| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Eighth Generation395. Delia Marcell HAMMOND was born on 30 May 1836 in N. Abington, MA.931,1098 Delia Marcell HAMMOND and Dean Jewett LOCKE were married on 8 May 1855 in North Abington, Plymouth, MA.1099,1100 They1099,1100 appeared in the census in 1860 in Elkhorn, San Joaquin, CA.1101 They1101 appeared in the census in 1880 in Elliot, San Joaquin, CA.1102 Dean Jewett LOCKE was born on 16 April 1823 in Langdon, Sullivan, NH.1103,1104 He died in Lockeford, San Joaquin, CA.1099 Bank of Stockton Collection - information provided with the picture of the Locke house. Dean Jewett Locke (1823-1867) was born in Langdon, New Hampshire and earned his medical degree at Harvard. He worked as a teacher in his early career, then signed on as the doctor for the Boston and Newton Joint Stock Company heading for California in 1849. D J Locke and his brother founded the community of Lockeford and were very generous and civic minded indeed. He funded the school, several churches and improved the levees, roads and landscaping. He was also involved in the post office, a member of the school board and rancher. He married Delia M Hammond and they had thirteen children, each reared to regard the high importance of a good education. NB: Josiah Gorham, father of Elizabeth Gorham, wife of Alden Hammond, was the proprietor of the hotel in Lockeford in 1867 according to the 1867 Pacific Coast Directory. Delia Marcell HAMMOND-3923 and Dean Jewett LOCKE-4307 had the following children:
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