Hammond, Eli Shelby.

Eli Shelby Hammond (1838-1904) was born in Brandon, Mississippi. His parents were plantation owners, John C.P. Hammond and Priscilla Attabee Shelby. He married Fannie Davis (born ca.1843) in 1864, who was also from Mississippi. Hammond was a private practice lawyer in Ripley, Mississippi and Memphis, Tennessee, a Captain in the Army of the Confederacy (1861-1865), and a federal Judge in the U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee (1878-1904). His son, Orlando Davis Hammond (1867-1925) was a Harvard College graduate, A.B. 1897, L.LB. 1899.

From the description of Slave-life on a plantation before the war : manuscript, 1893 Apr. 4. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612754862