James G. Hammack was the son of Coleman Hammack and Nancy Scott. He was born soon after his parents arrived in Monroe Co., MO from Madison Co., KY. His dad died when James was only two years of age, after which his mother moved the family to Franklin Co., MO where her husband had Hammack relatives. It was here that James and Sophia Jane Bray met and decided to get married. They went to Hermann, county seat of Gasconade Co. to get married and then made their home in Franklin Co.
During the Civil War, James joined the Union forces; he was a private in Company A of the 48th Regiment, Missouri Infantry.
After the war, James and Sophia moved from Franklin Co. to Pulaski County where other members of his family had already moved. The war took its toll on Mr. Hammack, and on 14 November 1867 he took his own life. Until 2010 it was not known where he was buried. The location was discovered when it was reported that there was a cemetery near the Hicks School northwest of Crocker, MO with a number of graves with no readable tombstones except one. And that one marked grave had the name "G. (or C.) Hammock" with no dates. However, it did have his Civil War company and regiment, which perfectly matched his known service record from a pension application filed with the National Archives.
The author of this memorial, Gary Murrell, is a descendant of James G. Hammack's brother, William Henry Hammack, and has done extensive research on the Hammack/Hammock families of Pulaski County going back to Pittsylvania Co., Virginia in 1767. Most Hammacks/Hammocks of Pulaski County today are related to each other.
During the Civil War, James joined the Union forces; he was a private in Company A of the 48th Regiment, Missouri Infantry.
After the war, James and Sophia moved from Franklin Co. to Pulaski County where other members of his family had already moved. The war took its toll on Mr. Hammack, and on 14 November 1867 he took his own life. Until 2010 it was not known where he was buried. The location was discovered when it was reported that there was a cemetery near the Hicks School northwest of Crocker, MO with a number of graves with no readable tombstones except one. And that one marked grave had the name "G. (or C.) Hammock" with no dates. However, it did have his Civil War company and regiment, which perfectly matched his known service record from a pension application filed with the National Archives.
The author of this memorial, Gary Murrell, is a descendant of James G. Hammack's brother, William Henry Hammack, and has done extensive research on the Hammack/Hammock families of Pulaski County going back to Pittsylvania Co., Virginia in 1767. Most Hammacks/Hammocks of Pulaski County today are related to each other.
James G. Hammack was the son of Coleman Hammack and Nancy Scott. He was born soon after his parents arrived in Monroe Co., MO from Madison Co., KY. His dad died when James was only two years of age, after which his mother moved the family to Franklin Co., MO where her husband had Hammack relatives. It was here that James and Sophia Jane Bray met and decided to get married. They went to Hermann, county seat of Gasconade Co. to get married and then made their home in Franklin Co.
During the Civil War, James joined the Union forces; he was a private in Company A of the 48th Regiment, Missouri Infantry.
After the war, James and Sophia moved from Franklin Co. to Pulaski County where other members of his family had already moved. The war took its toll on Mr. Hammack, and on 14 November 1867 he took his own life. Until 2010 it was not known where he was buried. The location was discovered when it was reported that there was a cemetery near the Hicks School northwest of Crocker, MO with a number of graves with no readable tombstones except one. And that one marked grave had the name "G. (or C.) Hammock" with no dates. However, it did have his Civil War company and regiment, which perfectly matched his known service record from a pension application filed with the National Archives.
The author of this memorial, Gary Murrell, is a descendant of James G. Hammack's brother, William Henry Hammack, and has done extensive research on the Hammack/Hammock families of Pulaski County going back to Pittsylvania Co., Virginia in 1767. Most Hammacks/Hammocks of Pulaski County today are related to each other.
During the Civil War, James joined the Union forces; he was a private in Company A of the 48th Regiment, Missouri Infantry.
After the war, James and Sophia moved from Franklin Co. to Pulaski County where other members of his family had already moved. The war took its toll on Mr. Hammack, and on 14 November 1867 he took his own life. Until 2010 it was not known where he was buried. The location was discovered when it was reported that there was a cemetery near the Hicks School northwest of Crocker, MO with a number of graves with no readable tombstones except one. And that one marked grave had the name "G. (or C.) Hammock" with no dates. However, it did have his Civil War company and regiment, which perfectly matched his known service record from a pension application filed with the National Archives.
The author of this memorial, Gary Murrell, is a descendant of James G. Hammack's brother, William Henry Hammack, and has done extensive research on the Hammack/Hammock families of Pulaski County going back to Pittsylvania Co., Virginia in 1767. Most Hammacks/Hammocks of Pulaski County today are related to each other.
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