Background
Hammond, Eli Shelby was born on April 21, 1838 in Brandon, Mississippi, United States. Son of John Chesed Purnell and Priscilla Atalla (Shelby) Hammond.
Hammond, Eli Shelby was born on April 21, 1838 in Brandon, Mississippi, United States. Son of John Chesed Purnell and Priscilla Atalla (Shelby) Hammond.
Graduate Union University, Tennessee, 1857. Lebanon Law School, 1858. Served in C.S.A., 1861-1865.
Home: Memphis, Tennessee
Married Frances East. Davis, January 13, 1864. Married second, Mistress.