Richard H. Hammerly, general manager and stockholder of the Jackson Milling & Manufacturing Company, was born in Tennessee in 1844; is the son of Joseph and Virginia B. (Noel) Hammerly. Richard H. was reared to manhood in Huntingdon, Carroll Co., Tenn., and received his education in the best schools of that place. In 1862 he enlisted in the Twelfth Kentucky Cavalry, and participated in many of the battles up to March 24, 1864, when he received a gun-shot wound in the right knee, and was totally unfitted for further service. He located in Jackson in October, 1864, and he and his father engaged in the livery business. They afterward became coal and lumber merchants, and then began selling beer and ice. In December, 1885, he purchased an interest in his present business and became manager of the same. In 1880 he was married to Ada F. Flack, of Memphis, Tenn., daughter of Sanders Flack. Mr. and Mrs. Hammerly have two daughters and one son. Himself and wife are members of the First Methodist Church, and he is a Democrat in his political views and has been a successful business man and is highly respected and esteemed.

Goodspeeds History of Tennessee