1.0Hammond Castlehttps://hammondcastle.orgAlexia Parkerhttps://hammondcastle.org/author/alexiaemaniocreative-com/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="NdipS78ay9"><a href="https://hammondcastle.org/hammond-family-spotlight-harris-hays-hammond/">Hammond Family Spotlight: Harris Hays Hammond</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://hammondcastle.org/hammond-family-spotlight-harris-hays-hammond/embed/#?secret=NdipS78ay9" width="600" height="338" title="“Hammond Family Spotlight: Harris Hays Hammond” — Hammond Castle" data-secret="NdipS78ay9" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://hammondcastle.org/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://hammondcastle.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/HFS-Harris-Hays-Hammond-Thumb2.jpg19201004The first of the children to be born to John Hays Hammond Sr. and Natalie Harris Hammond was Harris Hays Hammond, on November 27, 1881 in San Francisco. In October of 1882, he accompanied his mother, aunt, and uncle on a trip to visit his father in Sonora, Mexico, where Hammond Sr. was managing a silver mine.