A. C. Hammond
The Payette Independent
Thursday, January 22, 1925
A. C. Hammond Passes Away
A. C. Hammond passed away Monday in the Ontario hospital, after a month's illness, the last week of which he was in the hospital.
He was born in Pennsylvania, May 12, 1850, and died in Ontario, Oregon, January 19, 1925, having passed the allotted three score and ten years by five years. He with his family came to Payette nineteen years ago, where he has resided continuously.
A son died in the spring of 1912, and Mrs. Hammond died in the fall of the same year. The only known relatives are two nephews, one at St. Paul, who is unable to come and one, Herbert P. Hammond, of Seattle, who came to accompany the remains to Boise, where the body will be laid to rest by the side of his son and wife.
During his many years residence in Payette, Mr. Hammond has made a legion of friends. He was most upright in character whose every thought and action were for the betterment of the community. He was a booster with one purpose in his mind, that of helping some individual or legitimate enterprise. He was a promoter in the oil industry and optomistic concerning the local outlook in that line.
Payette Enterprise (January 22, 1925)
A. C. HAMMOND PASSES THE GREAT DIVIDE
A. C. Hammond a well known man and familiar character among the people of this city, died at the Ontario hospital, January 19th, following several weeks of illness and failing health. His death seemingly was due to no particular cause other than rather a weak constitution and mature years.
The Enterprise is not in possession of Mr. Hammond's life history only since his coming to Payette. He was born in the state of Pennsylvania, in 1850, and came to Idaho with his wife and one son in 1906, making his home in Payette where the son died three years later and his wife passed away in October 1911. Mr. Hammond continued to make Payette his home, and never missed an opportunity to do what he could for the betterment of the community. While not physically strong he was faithful in his efforts to assist in all community affairs where it was possible. He was optomistic in his views of the one found hope that his valley might become famous though the discovery of oil and gas, and put forth many strenuous efforts to that end, and perhaps had he been spaired to live, might have reaped his reward.
The only surviving relative known is a nephew believe to be living at St. Paul, Minn., and two nieces whose addresses are unknown.
His body was shipped to Boise this Thursday morning to be laid to rest beside his wife and son who were buried at that place.