Paul Fitzsimons Hammond

b. 20 October 1897, d. 16 January 1972
  • Paul Fitzsimons Hammond was born on 20 October 1897 in Pennsylvania.
  • He served in the military during World War I, according to the 1930 census.
  • The following appeared on 22 April 1922 in The Charlotte Observer: Mrs. W. C. Leak of Rockingham, announced on Wednesday afternoon to a small gathering of relatives and intimate friends, the engagement of her niece, Miss Jennie May Pegues to Mr. Paul Hammond of Welch, West Virginia, the wedding to take place in October.
         Mrs. Leak had as her house guests for the occasion Mrs. H. A. Foushee of Durham, Miss Ida Morrison of Raleigh, Miss Emily Hammond of West Virginia, Miss Susanne Pegues of Greenville, SC.
  • He married Jennie May Pegues, daughter of Francis Preston Brooks Pegues and Jennie May Pegues, on 26 October 1922.
  • The following appeared on 29 October 1922 in the Charlotte Sunday Observer: (Wilmington, Oct. 28) A marriage of much interest to friends in Wilmington and elsewhere in the state, and in South Carolina, occurred Thursday, when Miss Jennie May Pegues, of Pollock, S. C., became the bride of Paul F. Hammond, a son of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Hammond, now of Welch, W. V., but for many years residents of Wilmington. Mr. Hammond is pleasantly remembered here, where he spent all of childhood and early boy boyhood.
  • Paul Fitzsimons Hammond and Jennie May Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia, at 252 Virginia Avenue. Other members of the household included Nancy Louise Hammond and Victor Rene Pegues.
  • He was an accountant in private practice, according to the 1930 census.
  • Paul Fitzsimons Hammond appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia, at 158 Riverside Drive lodging in the household of civil engineer Andrew Osborne. Wife Jennie and daughter Nancy have yet to be found in the 1940 census.
  • He was self-employed as an accountant, according to the 1940 census.
  • The SSDI lists Bennettsville, Marlboro County, South Carolina, as the last residence of record of Paul Fitzsimons Hammond.
  • Paul Fitzsimons Hammond died on 16 January 1972 at age 74.
  • His wife Jennie May Pegues became a widow at his death.
  • He was interred at New Hope Methodist Church Cemetery, Wallace, Marlboro County, South Carolina.
  • Last Edited: 20 Feb 2015

Family: Jennie May Pegues b. 27 November 1898, d. 25 December 1998