The following information was provided by F-A-G contributor Roy Frederick #47654299.
JOHN (JACK) C. AMMERMAN. Orphaned in early life by the death of his father, and in consequence of this bereavement thrown on his own resources while he was yet only a youth, J. C. Ammerman, of Joplin, has made his way to his present business success and professional and social standing solely by his own endeavors and the judicious use of every opportunity for advancement that be has been able to seize and turn to his service. His aim has been high. and his ideal a lofty one. They have sustained him in all the difficulties and trials of the rugged ascent of the mountain road of progress toward them which has lain before him from the start.
Mr. Ammerman is a native of Cambridge, Illinois, where his life began on March 7, 1876, He is a son of Jonathan R. and Sarah A. (Hardy) Ammerman, the former born in Kentucky in 1824 and the latter in Ohio on December 6, 1830. She was a daughter of Benjamin and Rachel (Frame) Hardy, prosperous residents and pioneers of that state, Jonathan Ammerman was a contractor and carried on an extensive business!. tie was steadily making his way to worldly comfort and established success in business when death cut short his labors and his career in 1885. The mother is still living and has her home in Moline, Illinois. They had nine children, five of whom are living, Jack C. being the last one born in the family. He began his education in the public schools and was graduated from the high school in 1893. He then entered the law department of the University of Michigan, from which he received the degree of LL. B. in 1899. In December of the same year he came to Missouri and took up his residence in Joplin, where be has built up a good general practice in his profession and also done considerable corporation work and specializing in bankruptcy practice, Iris attention has been mainly directed, however, to general lines of professional work, and in these he has made an excellent reputation as a capable and careful lawyer, with extensive and accurate knowledge of legal principles and court decisions and fine address and skill in the use of his attainments in the trial of cases. In fact, Mr. Ammerman is in the front rank in his profession in this part of the state, although he is yet a young man, and is regarded as one of the most successful and promising lawyers in southwestern Missouri, in political relations he is a devoted member of the Republican party and an energetic and effective worker in its behalf, He has served it well and wisely as chairman of the city central committee in Joplin, as vice chairman of the county central committee in Jasper county for a number of yearn, and at the present time is a member of the Republican state central committee for the fifteenth congressional district. In all its campaigns he is one of its leaders in the county, and is considered one of its most judicious and reliable advisers. But he has never sought political office for himself, either by election or appointment, and seems to have no ambition in that direction, being content to work ardently for his party because he believes firmly in its principles, and not for his own honor or advantage either in the way of distinction or of emolument In the business interests of the city and county of his home. and in all that makes for their advancement or improvement in a wholesome way, he is always one of the elements of strength and intelligence, applying all his energy to any worthy project for the general welfare, but always tempering his zeal with prudence and directing his efforts with judgment.
It is not to be inferred, however, that all of Mr. Ammerman's trials and triumphs have been those pertaining to peaceful operations. He challenged fate into the lists in his youth, and met her on almost equal terms, matching his indomitable energy and determination against her coldness and cynicism. He worked his way through school and the university, and valued their benefits all the more on that account. He started his professional career with nothing in the way of financial capital, family influence or assistance from friends, and literally hewed his progress onward and upward to his present elevated standing as a lawyer. But he also saw service in the Spanish American war, joining the navy as a volunteer when the contest began and remaining in the service until it ended. His war service was often dangerous and at times thrilling. He was assigned to duty on the United States steamer Yosemite, which conveyed and landed the first American troops disembarked on Cuban soil for the conflict, and which did heroic work in beaching the Spanish stockade runner Antonia Lopez. For this service in that war the United States government, by special act of congress approved May 13, 1908, granted the members of the crew of the U. S. S. Yosemite a service medal. The beaching of the Antonia Lopez occurred at San Juan, Porto Rico, Mr. Ammerman was also in other engagements during the war and shared in the prize money divided among the forces which made captures. His enlistment was for the existence of the war, and at its close he was honorably discharged. If he had entered the service under an ordinary enlistment he would have been obliged to serve four years.
Mr. Ammerman takes an active and serviceable part in the organizations designed to promote the interests and keep up the tone of his profession. He is a zealous member of the state, county and city bar associations. He is also cordial in his interest in the fraternal life of his community, and shows his devotion to it as a means of improvement by membership in the Order of Elks and the Delta Chi fraternity of his university. The social and business welfare of the people always command his attention, and he is earnest in his support of all means at work to promote it. His membership in the Commercial Club of Joplin is a valued element, in its influence and usefulness, and his connection with various social organizations gives than added inspiration and force for the good of the community.
Outdoor sports have always had a charm for this man of extensive business and large affairs, whenever he can find a convenient opportunity to indulge his appetite for them during the proper seasons, he goes off on a hunting or fishing trip, which he makes as extended as his engagements will allow. The taste and habits it has engendered have made him one of the leading members of Carter county, Missouri Hunting, Fishing and Shooting Club. He remains unmarried up to 1911.
[History of Jasper County and its people, by Joel Thomas Livingston; Public Dominion]John C. (Jack) Ammerman January 21, 1953 Jasper Joplin 1818
JOHN (JACK) C. AMMERMAN. Orphaned in early life by the death of his father, and in consequence of this bereavement thrown on his own resources while he was yet only a youth, J. C. Ammerman, of Joplin, has made his way to his present business success and professional and social standing solely by his own endeavors and the judicious use of every opportunity for advancement that be has been able to seize and turn to his service. His aim has been high. and his ideal a lofty one. They have sustained him in all the difficulties and trials of the rugged ascent of the mountain road of progress toward them which has lain before him from the start.
Mr. Ammerman is a native of Cambridge, Illinois, where his life began on March 7, 1876, He is a son of Jonathan R. and Sarah A. (Hardy) Ammerman, the former born in Kentucky in 1824 and the latter in Ohio on December 6, 1830. She was a daughter of Benjamin and Rachel (Frame) Hardy, prosperous residents and pioneers of that state, Jonathan Ammerman was a contractor and carried on an extensive business!. tie was steadily making his way to worldly comfort and established success in business when death cut short his labors and his career in 1885. The mother is still living and has her home in Moline, Illinois. They had nine children, five of whom are living, Jack C. being the last one born in the family. He began his education in the public schools and was graduated from the high school in 1893. He then entered the law department of the University of Michigan, from which he received the degree of LL. B. in 1899. In December of the same year he came to Missouri and took up his residence in Joplin, where be has built up a good general practice in his profession and also done considerable corporation work and specializing in bankruptcy practice, Iris attention has been mainly directed, however, to general lines of professional work, and in these he has made an excellent reputation as a capable and careful lawyer, with extensive and accurate knowledge of legal principles and court decisions and fine address and skill in the use of his attainments in the trial of cases. In fact, Mr. Ammerman is in the front rank in his profession in this part of the state, although he is yet a young man, and is regarded as one of the most successful and promising lawyers in southwestern Missouri, in political relations he is a devoted member of the Republican party and an energetic and effective worker in its behalf, He has served it well and wisely as chairman of the city central committee in Joplin, as vice chairman of the county central committee in Jasper county for a number of yearn, and at the present time is a member of the Republican state central committee for the fifteenth congressional district. In all its campaigns he is one of its leaders in the county, and is considered one of its most judicious and reliable advisers. But he has never sought political office for himself, either by election or appointment, and seems to have no ambition in that direction, being content to work ardently for his party because he believes firmly in its principles, and not for his own honor or advantage either in the way of distinction or of emolument In the business interests of the city and county of his home. and in all that makes for their advancement or improvement in a wholesome way, he is always one of the elements of strength and intelligence, applying all his energy to any worthy project for the general welfare, but always tempering his zeal with prudence and directing his efforts with judgment.
It is not to be inferred, however, that all of Mr. Ammerman's trials and triumphs have been those pertaining to peaceful operations. He challenged fate into the lists in his youth, and met her on almost equal terms, matching his indomitable energy and determination against her coldness and cynicism. He worked his way through school and the university, and valued their benefits all the more on that account. He started his professional career with nothing in the way of financial capital, family influence or assistance from friends, and literally hewed his progress onward and upward to his present elevated standing as a lawyer. But he also saw service in the Spanish American war, joining the navy as a volunteer when the contest began and remaining in the service until it ended. His war service was often dangerous and at times thrilling. He was assigned to duty on the United States steamer Yosemite, which conveyed and landed the first American troops disembarked on Cuban soil for the conflict, and which did heroic work in beaching the Spanish stockade runner Antonia Lopez. For this service in that war the United States government, by special act of congress approved May 13, 1908, granted the members of the crew of the U. S. S. Yosemite a service medal. The beaching of the Antonia Lopez occurred at San Juan, Porto Rico, Mr. Ammerman was also in other engagements during the war and shared in the prize money divided among the forces which made captures. His enlistment was for the existence of the war, and at its close he was honorably discharged. If he had entered the service under an ordinary enlistment he would have been obliged to serve four years.
Mr. Ammerman takes an active and serviceable part in the organizations designed to promote the interests and keep up the tone of his profession. He is a zealous member of the state, county and city bar associations. He is also cordial in his interest in the fraternal life of his community, and shows his devotion to it as a means of improvement by membership in the Order of Elks and the Delta Chi fraternity of his university. The social and business welfare of the people always command his attention, and he is earnest in his support of all means at work to promote it. His membership in the Commercial Club of Joplin is a valued element, in its influence and usefulness, and his connection with various social organizations gives than added inspiration and force for the good of the community.
Outdoor sports have always had a charm for this man of extensive business and large affairs, whenever he can find a convenient opportunity to indulge his appetite for them during the proper seasons, he goes off on a hunting or fishing trip, which he makes as extended as his engagements will allow. The taste and habits it has engendered have made him one of the leading members of Carter county, Missouri Hunting, Fishing and Shooting Club. He remains unmarried up to 1911.
[History of Jasper County and its people, by Joel Thomas Livingston; Public Dominion]John C. (Jack) Ammerman January 21, 1953 Jasper Joplin 1818
The following information was provided by F-A-G contributor Roy Frederick #47654299.
JOHN (JACK) C. AMMERMAN. Orphaned in early life by the death of his father, and in consequence of this bereavement thrown on his own resources while he was yet only a youth, J. C. Ammerman, of Joplin, has made his way to his present business success and professional and social standing solely by his own endeavors and the judicious use of every opportunity for advancement that be has been able to seize and turn to his service. His aim has been high. and his ideal a lofty one. They have sustained him in all the difficulties and trials of the rugged ascent of the mountain road of progress toward them which has lain before him from the start.
Mr. Ammerman is a native of Cambridge, Illinois, where his life began on March 7, 1876, He is a son of Jonathan R. and Sarah A. (Hardy) Ammerman, the former born in Kentucky in 1824 and the latter in Ohio on December 6, 1830. She was a daughter of Benjamin and Rachel (Frame) Hardy, prosperous residents and pioneers of that state, Jonathan Ammerman was a contractor and carried on an extensive business!. tie was steadily making his way to worldly comfort and established success in business when death cut short his labors and his career in 1885. The mother is still living and has her home in Moline, Illinois. They had nine children, five of whom are living, Jack C. being the last one born in the family. He began his education in the public schools and was graduated from the high school in 1893. He then entered the law department of the University of Michigan, from which he received the degree of LL. B. in 1899. In December of the same year he came to Missouri and took up his residence in Joplin, where be has built up a good general practice in his profession and also done considerable corporation work and specializing in bankruptcy practice, Iris attention has been mainly directed, however, to general lines of professional work, and in these he has made an excellent reputation as a capable and careful lawyer, with extensive and accurate knowledge of legal principles and court decisions and fine address and skill in the use of his attainments in the trial of cases. In fact, Mr. Ammerman is in the front rank in his profession in this part of the state, although he is yet a young man, and is regarded as one of the most successful and promising lawyers in southwestern Missouri, in political relations he is a devoted member of the Republican party and an energetic and effective worker in its behalf, He has served it well and wisely as chairman of the city central committee in Joplin, as vice chairman of the county central committee in Jasper county for a number of yearn, and at the present time is a member of the Republican state central committee for the fifteenth congressional district. In all its campaigns he is one of its leaders in the county, and is considered one of its most judicious and reliable advisers. But he has never sought political office for himself, either by election or appointment, and seems to have no ambition in that direction, being content to work ardently for his party because he believes firmly in its principles, and not for his own honor or advantage either in the way of distinction or of emolument In the business interests of the city and county of his home. and in all that makes for their advancement or improvement in a wholesome way, he is always one of the elements of strength and intelligence, applying all his energy to any worthy project for the general welfare, but always tempering his zeal with prudence and directing his efforts with judgment.
It is not to be inferred, however, that all of Mr. Ammerman's trials and triumphs have been those pertaining to peaceful operations. He challenged fate into the lists in his youth, and met her on almost equal terms, matching his indomitable energy and determination against her coldness and cynicism. He worked his way through school and the university, and valued their benefits all the more on that account. He started his professional career with nothing in the way of financial capital, family influence or assistance from friends, and literally hewed his progress onward and upward to his present elevated standing as a lawyer. But he also saw service in the Spanish American war, joining the navy as a volunteer when the contest began and remaining in the service until it ended. His war service was often dangerous and at times thrilling. He was assigned to duty on the United States steamer Yosemite, which conveyed and landed the first American troops disembarked on Cuban soil for the conflict, and which did heroic work in beaching the Spanish stockade runner Antonia Lopez. For this service in that war the United States government, by special act of congress approved May 13, 1908, granted the members of the crew of the U. S. S. Yosemite a service medal. The beaching of the Antonia Lopez occurred at San Juan, Porto Rico, Mr. Ammerman was also in other engagements during the war and shared in the prize money divided among the forces which made captures. His enlistment was for the existence of the war, and at its close he was honorably discharged. If he had entered the service under an ordinary enlistment he would have been obliged to serve four years.
Mr. Ammerman takes an active and serviceable part in the organizations designed to promote the interests and keep up the tone of his profession. He is a zealous member of the state, county and city bar associations. He is also cordial in his interest in the fraternal life of his community, and shows his devotion to it as a means of improvement by membership in the Order of Elks and the Delta Chi fraternity of his university. The social and business welfare of the people always command his attention, and he is earnest in his support of all means at work to promote it. His membership in the Commercial Club of Joplin is a valued element, in its influence and usefulness, and his connection with various social organizations gives than added inspiration and force for the good of the community.
Outdoor sports have always had a charm for this man of extensive business and large affairs, whenever he can find a convenient opportunity to indulge his appetite for them during the proper seasons, he goes off on a hunting or fishing trip, which he makes as extended as his engagements will allow. The taste and habits it has engendered have made him one of the leading members of Carter county, Missouri Hunting, Fishing and Shooting Club. He remains unmarried up to 1911.
[History of Jasper County and its people, by Joel Thomas Livingston; Public Dominion]John C. (Jack) Ammerman January 21, 1953 Jasper Joplin 1818
JOHN (JACK) C. AMMERMAN. Orphaned in early life by the death of his father, and in consequence of this bereavement thrown on his own resources while he was yet only a youth, J. C. Ammerman, of Joplin, has made his way to his present business success and professional and social standing solely by his own endeavors and the judicious use of every opportunity for advancement that be has been able to seize and turn to his service. His aim has been high. and his ideal a lofty one. They have sustained him in all the difficulties and trials of the rugged ascent of the mountain road of progress toward them which has lain before him from the start.
Mr. Ammerman is a native of Cambridge, Illinois, where his life began on March 7, 1876, He is a son of Jonathan R. and Sarah A. (Hardy) Ammerman, the former born in Kentucky in 1824 and the latter in Ohio on December 6, 1830. She was a daughter of Benjamin and Rachel (Frame) Hardy, prosperous residents and pioneers of that state, Jonathan Ammerman was a contractor and carried on an extensive business!. tie was steadily making his way to worldly comfort and established success in business when death cut short his labors and his career in 1885. The mother is still living and has her home in Moline, Illinois. They had nine children, five of whom are living, Jack C. being the last one born in the family. He began his education in the public schools and was graduated from the high school in 1893. He then entered the law department of the University of Michigan, from which he received the degree of LL. B. in 1899. In December of the same year he came to Missouri and took up his residence in Joplin, where be has built up a good general practice in his profession and also done considerable corporation work and specializing in bankruptcy practice, Iris attention has been mainly directed, however, to general lines of professional work, and in these he has made an excellent reputation as a capable and careful lawyer, with extensive and accurate knowledge of legal principles and court decisions and fine address and skill in the use of his attainments in the trial of cases. In fact, Mr. Ammerman is in the front rank in his profession in this part of the state, although he is yet a young man, and is regarded as one of the most successful and promising lawyers in southwestern Missouri, in political relations he is a devoted member of the Republican party and an energetic and effective worker in its behalf, He has served it well and wisely as chairman of the city central committee in Joplin, as vice chairman of the county central committee in Jasper county for a number of yearn, and at the present time is a member of the Republican state central committee for the fifteenth congressional district. In all its campaigns he is one of its leaders in the county, and is considered one of its most judicious and reliable advisers. But he has never sought political office for himself, either by election or appointment, and seems to have no ambition in that direction, being content to work ardently for his party because he believes firmly in its principles, and not for his own honor or advantage either in the way of distinction or of emolument In the business interests of the city and county of his home. and in all that makes for their advancement or improvement in a wholesome way, he is always one of the elements of strength and intelligence, applying all his energy to any worthy project for the general welfare, but always tempering his zeal with prudence and directing his efforts with judgment.
It is not to be inferred, however, that all of Mr. Ammerman's trials and triumphs have been those pertaining to peaceful operations. He challenged fate into the lists in his youth, and met her on almost equal terms, matching his indomitable energy and determination against her coldness and cynicism. He worked his way through school and the university, and valued their benefits all the more on that account. He started his professional career with nothing in the way of financial capital, family influence or assistance from friends, and literally hewed his progress onward and upward to his present elevated standing as a lawyer. But he also saw service in the Spanish American war, joining the navy as a volunteer when the contest began and remaining in the service until it ended. His war service was often dangerous and at times thrilling. He was assigned to duty on the United States steamer Yosemite, which conveyed and landed the first American troops disembarked on Cuban soil for the conflict, and which did heroic work in beaching the Spanish stockade runner Antonia Lopez. For this service in that war the United States government, by special act of congress approved May 13, 1908, granted the members of the crew of the U. S. S. Yosemite a service medal. The beaching of the Antonia Lopez occurred at San Juan, Porto Rico, Mr. Ammerman was also in other engagements during the war and shared in the prize money divided among the forces which made captures. His enlistment was for the existence of the war, and at its close he was honorably discharged. If he had entered the service under an ordinary enlistment he would have been obliged to serve four years.
Mr. Ammerman takes an active and serviceable part in the organizations designed to promote the interests and keep up the tone of his profession. He is a zealous member of the state, county and city bar associations. He is also cordial in his interest in the fraternal life of his community, and shows his devotion to it as a means of improvement by membership in the Order of Elks and the Delta Chi fraternity of his university. The social and business welfare of the people always command his attention, and he is earnest in his support of all means at work to promote it. His membership in the Commercial Club of Joplin is a valued element, in its influence and usefulness, and his connection with various social organizations gives than added inspiration and force for the good of the community.
Outdoor sports have always had a charm for this man of extensive business and large affairs, whenever he can find a convenient opportunity to indulge his appetite for them during the proper seasons, he goes off on a hunting or fishing trip, which he makes as extended as his engagements will allow. The taste and habits it has engendered have made him one of the leading members of Carter county, Missouri Hunting, Fishing and Shooting Club. He remains unmarried up to 1911.
[History of Jasper County and its people, by Joel Thomas Livingston; Public Dominion]John C. (Jack) Ammerman January 21, 1953 Jasper Joplin 1818
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