by David Hamm
Queries Regarding the HAM Surname in Alabama.
Son Zachariah HAM, b, abt 1760 in NC, m Christian WILLIAMS, dau of Abslom WILLIAMS.
Zachariah HAM JR, b, abt 1804, NC, d 1883 Harris Co GA, m 1.) Nancy BEASLEY,
2.) Pharabe HUBBARD, b abt 1831. Want her family.
Son of Zachariah Jr & Pharabe was Calvin Taylor HAM. b 1848, Harris Co GA,d 1913, m Samantha Evans, 1870, Muscogee Co GA.
William Ham (b abt 1819) married to Eliza Matley (b abt 1831).
The 1860 Census for Perry County, AL list him as born in NC.
I am a decendant of his son Robert Solomon Ham (born 1848 Randolph County, AL
died 1912).
Knox Co TX. Henry may have had another given name. He may be buried
in Navarro Co TX. He and Nancy had 10 children, Robert Edward,
Laura Elizabeth, Lucy, John, Tom, Cooley, Jim, Dave, Wesley and Roxie.
May have been from McNairy Co, TN and Lauderdale Co AL areas before
before moving to TX in late 1800's. Any help apprecicated.
My grand father is Leland Albert HAMM born in 1895 in Indian Territory (Madill, OKlahoma). I am looking for his Father Thomas Buckland HAMM, and from Leland's 1920 census should be from Mississippi, but I am unable to find him.
Leland's Mother was Sally GROSS HAMM and was from Georgia, born around 1870.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Is there any indication of a genetic disorder that runs in the Ham family (particularly those from Georgia & Alabama) that would cause Multiple Sclerosis or Muscular Dystrophy-type loss of mobility and wasting of muscles?