Putnam patriot., 1912-10-18
6oiden Nedd,ny Anni,sfssf,

i wife celebrated their golden wedding anniversary last Saturday by trip to New York. They pass their tiftieth milestone in geod health and spirits and have the best wishes of the com munity for more years of health and happiness. Both have large circle of acquaiutances and friends and they are well known beyond the confines of their home city They have lived for years at their beautiful home on Oak Hill where they have done great deal of entertaining. Mir. Hammond being much in public affairs many promi. nent men and women have been their guests in the past and their doors were always hospitahly open to neighbors and friends.
 Mir. and Mrs. Hammond were mar. ried on October i2th, 1se2, in Waute. gan.
 Mrs. Hammond was Miss Jane Crandall of the town of Plaintield. Senator Hammond's hoyhood home was in Hampton. Their marriage ceremony was performed by Rev. Mir. Fellows, who was for so maay years pastor of the Congregational church at Wauregan and who is held in loving memory throughout the country.
 They have had two children, son, Charles Henry, who died in Colorado in 1888 at the age Of 70, and a daugh- ter, Bertha Elizabeth, who died few years ago, the wife of Df. Neil Me phatter, noted surgeon in New York city.
 Mir. Hammond Is one of Cennecti- cuts best known veteran silk manu. faeturers and was born in Hampton In lsil, After completing his education at WilIiston Seminary he taught school for five winters and in 1881 went to the front at Lincon's call and served in Company C, Twenty-sixth Regiment, C. V Next he engaged in the silk business with an uncle In Mansfield. His advent to Putnam was in 1878, when he established silk mill on the west side of the Quinebaug river, the building now being occu- pied by the Putnam Box Corporation and Hampton SILK Company. The firm was Hammond x knowlton, with Mir George M. Morse, a special part. ner, who withdrew several years later. Having outgrown the original two story mill, in the fall of 1885 they moved into the new three-slory mill built by Thomas Harris, but not pre- yiousy occupied. This was filled with machinery and an ample dye house added. The business grew so that an additional mill was built In 1892, doubling the capacity. The company manufacture machine twist, silk braid and sewing silks and is one of the lead ing industries in eastern Connecticut.
 For Putnam Mir. Hammond has been an enterprising and helpful man. Every worthy public enterprise has re- ceived his support, his time and his pockelbook. Besides bringing his own company to Putnam he secured and Is interested in the putnam box compa- ny, the Hampton silk company and the Eureka silk manufacturing ccm pany, For several years he was presi- dent of the Putnam business mems as. sociation.
 Having been a teacher In his early days he continued his interest in edu cation here and for over thirty years has been a member of the town school board, and for twenty years has served as president of the board. Many young men have been helped in their educa- ness, and If they have done right have been advanced to good positions.
 He is republican and as such has been honored by several terms in the legislature. He has been member of the state central committee, a presi- dential eiector Tn 1896, and was one of the Connecticut commissioners during the exposition in Chicago In 1893. He has attended number of national con ventions. He was recent speaker be- fore the Home Market Club in Boston on behalf of protection.
 He is a member of the Navy League of the United States, Army and Navy Club of Connecticut, Home Market Club of Boston, Hartford and Thames Club, Israel Putnam Lodge, l. 0. 0. F., Mystic Shriner and life mem- Der of the Putnam Lodge of Elks.