Gammon, Samuel H. b. 14 May 1797 Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME d. 25 Apr 1881 Odell, Livingston Co., IL: My Damon Genealogy

1797 - 1881 (83 years)

Father	Gammon, Daniel, b. 9 Aug 1761, Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME d. 1853, Wilton, Franklin Co., ME (Age 91 years)
Mother	Elder, Mary Polly, b. 11 Oct 1763, Windham, Cumberland Co., ME d. Between 1786 and 1857 (Age 22 years)
Marriage	04 Jan 1787	Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME [3]
Family ID	F7250	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Quint, Melinda, b. 07 May 1798 d. Abt 1882 (Age 83 years)

Marriage 24 Sep 1818 [1]

Children

	1. Gammon, Elijah Hanson, b. 1819 d. 1891 (Age 72 years)
	2. Gammon, Ansel Elder, b. 01 Mar 1824, Farmington, Franklin Co., ME d. 02 Jul 1916, Pasadena, Los Angeles Co., CA (Age 92 years)

Family ID F32510 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 10 Aug 2016

Event Map

	Birth - 14 May 1797 - Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME
	Death - 25 Apr 1881 - Odell, Livingston Co., IL

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Notes

From Ancestry.com member Judy Kenaston Warren
Husband of Melinda Quint. He served in the War of 1812 under Capt Watson Rand from Aug 5, 1814 to Nov 5, 1814. ------------------------------------------ From "The History of Livingston County, Illinois" Samuel Gammon, retired, Odell; was born in Gorham, ME., May 14, 1797; he was raised a farmer, his gather being an extensive farmer and lumberman; on the 14th of Sept., 1815, just at the close of the war of 1812, the city of Portland, ME., was threatened by the British men-of-war, and an attack was hourly expected; the forts on either side of the harbor were comparatively no protection, not being sufficiently garrisoned; in this emergency Mr. Gammon, then 18 years of age, volunteered with others for the defense of the city, and was stationed a Fort Preble, where he remained until after the ratification of peace between the two governments; in 1843, he came to Illinois and located at Shabbona Grove, in DeKalb Co., where he opened afarm and remeined about two years, and then removed to Earlville; he came to Odell in 1867, and after about ten years removed to Batavia. He was married Sept. 24, 1818, to Miss Melinda Quint, of his native town, with whom he has passed sixty years of married life; she was born on the 7th day of May 1798; they have five children--Elijah H., Ansel E., Samuel, Charles and Eliza P. (Now Mrs. Charles Hennick, of Odell).

[S682] Daughters of the American Revolution, Descendants Database Search, Gammon, Daniel, National no. 753144.
[S706] Gorham, Maine Genealogical Society, King, Marquis F., Publishments, Marriages, Births, and Deaths from the Earlier Records of Gorham, Maine, (Maine Genealogical Society; Date: 1897), p. 161.
[S706] Gorham, Maine Genealogical Society, King, Marquis F., Publishments, Marriages, Births, and Deaths from the Earlier Records of Gorham, Maine, (Maine Genealogical Society; Date: 1897), p. 104.