Isaac Pierce Damon

  • Born October 26, 1817 in Holden, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
  • Parents were SAMUEL DAMON, Jr. and ALONA CHENERY.
  • Married MARY AUGUSTA HARTWELL on January 6, 1839 in Holden, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
  • Occupation - farmer, town clerk
  • Enlisted with the 51st. Massachusetts Volunteers on September 30, 1862; discharged July, 1863.





CHILDREN

  1. HELEN DAMON, Born August 6, 1839 in Holden, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died August 24, 1878. Graduated from Wheaton Seminary in 1859. Taught in Government Schools in Honolulu, Hawaii from 1860 to 1862. Married JAMES M. SHUTE on October 12, 1864.
  2. MARION DAMON, Born February 28, 1841 in Holden, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died May 24, 1843 in Holden, Worcester County, Massachusetts of "Disease of heart and lungs" at the age of 2 years, 2 months, 27 days.
  3. JULIA DAMON, Born March 6, 1842 in Holden, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died April 7, 1842 in Holden, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
  4. MARY ALONA DAMON, Born January 5, 1844 in Holden, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died June 3, 1878. Married EMORY ROGERS on April 23, 1868.
  5. ISAAC CHENERY DAMON, Born May 7, 1847 in Holden, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died September 20, 1848 in Holden, Worcester County, Massachusetts, of Dysentery at the age of 1 year, 5 months, 13 days.
  6. MARION VIRGINIA DAMON, born April 16, 1850. Married FRANCIS SHUTE on May 7, 1879.
  7. HARRY CHENERY DAMON, born January 7, 1853.
  8. ANNA CLIFTON DAMON, born December 26, 1856. Graduated from Worcester Normal School in 1880. She was a school teacher.

SOURCE:

  • The Hartwells of America, by Lyman Willard Densmore, Hartwell & Lorenzen, Saginaw MI, 1956. Page 55.
  • Damon Memorial, by Samuel Chenery Damon, printed for A.F. Damon and the author, Honolulu HI, 1882. Page 31.
  • Holden, Massachusetts Town Records