Park Alford Hammond, son of Harris H. (1897-1973) and Iva Olive (Alford) (1893-1984) Hammond, was born 19 April 1916, Okemos, Ingham County, Michigan. He graduated in 1934 from Okemos High School.
Park married Vanieta Stanton 13 January 1939, Indiana. The couple later divorced. Park married Oletta I. Hunt 1 December 1949, Flint, Genesee County, Michigan. Oletta, born 24 July 1905, died 23 February 1997, Genesee County. Park died 3 May 2001, Genesee County. Park and Oletta were interred Glendale Cemetery, Okemos.