boys were soldiers during the Civil War. Ransom B. was a member of Company G, First Wisconsin Cavalry and served three years. Edward P. enlisted in Company B, Twenty-first Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and died in the hospital at Bowling Green, Kentucky, from an attack of typhoid fever. Charles A. enlisted in a New York battery of the Light Artillery and served until the close of the war. John D. Ham enlisted in January, 1862, for service in the First Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry, but on account of an accident when his horse fell on his foot he was disabled so that he was prevented from serving in that regiment. In 1863, however, he was drafted for three years or during the war, and although still quite lame from the previously mentioned accident, he reported for examination at Green Bay, Wisconsin, and at the examination stated to the examining surgeon that there was nothing the matter with him except the injury to his left foot. After a thorough examination the surgeon asked him if the injury caused him much trouble, to which he replied, "No." The surgeon then said that he guessed he would have to go, to which Mr. Ham replied that he was glad of it as he wanted to go, whereupon the former said he was glad to see one man who desired to go to war. Mr. Ham was first in Company G, First Wisconsin Infantry, but during the fall of 1864 was transferred to Company E, Twenty-first Regiment, and in June, 1865, was transferred to Company E, Third Wisconsin Veteran Volunteers, and from which he was finally mustered out of service at the close of the war. During all the engagements in which his company participated, Mr. Ham proved himself a brave and faithful soldier, and when the close of the war came none had a better record for stanchness under fire, adherence to duty or efficiency and faithfulness than he. Alfred Ham, the oldest brother of the subject of this sketch, was drafted at the same time and successfully passed the examination, but, having a family of small children to provide for, his father, Peter A. Ham, paid the commutation money amounting to $300, and thus exempted him from military duty. Four of the sons of Peter A. Ham served in the Union army, the fifth and only remaining one was exempted upon the payment by his father of the $300 commutation. On completing his services to his country, Mr. Ham returned to Wisconsin and during two or three winters attended school, the summer months being spent in work on the home farm. In about 1868 he bought his father's farm, which he conducted until 1882, and then moved to Outagamie county, where he carried on operations in Ellington township about six years. In 1889 he bought the property which he now operates, an improved tract with a house and outbuildings, and here he has since been engaged in gardening. He has remodeled the buildings and fenced his property, and has carried on general farming, although his, principal products are strawberries and cabbages . In 1880 Mr. Ham was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Moore, who was born November 8, 1865, daughter of John and Alvira (Freeman) Moore, natives of England and New York, respectively, who were married in Wisconsin, whence they had come years before the war. They settled in Waushara county, but later removed to Winnebago county, where Mr. Moore died in 1892, at the age of sixty-seven years, and was buried in Winneconne Cemetery. Mrs. Moore is now living in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, being seventy-seven years old. Mr. and Mrs. Ham have been the parents of six children: Margaret, who married Dexter Smith, of Shiocton, has two children; Jessie, who married William Laird, living in Outagamie county; Bessie, who is single and teaching school in Outagamie county; Carrie, who married Moritz Strong, of Outagamie county; and Earl and Irwin, living at home. Mr. Ham is a Republican in politics, and he has served one term as town clerk, and as clerk of the school board for eleven years. He and his family attend the Congregational Church at Shiocton.
  	Ham, John D. Biography from History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin; 1911.
  1920 Census	1920	Bovina, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  John D Hamm78 Lester E Hamm28
  1930 Census	1930	Bovina, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Earl L Ham38 Leone Ham32 Thelma Ham12 John D Ham88
  Died	8 Oct 1937	Bovina, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Obituary	Aft 8 Oct 1937
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  Buried	Ellington Union Cemetery, Stephensville, Wisconsin, USA
  	Ham, John Ellington Union Cemetery, Stephensville, Wisconsin, USA Military
  Person ID	I161380	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	3 Nov 2016

  
  

  Father	Ham, Peter A.,   b. 15 Dec 1805,   d. 5 Aug 1885  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	DuBois, Margaret,   b. Abt 1803,   d. 1 Mar 1875  (Age ~ 72 years)
  Family ID	F53519	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Moore, Sarah,   b. 8 Nov 1865, Pine River, Waushara, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 23 Mar 1914, Bovina, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 48 years)
  Married	20 Jan 1880
  Children	+ 1. Ham, Margaret,   b. Abt Aug 1881, Vinland, Winnebago, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. Abt 1917, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age ~ 35 years) + 2. Ham, Jessie,   b. 27 Mar 1883, Ellington, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. Abt Aug 1943, Davenport, Scott, Iowa, USA  (Age 60 years) + 3. Ham, Elizabeth "Bessie",   b. 30 Dec 1884, Ellington, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 1 Aug 1968, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 83 years)   4. Ham, Carrie,   b. 23 Jan 1886,   d. 2 Jan 1958, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 71 years) + 5. Ham, Earl,   b. 3 Dec 1892,   d. 10 May 1965  (Age 72 years)   6. Ham, Irwin,   b. 5 May 1896,   d. 15 Nov 1971  (Age 75 years)
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2015
  Family ID	F53695	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 12 Sep 1841 - Balston, Saratoga, New York, USA 1870 Census - 1870 - Vinland, Winnebago, Wisconsin, USA 1900 Census - 1900 - Bovina, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA 1905 State Census - 1905 - Bovina, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA 1910 Census - 1910 - Bovina, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA 1920 Census - 1920 - Bovina, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA 1930 Census - 1930 - Bovina, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Died - 8 Oct 1937 - Bovina, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Buried - - Ellington Union Cemetery, Stephensville, Wisconsin, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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