Below is a roster of Hammond's more noted first settlers. How many of these names look familiar to you? Many of these family members were instrumental in the make of the city as we know it today. While others were businessmen and professionals serving the citizens of Hammond.

Ahlendorf   Beilby    Belloff   Booth   Boyle   Camp Custer   Dedelow   Dorsey   Drackert   Ebert   Fischer Freitag   Gibson   Goodman   Grady   Hammond   Hartman Heckleman   Herkner   Hess   Hohman   Huddle   Huehn Humpfer   Humpher   Jarnecke   Kasper   Kleihege   Kleman Klitzke   Knoerzer   Kolb   Lang   Levene   Lohse Long   Matthies   Mason   Merrill   Mily   Minas Moser   Mott   Muenich   Mullen   Norman   Pergande Planer   Polin   Prohl   Reese   Reilly   Rimbach Rippe   Roth   Ruff   Scherer   Schloer   Schrieber Schroeter   Schrum   Smith   Sohl   Sommers   Stamm Tapper   Terre   Thompson   Towle   Webster   Weis    Werley    Windisch  Winkler   Zachon

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