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On April 15, 1912, Hammond was married to Miss Mae Andrews at Swampscott, Massachusetts, and announced he was giving up flying due to her strenuous objections. Following their honeymoon they settled at Chicago where he took a position with a Trust Company. Hammond remained actively interested in aviation and soon joined the Aero Club of Illinois as a social member. In January, 1914, he was elected secretary of the club, and in August, 1916, he enlisted in the Central U.S Aviation Reserves at Chicago.
In 1917 Hammond was commissioned a Lieutenant in the new Aerial Coast Patrol of which he was a founding member. Later that year he entered the Great Lakes Naval Training Station and resumed active flying. He was soon promoted to Lt. Commander and during World War 1 was in charge of aviation at the Training Station. During the latter part of the war, and for a short time following, Hammond was at Guantanamo, Cuba, conducting special tests of flying planes form the decks of Navy ships.
In June , 1919, Hammond was in charge of a flying school in Chicago, operated by George W. Browne, a Curtess distributor. In 1920 he went into business selling World War 1 Aviation disposal Curtiss OX engines, and "Jenny" and "Cannuck" planes. He remained in this business for a time and in 1921 was also agent for Laird planes. In 1922 he joined the staff of Harry T. Hollingswood, distributor of Lafayette motor cars in Chicago. In 1924 he was re-elected secretary of the Aero Club of Illinois. Reportedly he later engaged in manufacturing.
Hammond died unexpectedly on May 2, 1932, in Jacksonville, Florida, hospital where he had been taken after suffering a heart attack while returning by car to Chicago from Miami. He was 41 years of age and survived by his wife and daughter. His remains were returned to Chicago for burial in Rosehill Cemetery. He had become a member of the Early Birds in October, 1930.
Flying Pioneer, Edward Lee Hammond was truly one of the pioneers of the early era of American aviation history and contributed significantly to its