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& DESCENDANTS Generation No. 3 MARTIN VAN BUREN3 HAM (JABEZ2, STEPHEN1)1 was born September 19, 1840 in Callaway County, MO, and died March 15, 1903 in Bourbon County, Kansas2. He married SARAH MARTHA HOLLIS December 13, 1866 in Pike County, Illinois3. Notes for MARTIN VAN BUREN HAM: PICTURE MARTIN VAN BUREN, wife and children
The "Ham Family Farm" is east of Porterville, KS. Martin received 160 acres because of military service and he had his own 160 acres for a total of 320 acres. He had 18 hired hands. Martin's daughters attended a college in Fort Scott, KS. Jane married a hired hand and Hannah Armninta also married one named Charles Sheppard. " per Marjorie Howard 1999, descendant of Martin Van Buren Ham.
Listed in the 1860 St. Clair County, Census living with his mother and his brother Stephen's family. 1870 census of Pike County, IL page 401 line 23 Ham M.B. 35 MO Sarah A. 22 IL Mary C. 2 IL Elizabeth 1 IL Walnut Township, Bourbon Co. KS, 1880. Vol 2,ed.36, sheet 6, line 18. HAM Martin H. W M 39 MO Sarah W F 32 IL Mary D F 11 MO Araminta D F 10 IL Barbary D F 9 IL Nancy D F 7 IL Sarah D F 5 KS Lettie D F 4 KS Malinda D F 2 KS Baby S M 21/30 KS
History of the State of Kansas 1883 by A.T. Andreas Biographical Sketches of Walnut Township, Bourbon County, KS M.V. Ham, farmer, Setion 32 is a native of Calloway County, MO born in 1840, he was raised on a farm and received his education there. In 1857 he moved to St. Clair County, MO. In 1861 he enlisted and served till 1865; he then went to Illinois where he engaged in farming. In 1867 he married Miss Hollis of Pike County, IL. In 1872 he came to Kansas and located on Section 5 starting in stock; he is now giving more attention to that line than to grain farming; at present he owns 610 acres of land of which 125 are cultivated; having good crops with the exception of that section injured by the hail-storm that passed here this spring. They have a family of 9 children, two boys and seven girls. Mr. Ham joined the Masonic order in 1862; he has never been in public office, not having cared for it.
Children of MARTIN HAM and SARAH HOLLIS are: 1. MARY CAROLINE8 HAM, b. December 12, 1868. 2. HANNAH ARMENTA ELIZABETH HAM, b. January 11, 1870. 3. BARBARA EASTER HAM, b. February 22, 1871. 4. NANCY MELISSA HAM, b. April 26, 1872. 5. SARAH JANE HAM, b. January 4, 1875. 6. LILLIE ANN HAM, b. June 27, 1876. 7. ESTELLA MALINDA HAM, b. September 28, 1877. 8. DAVID VANBUREN HAM, b. May 15, 1880; d. May 1, 1943, Kansas4. The Martin Van Buren Ham family bible lists David Vanburen's birth as March 27, 1882. However his tombstone reflects the date May 15, 1880 as his birth. I have used the tombstone date. 9. LEWIS STEPHEN HAM, b. March 27, 1882; d. March 1, 1883, Kansas4. 10. IDA BELL HAM, b. October 1, 1884.
Endnotes
1. All information on Martin VanBuren's birth, death and children's births taken from, the Martin Van Buren Family Bible held by John Sheppard (a Martin Ham descendant) in California.. 2. Cemetery record from the Cemetery Book. 3. Martin Ham family bible. 4. Cemetery record from the Cemetery Book. 5. Marjorie Howard, a descendant |
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