Jabez Ham

 Elder Jabez Ham (1796-1842) = Farmer. Primitive Baptist minister. Born on August 3 to Rhoda and Stephen Ham, Sr. of Madison Co, KY.

Jabez married Hannah S. Todd (b.1798), daughter of Hannah and Peter Todd [1756, PA.- c.1841, Ky.) a former Revolutionary War Soldier, on January 13, 1814. They emigrated to Missouri in 1817 and altogether had 14 children. A dark chapter came into their lives when Indians massacred all passengers, including two of their boys, on a wagon train going west but one, Joel Campbell Ham (1818-1887). He escaped by crawling into a haystack and the Indians overlooked him. He returned to Missouri.

(Note: According to a cousin, she had never heard of the above Indian massacre story, but I obtained the story from the genealogy compiled by Rev. Ervin C. Tipton, whom my grandmother corresponded with during her own family research. )

Elder Jabez Ham organized a church on Loutre Creek in Montgomery County, Missouri called New Providence in 1826. In a letter, written by a Callaway County woman to her sister in Kentucky about a wedding she attended officiated by him, she described him thus: "He had on a long buckskin overcoat that looked so funny! Mr. Ham was a spelling and reading the ceremony from the book." He was said to be quite a character. Another story involves a State senator, one Mr. Harper who left Montgomery County to get a load of corn in Callaway County. Harper wore his usual home-spun clothes and on his way back home, he went by a house where Jabe was preaching. Harper stopped by to hear it and during the services, Jabe asked the congregation to kneel in prayer, which all did except Harper, who leaned his head upon his hand. Then Jabe prayed that the Lord would bless "that Virginia man, who had on store clothes, and was afraid or too proud to get down on his knees."

He passed away in Callaway County, Missouri on December 12, 1842 and is buried in the New Providence church cemetery. His Findagrave #28718049 memorial. 

* Historical Note: According to the Primitive Baptist Church Library in Carthage, IL (link below), there were five bodies of Primitive Baptist churches in Montgomery County - Elkhorn, Little Bethel, Loutre, Macedonia and New Providence.   

More to Read:

1. 1830 US Federal Census, Montgomery County, MO. 

2. The Ham Family Kith and Kin. By Rev. Ervin Charles Tipton. San Rafael, CA. 1977.

3. Madison County, Kentucky Marriage Records, Vol. 1, p. 113.

4. "History of Elk Fork Township: Joel C. Ham." The History of Pettis County, Missouri. A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri: With Numerous Sketches …By William Smith Byron and Rose, p. 972

5. Revolutionary War Records for Peter Todd, #S31430, Rowan County, NC under Capt. Robert Moore
6. The Ghost Towns of Central Missouri: Callaway & Osage Counties. by Kelly Warman-Stallings. Ketch's Printing, Jefferson City, MO, 1998. Vol.2.

7. J.K. Martin's Ham Page

8. Ham Country

9. YouTube video (sorry, the quality of the video is not that great)
10. Primitive Baptist Church Library in Carthage, IL
11. Access Genealogy
12. Charles Harper, 2nd District (1842) Missouri State Senators

Places to Visit:

According to the above cousin, there is a family reunion for the Ham descendants, but I have never been. 

Citation: "Jabez Ham." Written by Dolores J. Rush. 6 November 2024. Rush Family News, USA. 

In Memory of Her Veterans

FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR "Seven Years War" (1754-1763)

REVOLUTIONARY WAR (1775-1783)

FLETCHER, William (1750-1792) served under George Rogers Clark, DAR#:A209074

GRIFFIN, Richard (1735 -1824), Montgomery County, KY DAR marker on Montgomery Co, KY courthouse

TODD, Peter (1756-1841) North Carolina under Captain Robert Moore. DAR No. #A114383

WAR OF 1812 (1812-1815)

BLACKHAWK WAR (1832)

MEXICAN WAR (1846-1848)

BORDER WAR/CIVIL WAR (1854 to 1865 in KS/MO.)

BOONE, Robert E. (1848-1865) Co. G, 5th Missouri Cavalry, CSA, Private. POW-Camp Morton, Indianapolis, IN  

BOONE , Samuel (1817-1871) Co. G., 5th Regiment, MO Cavalry, CSA, Private

O'NEAL, Philander H (1850-1920) 2nd Regiment, Illinois Cavalry, Company M.A. (Union). 
RIDDLE, Dr. Hamilton Rush (1841-1926), Co. B, 130th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. POW-Camp Ford, Tyler, TX

SCOTT, Jasper  (1843-1863) Co. E, 3rd Missouri Cavalry, CSA, Private

WHITE, Martin (1802-1862) Field & Staff, 3rd Cavalry, 8th Division, Lieutenant Colonel, Elected 7/30/61, Born in KY, Residence: Bates County, MO, Age 58, Resigned 8/20/61

WORLD WAR I (1914-1918)

ULLOM, Benjamin Franklin (1895-1965) 

WORLD WAR II (1939-1945)

HANSEN, Glen E. (1915-2008), Field Artillery, Battle of the Bulge; USO chairman

O'NEAL, Nelson B. (1920-1947) 

O'NEAL, Willie (1919-1995) US Army

KOREAN WAR (1950-1953)

O'NEAL, Robert (1927-1989) USAF, Master Sargent

O'NEAL, Willie (1919-1995) US Army

ULLOM, Benjamin F., Jr. (1934-1997) USAF

ULLOM, Melvin (1936-2014) USMC

VIETNAM WAR (1955-1975)

ULLOM, Melvin (1936-2014) USAF, Tech Sargent

UNKNOWN 

BERRY, Benjamin Franklin (1841-1904) info based on his obituary "an old soldier"

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PEACE TIME SERVICE:

O'NEAL, Charles (1931-1969)

THORNHILL, Neva D. (O'Neal) (1927-2016) USAF, flight nurse 

ULLOM, Laurence (1897-1961) Medical Honorable Discharge 

Researched by Dolores J. Rush, Updated: 9/29/2019

DAR: Daughters of the American Revolution

One of David’s cousins called him last year asking for help to fill out some admission papers for the local chapter of the  Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). Her dad got sick shortly after that and we haven’t heard anything recently concerning her paperwork.

We talked to the regent of the local chapter at the Grinter Applefest in Wyandotte County, KS. last weekend. The DAR is a volunteer service organization dedicated to promoting patriotism, preserving American history and securing America’s future through better education for children. But in order to be a member, one must be a woman 18 years or older, regardless of race, religion, or ethic background, who can prove lineal descent from a patriot of the American Revolution. They have a DAR library and archives. The genealogy library is said to be the second largest research center in the world, with more than 300,000 files, 185,000 books, and 65,000 microfilms, in the national headquarters. The Archives has nearly 5,000 early American manuscripts and imprints.

Some of their activities involve awarding scholarships and financial aid to students, locating and marking historical landmarks and graves of countless Revolutionary War patriots, volunteering at VA hospitals, preserving local landmarks and historic structures in communities across the country, conserving pre-Industrial American decorative art objects, giving copies of the DAR Manual for Citizenship to immigrants studying for naturalization and becoming docents at local museums.

I was interested in learning that over thirty DAR state societies maintain a state or period room at the National Headquarters in Washington, D.C. and the Kansas Chapel contains stained glass sunflower windows assembled from twelve panels removed during the 1967 remodeling of the Carnegie Library in Wichita. The sunflower is Kansas' state flower. Talk about preserving history! *smile*

David’s 5th great-grandfather, Abel Stout, from New Jersey, fought in the American Revolution.

For more information on either the local chapter  or the national organization check out their websites.  

Revolutionary War Ancestors: 
Fletcher, William (1750-1792), DAR #A209074
Griffin, Richard (name posted on DAR plaque at the Montgomery Co, KY courthouse).
Morgan II, Morgan (1737-1797), DAR  #A080522
Stout, Abel (1740-1797), DAR #A110657
Todd, Peter ( 1756-1841), DAR #A114383

Possible Ancestor:
Morris, Sr., Lewis (1726-1798), DAR #A101275