1841 - 1920 Person Name: J. D. Hammond Author of "The whole wide world for Jesus" in The Church and School Hymnal Born: May 9, 1841, Chenango County, New York.
Died: December 3, 1920, Berkeley, California.
John was the son of Stephen Yates Hammond (1809-1892) and Martha Adams Hammond (1809-1863), and husband of Sarah Elizabeth Powers Hammond (1843-1918). A minister like his father, he served in the Genesee (now Western New York) Conference, the Wisconsin & Nevada Conference, and the California Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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