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Eleazer Slocum “Lee” Hammond

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Eleazer Slocum “Lee” Hammond

Birth
New Brunswick, Canada
Death
20 Feb 1939 (aged 83)
Rice Lake, Barron County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Rice Lake, Barron County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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Sawyer County Gazette Feb. 12, 2014
"Yesteryears" column Feb. 23, 1939
(Winter, Wisconsin)

E.S. Hammond of Rice Lake, who about a quarter century ago logged for some years in local and nearby areas of northern Wisconsin, and was generally well-known over an extensive area, died Monday at Madison, where he had been since early last fall undergoing a medical treatment.

From about 1907 until 1914 the deceased had logging operations around Winter, and at the same time was at head of the Hammond-Olsen Lumber Company (first known as Hammond-Chandler) in Rice Lake. To crew working for Hammond, the distinction of having the largest load of logs upon a logging sled was given. Thos A. Boury, of Winter, since also deceased, being foreman of the crew that performed the feat.
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Additional information provided by Karen Duffy.
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Additional information provided by Kyla.
Sawyer County Gazette Feb. 12, 2014
"Yesteryears" column Feb. 23, 1939
(Winter, Wisconsin)

E.S. Hammond of Rice Lake, who about a quarter century ago logged for some years in local and nearby areas of northern Wisconsin, and was generally well-known over an extensive area, died Monday at Madison, where he had been since early last fall undergoing a medical treatment.

From about 1907 until 1914 the deceased had logging operations around Winter, and at the same time was at head of the Hammond-Olsen Lumber Company (first known as Hammond-Chandler) in Rice Lake. To crew working for Hammond, the distinction of having the largest load of logs upon a logging sled was given. Thos A. Boury, of Winter, since also deceased, being foreman of the crew that performed the feat.
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Additional information provided by Karen Duffy.
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Additional information provided by Kyla.


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