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Billy was the only son of Anderson Hamer and Julia Brewer. U.S. Marine Private Billy Hamer, son of legendary Texas Ranger Frank Hamer, was KIA during WWII at Iwo Jima. Oops, some error occurred while uploading your photo(s).

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After several shots the Yank broke from behind his tree and ran. If a new volunteer signs up in your requested photo location, they may see your existing request and take the photo. In General Hoods campaign in Tennessee, after evacuating Atlanta, Billy was wounded in the head in the famous charge on the fortifications at Franklin. Resend Activation Email. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. On General Joseph Johnstons retreat before Sherman, Billy was in the battles of Dalton, Resaca, Peachtree Creek, Ezra Church, Jonesboro and Atlanta. Reputation Score. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. LATEST HEADLINES.

His enlistment papers stated that he was 19 years old, was 5-9 tall, had blue eyes and black hair, with a ruddy complexion. Try again. There is a problem with your email/password. Sally lived with her husbands youngest son, Harry Erwin, until her death in 1917. Failed to remove flower. Join Facebook to connect with Billy Hamer and others you may know. Birth Date: 13 Dec 1842 Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. Cochran Hamer, Ann Hamer, James Cochran Hamer, Alfred Hamer, Martha Hame... John Hicks Hamer, Ann Nancy `polly` Hamer (born Cochran). Sorry! We have 2 volunteers within fifty miles of your requested photo location.

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Rate Bill. On 8 August 1865 he married his childhood sweetheart, Mary Jane Salmon, daughter of Fieldon S. Salmon and Elizabeth B. He was on Missionary Ridge when it was lost to the Yankees in the so-called Battle of the Clouds and he chuckled telling of how fast he and his comrades ran to escape capture.
GREAT NEWS! Please try again later. For Edits select Suggest Edits on the memorial page. On return to duty from the hospital Billy was again in the thick of the fight at Baitonville and Kingston, N. C. At the latter place his regiment, reduced to 40 men, captured 300 men of the 15th Connecticut, with their colors, in a wild charge against their entrenchments. ...el Curtis (born Hamer), Mary (Polly) Thomas (born Hamer), Henry Council Hamer, Robert Cochran Hamer, Ann Robertson (born Hamer), James C.... John Hicks Hamer, Nancy Hamer (born Cochran). Try again later. Rank: Private. ). Billy was the only son of Anderson Hamer and Julia Brewer.

Also an additional volunteer within fifty miles. Cochran Hamer, Ann Robertson (born Hamer), James Cochran Hamer, Alfred H... ...th Gainus Hamer, Frances Hamer, Thomas Hamer, Charlotte Hamer, Charles H. Hamer, Nancy Margaret Hamer, William Hamer, James R. (Jim) Hame... Tatum, Marlboro County, South Carolina, United States. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? He received the same type education and training in running a plantation as his Uncles Frank and Turner. He told of an encounter with an Irishman at Peachtree Creek while on the skirmish line. Also an additional 2 volunteers within fifty miles. Add to your scrapbook.