1880 June 14,15 - St. Francois Twp., Butler Co., MO [pg 18, sheet 568b] Dwg/Fam 157
(living next door his Uncle Samuel Griffin Ham)
HAM, James R. - head - 27y/o - farmer - MO/MO/MO
Elizabeth - wife - 18 - MO/AL/TN
Deana V. - daughter - 2 - MO/MO MO
Ida A. - daughter - 11/12, June - MO/MO/MO

On April 7, 1890, the Hoffman Cemetery group organized and W.R. Stroud was elected president. Riley Ham became clerk. J. R. House and S. F. Ham were also trustees.
The Hamtown Cemetery, formerly known as the Hoffman Cemetery, is located on county road #535 approximately one and one-half miles west of T Highway. The land joins the Hamtown Church site on the south. The cemetery got its name from the Hoffman family that owned the property at the time of the first recorded burial in 1868. On May 31 1890, Hoffmans deed the property to the community.
The cemetery name was changed about the time the Hamtown Church was built. Land joining the cemetery on the north was deeded in 1912 for a Union church in the Hamtown vicinity.

1900 - St. Francis Twp., Butler Co., MO census; pg 50B, sheet 6B Dwlg/Fam #117
HAM, James R. - June 1853 - 47 - md x 25yr {1875} - MO/MO/MO - physician
Susan E. - wife - Feb 1852 - 45 {=b. 1855} mdx25y - 10 children/ 7 living - MO/KY/TN
Ida A. - daughter - June 1879 - 20y/o - single - MO/MO/MO - laundress
Ira M. - daughter - Feb 1888 - 12 - MO/MO/MO
David G. - son - Oct 1889 - 10 - MO/MO/MO
Lorena - daughter - Oct 1893 - 6 - MO/MO/MO
May G. - daughter - Feb 1895 - 5 - MO/MO/MO
Riley M - son - Feb 1900 - 0/12 - MO/MO/MO
(where is daughter Arline,b. abt 1895, in this record ... she is listed in the 1910 census!)

1910 Apr 23 - St. Francois Twp., Butler Co., MO census; pg 279B
Dwlg 129/Fam 134 Dodge Ferry & Fisk Road
HAM, James R. - head - 56 - md1x 36yr - - farmer
Susan E. - wife - 57 - md1x36yr - 10 children/3 living - MO/AL/MO
Arline - daughter - single - MO /MO/MO
HOOD, Lige - son in law - 33y/o - wd - IL/TN/TN - farmer .... {husb/o Ida Ham}
HOOD, Riley - gr son - 2 - MO/IL/MO
HENRY, George - boarder - 25 - single - IL/IL/IL - odd jobs

1930 Apr 22 - St. Francois Twp., Butler Co., MO census; T626 Roll: 1179 Page: 245 sheet 6B (lines 78, 79) Dwlg/Fam 130
Ham, James R. - head - owns home- worth $500 - 76y/o - was 21 when he was 1st married - MO/MO/MO - retired (farmer crossed through)
Susan E. - wife - 78y/o - was 22- when she was 1st married - MO/MO/MO
[living in close proximity to David 'Ira' Ham & his family]