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Hammer, Malinda

 Person

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Dorset Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS Z
Abstract The Colwell-Dorset Family were prominent pioneers in La Crosse, Wis., originating from New England. Key family members include Nannie Hammer who married Capt. Wilson Colwell, who was killed in the Battle of South Mountain in 1862 during the Civil War. They had one daughter together also named Nannie Colwell. The widow Nannie Colwell then married Rev. C. P. Dorset, an Episcopal minister. The couple had several children together: Marian, Helen, and Bernard Dorset.The collection has...
Dates: 1850-1965; Majority of material found within 1870 - 1952