Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William 
Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, 
Chicago, 1882.  Cass County.

FRANKLIN A. HAMMER, banker, Beardstown; was born in 
Rockingham County, Va., April 12, 1829; son of John and 
Elizabeth (Marica) Hammer, Virginians, but of German 
descent.  Franklin came with his parents to Illinois, in 
1835, and in 1843 removed to Beardstown.  The father had 
been a blacksmith and merchant, but after coming to 
Beardstown kept the Virginia House.  He afterward bought a 
farm, upon which he lived until 1867, when he moved to 
Beardstown, where he died in 1868.  Our subject taught 
school one year, but went to farming in 1852, continuing 
six years.  He served as Treasurer of Cass County in 1857-
58.  In 1852, he married Margaret Ann Lee, daughter of 
Caleb Lee, one of the pioneers of Cass County.  In 1858, 
Mr. Hammer came to Beardstown, and was engaged in the 
livery business for sixteen years.  In 1876, he became a 
stockholder in the Cass County Bank, was elected a Director 
in 1878, and at once chosen President of the same.  He is a 
Democrat, and takes an active interest in all public 
affairs.

Hammer Marica Lee
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Rockingham-VA