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Early Hammetts

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Dorothy (Hammett) Edwards was born on June 18, 1608 in Bodmin, England United Kingdom. She was in a relationship with William Edwards, and had a child Elizabeth (Edwards) Harwell. Dorothy Edwards died at age 66 years old on March 8, 1675 in Jamestown, Virginia United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Dorothy (Hammett) Edwards.
Charles Hammett Il was born in 1762 in Virginia United States, and is the father of Charles B Hammett. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Charles Hammett Il.
Richard Hammett of Australia was born in 1810, and died at age 68 years old in 1878.
Charles B Hammett was born on December 12, 1812 to Charles Hammett Il. He was in a relationship with Elizabeth (Lee) Hammett, and had a child Charles B Hammett Jr.. Charles Hammett died at age 74 years old on October 2, 1887 in Cowpens, Spartanburg County, South Carolina United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Charles B Hammett.
Henry Hammett of Australia was born in 1815, and died at age 64 years old in 1879.
Mary Hammett of Fitzroy North Australia was born in 1821, and died at age 77 years old in 1898 in Fitzroy North.
Edwin Hammett of Hoth W B A Australia was born in 1822 to William Hammett and Swan Warren Hammett. Edwin Hammett died at age 77 years old in 1899 in Hoth W B A.
Elizabeth (Lee) Hammett was born on December 30, 1831. She was in a relationship with Charles B Hammett, and had a child Charles B Hammett Jr.. Elizabeth Hammett died at age 63 years old on September 22, 1895 in Cowpens, Spartanburg County, South Carolina United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Elizabeth (Lee) Hammett.
Henry John Hammett of Cham Australia was born in 1840, and died at age 75 years old in 1915 in Cham.
Edward Hammett of Echuca Australia was born in 1840, and died at age 54 years old in 1894 in Echuca.
William Hammett of Australia was born in 1842 to Emma Knight Hammett and William Hammett. He had siblings William Robert Hammett, Edward Hammett, Emma Hammett, James Hammett, John Hammett, Alfred Hammet, George Hammett, and Robert William Hammett. William Hammett died at age 31 years old in 1873.
Hoddie Hammett of Richmond Australia was born in 1848, and died at age 68 years old in 1916 in Richmond.

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Dorothy (Hammett) Edwards was born on June 18, 1608 in Bodmin, England United Kingdom. She was in a relationship with William Edwards, and had a child Elizabeth (Edwards) Harwell. Dorothy Edwards died at age 66 years old on March 8, 1675 in Jamestown, Virginia United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Dorothy (Hammett) Edwards.
Lani (Gruttadauro) Hammett was born on April 1, 1972 in Honolulu, Hawaii United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Lani (Gruttadauro) Hammett.
Kirk Lee Hammett was born on November 18, 1962 in San Francisco, California United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Kirk Lee Hammett.
Vincenzo Kainalu Hammett was born on June 28, 2008 in San Francisco, California United States to Kirk Lee Hammett and Lani (Gruttadauro) Hammett, and has a brother Angel Ray Keala Hammett. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Vincenzo Kainalu Hammett.
Angel Ray Keala Hammett was born on September 29, 2006 in San Francisco, California United States to Kirk Lee Hammett and Lani (Gruttadauro) Hammett, and has a brother Vincenzo Kainalu Hammett. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Angel Ray Keala Hammett.
Marie A Hammett of Osage Beach, Camden County, MO was born on March 7, 1918, and died at age 72 years old on August 21, 1990.
Tiffanie Marie (Hammett) Warham of Weatherford, Texas United States was born on October 28, 1977 in Oceanside, CA. Tiffanie Warham got married to Lanny J. Warham on August 8, 2008 in Weatherford, Parker County, Texas, and has children Madison Marie Foshee and Lanny Warham. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Tiffanie (Hammett) .
Tiffanie Marie (Hammett) Warham of Weatherford, Texas United States was born on October 28, 1977 in Oceanside, CA. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Tiffanie (Hammett) - Warham.
Agnes (Hammett) Ayton of Andersons Creek Australia was born on April 4, 1886 in Collingwood, City of Yarra County, VIC, and died at age 85 years old on August 8, 1971 in Croydon, Maroondah City County.
Walton Hammett of Attalla, Etowah County, Alabama was born on April 19, 1918, and died at age 66 years old in March 1985.
Melvin L Hammett of Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas was born on June 6, 1919, and died at age 63 years old in December 1982.
Hugh E Hammett of Upatoi, Muscogee County, GA was born on June 5, 1917, and died at age 76 years old on March 25, 1994.
Bobby Hammett of Gaffney, Cherokee County, SC was born on August 26, 1927, and died at age 78 years old on February 9, 2006.
Manley H Hammett of Atlanta, Dekalb County, GA was born on September 6, 1918, and died at age 89 years old on December 24, 2007.
Jack L Hammett of Rockport, Aransas County, TX was born on February 25, 1910, and died at age 86 years old on August 31, 1996.
Jack M Hammett of Stockbridge, Henry County, GA was born on August 6, 1925, and died at age 80 years old on October 26, 2005.
Colvin E Hammett of Jacksonville, Calhoun County, AL was born on September 11, 1923, and died at age 86 years old on November 10, 2009.
Maurice L Hammett of Memphis, Shelby County, TN was born on January 21, 1919, and died at age 75 years old on March 7, 1994.
Winford M Hammett of Wedgefield, Sumter County, SC was born on September 4, 1926, and died at age 64 years old on January 6, 1991.
Boyd W Hammett of Drayton, Spartanburg County, SC was born on October 3, 1918, and died at age 79 years old on August 18, 1998.

Popular Hammett Biographies

Dashiell Hammett
Much of the following biography appears to have been copied from the Wikipedia article about Dashiell Hammett at the following site: Dashiell Hammett Born Samuel Dashiell Hammett May 27, 1894 St. Mary's County, Maryland, U.S. Died January 10, 1961 (aged 66) Manhattan, New York City, U.S. Occupation Novelist Nationality American Period 1929–1951 Genre: Crime and detective fiction Spouse Josephine Dolan (m. 1921; div. 1937) Partner: Lillian Hellman (1931–1961) Children 2 Samuel Dashiell Hammett was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. He was also a screenwriter and political activist. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon), Nick and Nora Charles (The Thin Man), and the Continental Op (Red Harvest and The Dain Curse). Hammett "is now widely regarded as one of the finest mystery writers of all time". In his obituary in The New York Times, he was described as "the dean of the... 'hard-boiled' school of detective fiction." Time magazine included Hammett's 1929 novel Red Harvest on its list of the 100 best English-language novels published between 1923 and 2005. His novels and stories also had a significant influence on films, including the genres of private-eye/detective fiction, mystery thrillers, and film-noir. Early life Hammett was born on a farm in Saint Mary's County, Maryland[6] to Richard Thomas Hammett and his wife Anne Bond Dashiell. His mother belonged to an old Maryland family, whose name in French was De Chiel. He had an older sister, Aronia, and a younger brother, Richard, Jr. Known as Sam, Hammett was baptized a Catholic, and grew up in Philadelphia and Baltimore. He left school when he was 13 years old and held several jobs before working for the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. He served as an operative for Pinkerton from 1915 to February 1922, with time off to serve in World War I. He claimed that while with the Pinkertons, he was sent to Butte, Montana, during the union strikes, though some researchers doubt this really happened. The agency's role in union strike-breaking eventually left him disillusioned. Hammett enlisted in the United States Army in 1918 and served in the Motor Ambulance Corps. He was afflicted during that time with the Spanish flu and later contracted tuberculosis. He spent most of his time in the Army as a patient at Cushman Hospital in Tacoma, Washington, where he met a nurse, Josephine Dolan, whom he married on July 7, 1921, in San Francisco. Marriage and family Hammett and Dolan had two daughters, Mary Jane (born 1921) and Josephine (born 1926). Shortly after the birth of their second child, health services nurses informed Dolan that due to Hammett's tuberculosis, she and the children should not live with him full-time. Dolan rented a home in San Francisco, where Hammett would visit on weekends. The marriage soon fell apart; however, he continued to financially support his wife and daughters with the income he made from his writing. Hammett was first published in 1922 in the magazine The Smart Set. Known for the authenticity and realism of his writing, he drew on his experiences as a Pinkerton operative. Hammett wrote most of his detective fiction while he was living in San Francisco in the 1920s; streets and other locations in San Francisco are frequently mentioned in his stories. He said that "All my characters were based on people I've known personally, or known about." His novels were some of the first to use dialogue that sounded authentic to the era. "I distrust a man that says when. If he's got to be careful not to drink too much, it's because he's not to be trusted when he does". (The Maltese Falcon, 1929) The bulk of his early work, featuring a private investigator, The Continental Op, appeared in leading crime-fiction pulp magazine, Black Mask. Both Hammett and the magazine struggled in the period when Hammett became established. Raymond Chandler, often considered Hammett's successor, summarized his accomplishments in The Simple Art of Murder: Hammett was the ace performer... He is said to have lacked heart; yet the story he himself thought the most of, The Glass Key, is the record of a man's devotion to a friend. He was spare, frugal, hard-boiled, but he did over and over again what only the best writers can ever do at all. He wrote scenes that seemed never to have been written before. In 1929 and 1930, he was romantically involved with Nell Martin, a writer of short stories and several novels. He dedicated The Glass Key to her, and in turn, she dedicated her novel Lovers Should Marry to him. In 1931, Hammett embarked on a 30-year romantic relationship with the playwright Lillian Hellman. Though he sporadically continued to work on material, he wrote his final novel in 1934, more than 25 years before his death. Why he moved away from fiction is not certain; Hellman speculated in a posthumous collection of Hammett's novels, "I think, but I only think, I know a few of the reasons: he wanted to do new kind of work, he was sick for many of those years and getting sicker." In the 1940s, Hellman and he lived at her farm, Hardscrabble Farm, in Pleasantville, New York. Politics and service in World War II In early 1942, following the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hammett again enlisted in the United States Army. He was a disabled veteran of World War I, a victim of tuberculosis, and a Communist, but he pulled strings to be admitted. However, biographer Diane Johnson suggests that confusion over Hammett's forenames was the reason he was able to re-enlist. He served as a sergeant in the Aleutian Islands, where he edited an Army newspaper entitled The Adakian. In 1943, while still a member of the military, he co-authored The Battle of the Aleutians with Cpl. Robert Colodny, under the direction of an infantry intelligence officer, Major Henry W. Hall. While in the Aleutians, he developed emphysema. After the war, Hammett returned to political activism, "but he played that role with less fervour than before". He was elected president of the Civil Rights Congress (CRC) on June 5, 1946, at a meeting held at the Hotel Diplomat in New York City, and "devoted the largest portion of his working time to CRC activities". Imprisonment and the blacklist See also: Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders The CRC's bail fund gained national attention on November 4, 1949, when bail in the amount of "$260,000 in negotiable government bonds" was posted "to free eleven men appealing their convictions under the Smith Act for criminal conspiracy to teach and advocate the overthrow of the United States government by force and violence." On July 2, 1951, their appeals exhausted, four of the convicted men fled rather than surrender themselves to federal agents and begin serving their sentences. The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York issued subpoenas to the trustees of the CRC bail fund in an attempt to learn the whereabouts of the fugitives. Hammett served time in a West Virginia federal penitentiary, where according to Lillian Hellman, he was assigned to clean toilets. Hellman noted in her eulogy of Hammett that he submitted to prison rather than reveal the names of the contributors to the fund because "he had come to the conclusion that a man should keep his word." Later years and death During the 1950s, Hammett was investigated by Congress. He testified on March 26, 1953, before the House Un-American Activities Committee about his own activities, but refused to cooperate with the committee. No official action was taken, but his stand led to him being blacklisted, along with others who were blacklisted as a result of McCarthyism. Hammett became an alcoholic before working in advertising, and alcoholism continued to trouble him until 1948, when he quit under doctor's orders. However, years of heavy drinking and smoking worsened the tuberculosis he contracted in World War I, and then according to Hellman, "jail had made a thin man thinner, a sick man sicker ... I knew he would now always be sick." Hammett's grave, in Arlington National Cemetery, (section 12, site 508) Hammett died in Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan on January 10, 1961, of lung cancer, diagnosed just two months before. A veteran of both world wars, Hammett was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Legacy Hammett's relationship with Lillian Hellman was portrayed in the 1977 film Julia. Jason Robards won an Oscar for his depiction of Hammett, and Jane Fonda was nominated for her portrayal of Lillian Hellman. Hammett was the subject of a 1982 prime time PBS biography, The Case of Dashiell Hammett, that won a Peabody Award and a special Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America. Sam Shepard played Hammett in the 1999 Emmy-nominated biographical television film Dash and Lilly along with Judy Davis as Hellman.
Margaret M Hammett
Margaret M Hammett of Strongsville, Cuyahoga County, OH was born on February 25, 1905, and died at age 77 years old in April 1982.
Jeanette M Hammett
Jeanette M Hammett was born on July 3, 1938. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jeanette M Hammett.
Harriet (Hammett) Walker
Harriet (Hammett) Walker was born in 1888. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Harriet (Hammett) Walker.
Clifton M Hammett
Clifton M Hammett of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH was born on January 28, 1894, and died at age 84 years old in August 1978.
Rebecca M Hammett of TX was born circa 1982. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Rebecca M. (Lazard) Hammett.
Zeb B Hammett was in a relationship with Carrie Mae Carter, and has children Lois J Hammett and Edna Hammett. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Zeb B Hammett.
Tammie (Hammett) Humphreys was born to Ricky Doyle Hammett and Cynthia Pearl (Greenfield) Hammett, and has a brother Brandon Lee Hammett. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Tammie (Hammett) Humphreys.
Elmer Hammett of Murrells Inlet, Horry County, SC was born on August 18, 1921, and died at age 81 years old on July 9, 2003.
Kleila Hammett was born on December 21, 1925, and died at age 56 years old in March 1982. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Kleila Hammett.
Ricky Doyle Hammett was in a relationship with Cynthia Pearl (Greenfield) Hammett, and has children Tammie (Hammett) Humphreys and Brandon Lee Hammett. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ricky Doyle Hammett.
Cynthia Pearl (Greenfield) Hammett was in a relationship with Ricky Doyle Hammett, and has children Tammie (Hammett) Humphreys and Brandon Lee Hammett. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Cynthia Pearl (Greenfield) Hammett.
Agnes (Hammett) Ayton of Andersons Creek Australia was born on April 4, 1886 in Collingwood, City of Yarra County, VIC, and died at age 85 years old on August 8, 1971 in Croydon, Maroondah City County.
William P Hammett of Port Arthur, Jefferson County, TX was born on August 21, 1915, and died at age 72 years old on September 4, 1987.
Dawn M Hefley Hammett was born to Troy Eugene Hefley and Elizabeth Easter Hefley, and has a sibling Tammi L Hefley Mason. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Dawn M Hefley Hammett .
John W Hammett of Jefferson County, Texas United States was born on August 21, 1915, and died at age 90 years old on February 9, 2006.
Marie A Hammett of Osage Beach, Camden County, MO was born on March 7, 1918, and died at age 72 years old on August 21, 1990.
Carl Hammett of 2048 hickory valley road, in chattanooga, hamilton County, Tennessee us was born on August 25, 1917, and died at age 82 years old on April 21, 2000. Carl Hammett was buried at Chattanooga National Cemetery Section DDD Site 1254 1200 Bailey Avenue, in Chattanooga.
Khylie P (Humphries) Hammett of TX was born on September 18, 1989 in Tyler, Smith County. Khylie Humphries was married to Thomas B. Edinger on November 28, 2009 in Smith County, TX. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Khylie P. (Humphries) Hammett.
Virgil Hammett of Portsmouth, Portsmouth City County, Virginia was born on February 6, 1913, and died at age 71 years old in September 1984.

Hammett Death Records & Life Expectancy

The average age of a Hammett family member is 72.0 years old according to our database of 2,990 people with the last name Hammett that have a birth and death date listed.

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72.0 years

Oldest Hammetts

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Ora Hammett of Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois was born on June 12, 1871, and died at age 106 years old in August 1977.
106 years
Feroline Hammett of Huntersville, Mecklenburg County, NC was born on March 5, 1891, and died at age 105 years old on July 13, 1996.
105 years
Evelyn Ann Hammett of Rocky River, Cuyahoga County, Ohio was born on April 5, 1906, and died at age 105 years old on August 18, 2011.
105 years
Mattie A Hammett of Lonoke, Lonoke County, AR was born on March 1, 1902, and died at age 104 years old on May 12, 2006.
104 years
Maude E Hammett of Coupeville, Island County, WA was born on July 30, 1890, and died at age 104 years old on September 18, 1994.
104 years
Flora Garcia Hammett of Lake Forest, Orange County, California was born on October 26, 1902, and died at age 103 years old on November 30, 2005.
103 years
Arrie M Hammett of Opp, Covington County, AL was born on April 21, 1905, and died at age 103 years old on June 7, 2008.
103 years
Anna S Hammett of San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA was born on January 31, 1895, and died at age 103 years old on February 7, 1998.
103 years
Minnie H Hammett of Lexington, Lexington County, SC was born on March 16, 1897, and died at age 102 years old on March 13, 2000.
102 years
Thomas F Hammett of Allen, Pontotoc County, OK was born on November 19, 1898, and died at age 101 years old on August 17, 2000.
101 years
Amy Hammett of Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia was born on July 12, 1884, and died at age 102 years old in October 1986.
102 years
Millie Hammett of Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, MO was born on March 16, 1900, and died at age 102 years old on April 12, 2002.
102 years
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Written on a paper bag and found among Clifton's momentos.

Down the distance separating
There's a mother waiting, waiting
Waiting while her life endures
Yearning for a loving letter which Shall make her hurt heart better
Is that mother yours?

Somewhere where the postman lingers
Are a mother's reaching fingers
Ever hoping to be thrilled
Fingers which have served and blessed you
And whose tender touch caressed you
Shall they not be filled?

Somewhere where the stars are gleaming
Theres a mother lies a dreaming
Of the hopes her days contain
And her mother face grows tender
At the message you shall send her
Is her dream in vain?

Past all waiting past all weeping
Somewhere theres a mother sleeping
Under God's eternal blue
And her last sigh spent it's thought on
One who seemed to have forgotten
Tell me, was it you?

Submitted by Holly Banks, granddaughter of Clifton Maywood Hammett
December 23, 1972, as written by Jeanette Mildred Hammett Johnson

Accident happened at the intersection of routes 89 and 250 at approximately 1p.m. Jeromesville Fire Department received the call at this time. Firemen pulled Dad out of the car and Cindy was underneath him, apparently alright. Fire Chief took her home with him. Mom got a call from Mansfield General Hospital at approximately 5:40p.m. to tell her of the accident. She called me right away saying something's wrong with Dad. I hung up the phone and ran out with Burl and Holly. We came back home for 5 minutes and then went to the hospital in Mansfield. We saw Dad. Poor Dad. His head and face so cut up, his eye purple and swollen shut. He could say yes and no. We got to the hospital around 8:p.m. It was awful to see him lying there so helpless, with his arms in wrist restraints. The hospital said that he had been taken to Ashland Hospital first where an IV had been started. Then, because Dad had told them he had brothers in Mansfield, they transferred him to Mansfield. We left the hospital and went to the State Highway Patrol. He told us that there was a 3 car collision caused by failing to make a stop on route 89. From here we went to Jeromesville to get Cindy. She seems fine, but scared. We got home around 11p.m. Holly spent the night with Nana.

The accident occurred while Clifton was going to Mansfield to put wreaths on his parents graves. He did not make it. The accident was his failure to stop and his dog, Cindy was uninjured. Clifton was known to his grandchildren as "Gampy" and Margaret was known to her grandchildren as "Nana".

Submitted by Holly Banks, granddaughter of Clifton Maywood Hammett

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