Eliza was a daughter of Lucy Spears Hammond and George S. Hammond. Eliza's brothers and sisters: William Marion Hammond, Ellen Hammond Thrift, Francis F. or George F. Hammond (name varies by census 1860 & 1870), and Nancy E. Hammond Kilgore. The Hammond, Thrift, Howard and Kilgore graves are in the same area of Pilgrims Rest Cemetery.
1870 Census: Almond, Randolph Co., AL
George S Hammonds - 54, born NC
Lucy Hammonds - 39, b: NC
William Hammonds - 23, b: NC
Ellen Hammonds - 18, b: NC
Eliza Hammonds - 14, b: NC >>>>>Eliza
Francis F Hammonds - 8, b: GA
Nancy E Hammonds - 4, b: AL
(copied/pasted from record...note spelling of surname)
Eliza Howard was the mother of three children: William H. Howard (m: Mary Jane "Jennie" Sikes), Wynona "Nona" Howard (m: Joseph Chesley Sikes, brother of Jennie) and Ella Pearl Howard (m: Ben Hill Bryant.)
An obituary in The Gadsden Daily Times-News: "Mrs. C.N. Howard of Smokeneck died of cancer of the stomach."
[Notation: The area of Southside was once referred to as Smokeneck]
(Above research compiled by ngl, author of Pilgrims Rest Cemetery book)
Eliza was a daughter of Lucy Spears Hammond and George S. Hammond. Eliza's brothers and sisters: William Marion Hammond, Ellen Hammond Thrift, Francis F. or George F. Hammond (name varies by census 1860 & 1870), and Nancy E. Hammond Kilgore. The Hammond, Thrift, Howard and Kilgore graves are in the same area of Pilgrims Rest Cemetery.
1870 Census: Almond, Randolph Co., AL
George S Hammonds - 54, born NC
Lucy Hammonds - 39, b: NC
William Hammonds - 23, b: NC
Ellen Hammonds - 18, b: NC
Eliza Hammonds - 14, b: NC >>>>>Eliza
Francis F Hammonds - 8, b: GA
Nancy E Hammonds - 4, b: AL
(copied/pasted from record...note spelling of surname)
Eliza Howard was the mother of three children: William H. Howard (m: Mary Jane "Jennie" Sikes), Wynona "Nona" Howard (m: Joseph Chesley Sikes, brother of Jennie) and Ella Pearl Howard (m: Ben Hill Bryant.)
An obituary in The Gadsden Daily Times-News: "Mrs. C.N. Howard of Smokeneck died of cancer of the stomach."
[Notation: The area of Southside was once referred to as Smokeneck]
(Above research compiled by ngl, author of Pilgrims Rest Cemetery book)
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