Amos L. Hamm part 9, 1910s

• 1910 Census Salisbury NH
• 1910 City Directory
• 1911 Residence Salisbury NH
• 1913 City Directory Salisbury NH
• 1914 Salisbury NH
• 1915 Death Certificate, Will, Probate

1910 Census, Salisbury NH

1910 Census Salisbury NH
Amos Hamm

Amos Hamm, age 78, born 1832 in Vermont.  Once again, no street name nor house number for their home in Salisbury, Merrimack NH.  He is living with his wife Mary J, this is the second marriage for them both, and they have been married for 39 years.  Mary Jane has had 5 children, three of whom are still living.  In this census, both of his parents are born in Vermont, not Massachusetts as is recorded the previous census.  Amos owns his own farm.  In this census we find out that Amos fought in the Civil War for the Union Army.

Please note the family just next door is Frank and Mertie Hamm Forsaith, Amos' daughter.  So, this Augusta C. Forsaith is Amos and Mary's granddaughter.  That will teach me to look at everybody on the page.

1910 City Directory

1910 City Directory, Salisbury, Merrimack NH

Amos L. Hamm, farmer on Andover rfd 1, Salisbury, Merrimack County NH.  Again, note the Frank Forsaith farmer.

1913 City Directory

1913 City Directory, Salisbury Merrimack NH

Amos L. Hamm, farmer on Andover rfd 1, Salisbury, Merrimack County NH.  Again, note the Frank Forsaith farmer.

1914 Directory

Amos Ham 1914 Directory
Salisbury NH

1915 Death Certificate and Will and Probate

Amos Ham Death Certificate Front

He's lived here for 40 years, died 11 February 1915, just days before his 84th birthday.  Here is confirmation he was born in Sutton Vermont.  He is a widower by this time, he died of Arteriosclerosis, which is hardening of the arteries.  The informant did not know any information about his parents.

Amos Ham Death Certificate Back

Not much more information on the back, either.  It doesn't even mention the name of his wife.  The physician is named, as well as the undertaker in Franklin NH.  He was buried in Shaw's Corner, Franklin NH on 14 February 1915.

Amos Ham Will

This is his will.  Please note that he signed using his mark.

Amos Ham 1915 will Detail

Ham, Amos L.  Will.
     Be it known that I Amos L. Ham of Salisbury County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire.  Being of a sound and disposing mind do make this my last will and testament.
1st -- That all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid
2nd -- I give and bequeath to my daughter Ella F. Sleeper the sum of one dollar
3d -- I give and bequeath to my daughter Myrtella M. Forsaith all the remainder of my estate wherever found
4th -- I appoint Myrtella M. Forsaith executrix of my will
Salisbury N.H. November 25.  I sign the above as my last will and testament
              his
Amos L [x] Ham
            mark
And we by his request and in his presence do sign as witnesses
George E. Fellows
Harold A. Prince
Mrs. Carrie J. Farnsworth

Some thoughts -- The person writing this had almost perfect penmanship.  It is a style easy to read, but I've been unable to identify the form of penmanship.  It isn't Spencerian which typically has elaborate calligraphy.  It may be Zaner-Bloser which was taught during this time frame, except this man's personal style is vertical.  Do you have an idea?

Amos Ham Probate

This is the probate, proving Amos' will.  He'd named Mertie as his executrix, leaving her his property, dated 23 February 1915.

Amos L. Hamm part 8 1900s

• 1900 Census, Salisbury NH
• 1900 City Directory
• 1902 City Directory
• 1904 City Directory Salisbury NH
• 1906 City Directory

1900 Census

1900 Census, Salisbury, Merrimack NH
Amos L. Hamm

Amos Hamm, age 69, born February 1831 in Vermont.  Again no street name nor house number, but living in Salisbury, Merrimack, New Hampshire.  He married Mary in 1868, and has been married for 32 years.  Both parents were born in Massachusetts, he is a farmer, owning his own farm.  He lives with his wife Mary J, and granddaughter Celia A. Forsaith age 5, born in April 1895 in New Hampshire.  Both of her parents were born in NH.  Celia must be the daughter of one of Amos' daughters who married a Forsaith.  What happened to the parents?  This is way before any world wars, and way too late for the Civil War.

Updated -- that daughter is, I think, Mertie Ham who married her neighbor Frank Forsaith.  This is what I suspect.

1900 City Directory

1900 City Directory, Salisbury NH

Amos L. Hamm, farmer on Warner Road in Salisbury, Merrimack County NH

1902 Directory

Amos Ham 1902 Directory
Salisbury New Hampshire

1904 Directory

Amos Ham 1904 Directory
Salisbury New Hampshire

Amos L. Hamm, farmer on Andover rfd 1, Salisbury, Merrimack County NH.  Of note is the Forsaith farming family with the same rural address.

1906 Directory

Amos Ham 1906 Directory
Salisbury New Hampshire

Okay, so I tried to Google this area.  I did find a South road, but nothing like Andover RFD1.  Do you know what this may be?  If so, give us a shout using the form on the right.  Thank you.

Amos L. Hamm part 5, 1870s

• 1870 Historical Insight -- 15th Amendment to the US Constitution
• 1870 Residence Salisbury NH age 36
• 1872 Civil War Pension Filed
• 1873 Daughter Mertie born, NH

1870 Census

1870 Census, Salisbury, Merrimack NH
Amos and Mary J. Ham

age 36, born 1834 in Vermont.  He is a farmer with $1850 personal estate value and $600 Real Estate Value.  His "inferred" spouse (as Ancestry.com calls it) is Mary J. Ham, and his daughter is age 13, Nellie, from a previous marriage.

of note is the Scribner family in close proximity, including George age 21 and Morrell K. age 14.  Morrell would later go on to marry Adella G. Scott.  Looks like they were childhood pals.

1870 Historical Insight -- 15th Amendment to the US Constitution

When the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified in early February 1870, celebrations erupted in African American communities and abolitionist societies disbanded thinking their work was done. The amendment prohibited government at all levels from denying voting rights to men based on race.

The Republican Party gained an African American voting bloc in the North. However, African Americans who wanted to vote in the South were met with poll taxes they could not afford, literacy tests they could not pass, and threats of violence from the Ku Klux Klan they could not ignore. Voter registration among African American men in Mississippi decreased from 67 percent in 1867 to 4 percent in 1892.

The Supreme Court ruled in 1876 that poll taxes and literacy tests were legal, effectively nullifying the intent of the 15th Amendment and leading to the entrenchment of Jim Crow laws for another 90 years.

from Ancestry.com Historical Insight 

1872? Civil War Pension Index filing date

1872 Civil War Pension index

Amos L. Ham, soldier for Company B, 18th New Hampshire infantry.  filed 22 August 1872, invalid, application number 177317.  Does this belong to our Amos?

1873 Mertie born

Daughter Mertie is born 22 March 1873 in Salisbury, Merrimack NH.  The only source for this birth is the 1880 Census when she is age 7, and her Christmas marriage record of 1893 when she is documented as 21 years old.  These are both considered secondary sources.

Mary Jane Bacon Scott Hamm part 5 -- 1880s, not much information

This is all there is for this decade.  Most likely she worked raising her family, worked the farm.  Trying to make things better.

 1880 

Census

1880 Census for Mary Jane Bacon Scott Hamm
Salisbury NH

Here, she is 43 years old (either she is fudging on her age by about 5 years, or her neighbors are guestimating).  She still lives with husband Amos age 45.  Daughter Mertie M. Ham is 7 years old.  Mary's occupation is listed as Keeping House, but she would most likely have helped her husband out on the farm
Her other children are not on this census, we'll have to keep an eye out.

Mary Bacon Scott Hamm mini pedigree
from Ancestry.com

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Resources

"New Hampshire Marriage Records 1637–1947." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2011. “New Hampshire Statewide Marriage Records 1637–1947,” database, FamilySearch, 2009. New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records. “Marriage Records.” New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord.  Ancestry.com

• Boscawen, Merrimack, New Hampshire
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boscawen,_New_Hampshire
• Findagrave.com memorial
• https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=77431876&ref=acom
• Salisbury, Merrimack, New Hampshire
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salisbury,_New_Hampshire
• Shaw Corner Cemetery, from MapCarta
• https://mapcarta.com/22530846
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Mary Jane Bacon Scott Hamm part 4 -- 1870s Life goes on

• 1870 Census, Salisbury NH
• 15th Amendment to the US Constitution
• 1873 daughter Mertie is born
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 1870 

Census

1870 Census
Mary Jane Bacon Scott Hamm
Salisbury New Hampshire

She is 36 years old, living with her husband Amos L. Ham, also age 36.  Amos apparently has a daughter from a previous marriage, Nellie Ham who is 13, the same age as Mary's son Marshall Scott.  Adella G. is 10 years old, Silia (indexed as Lila E. Scott) is 8 years old

Salisbury within Merrimack County
and the county within New Hampshire
from Wikipedia

1870 

15th Amendment to the US Consittution

15th Amendment to the US Constitution

Credit: Thomas Kelly/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain

from Ancestry.com Historical Insight

The 15th Amendment outlawed racial discrimination at the election polls, but white leaders in the South ignored the Constitution. In 1870, Mary Jane Bacon may have witnessed or experienced political discrimination while living in Salisbury, New Hampshire after ratification of the 15th Amendment.

1873

birth of fourth child, Mertie M. Ham in New Hampshire, father Amos Hamm

Mary Bacon Scott Hamm mini pedigree
from Ancestry.com

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Resources

"New Hampshire Marriage Records 1637–1947." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2011. “New Hampshire Statewide Marriage Records 1637–1947,” database, FamilySearch, 2009. New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records. “Marriage Records.” New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord.  Ancestry.com

• Boscawen, Merrimack, New Hampshire
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boscawen,_New_Hampshire
• Findagrave.com memorial
• https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=77431876&ref=acom
• Salisbury, Merrimack, New Hampshire
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salisbury,_New_Hampshire
• Shaw Corner Cemetery, from MapCarta
• https://mapcarta.com/22530846
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