JABEZ DELANO HAMMOND

HAMMOND, Jabez Delno, a Representative from New York; born in New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass., August 2, 1778; attended preparatory schools; studied medicine; commenced practice in Reading, Vt., in 1799; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Cherry Valley, N.Y., in 1805; elected a trustee of the village of Cherry Valley in 1812; member of the council of appointment; elected as a Republican to the Fourteenth Congress (March 4, 1815-March 3, 1817); resumed the practice of law in Cherry Valley; served in the State senate 1817-1821; moved to Albany, N.Y., in 1822 and continued the practice of law; returned to Cherry Valley in 1838 and practiced law; also engaged in literary pursuits; elected judge of Otsego County, N.Y., in 1838 and served five years; served as county superintendent of schools; appointed a member of the State board of regents May 10, 1845, and served until his death in Cherry Valley, Otsego County, N.Y., August 18, 1855; interment in Cherry Valley Cemetery.
Father: Jabez Hammond
Born: 9 Jun 1741 Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Died: 2 May 1807 Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont
Mother: Priscilla DeLano
Born: 14 Oct 1740 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts
Died: 11 Mar 1810 in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont
Spouse 1:
Miranda Stoddard
Born: 26 Jan 1788 in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut
Died: 8 Aug 1831 in Albany, Albany, New York
Marriage: abt 1810
Children Sex Birth
Maria B Hammond F 31 Oct 1811 in Cherry Valley, New York
Wells Stoddard Hammond M 15 Dec 1814 in Albany, Albany, New York
Jabez D Hammond M abt 1816 in Albany, Albany, New York
Spouse 2:
Laura Williams
Died: 9 Jul 1853
Marriage: abt 1834

Sources:
United States Federal Census
Massachusetts Vital Records
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell