Damon, Joseph Barker

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Damon Cemetery
• Census: 1820, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 1830, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 1840, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 30 Aug 1850, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; Farmer
• Census: 19 Jul 1860, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 17 Jun 1870, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; Farmer
• Census: 04 Jun 1880, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME

Joseph married Allen, Mahala after 07 Sep 1817 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. Mahala (daughter of Allen, Joshua and Cotton, Comfort) was born on 02 Jun 1793 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; died in 1882; was buried in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sylvanus married Cressey, Sarah Ann on 22 Oct 1841 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. Sarah was born on 20 Jun 1822 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; died on 7 Mar 1901 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

went to New Orleans, LA. and was not heard of after the Civil War. Perhaps died in
California at about 90 years of age. He also ran for the job of representative to the State legislature of Maine and received one vote in 1835.

Family/Spouse: Damon, Angeline. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1840, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 19 Jul 1860, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 17 Jun 1870, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 04 Jun 1880, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME

Family/Spouse: Damon, Bethia Thatcher. Bethia (daughter of Damon, Jonathan Jr. and Perry, Bethia Barker) was born on 21 Jun 1820 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; died on 10 Jun 1903 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Family: Twin to Lois

Notes:

Buried:
Mount Vernon Cemetery

Family/Spouse: Gard, Peter. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Family: Twin to Mary Allen
• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Buckfield Village Cemetery

Lois married Tucker, Eldridge G. on 19 Dec 1841 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. Eldridge was born on 23 Feb 1809. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lois married Tucker, William Standish after 1844. William was born on 30 Aug 1820; died on 02 Aug 1910 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Buckfield Village Cemetery

Sarah married McKenney, Jeremy on 14 Oct 1842 in Abington, Plymouth Co., MA. Jeremy was born about 1824. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Williamson, Erastus Edward on 06 Apr 1879 in Abington, Plymouth Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Buckfield Village Cemetery
• Census: 16 Jun 1860, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 25 Jun 1870, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 28 Jun 1880, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME

Notes:

On the 1870 Census, there is a child listed as Joseph B, age 7.....this must be Bradbury Freemont.

John married Drake, Achsah Maria on 6 Nov 1854 in Shelburne, Coos Co., NH. Achsah (daughter of Drake, Martin and Bisbee, Celia) was born on 19 Aug 1828 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; died on 13 Mar 1903 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Judith married Given, John R. on 27 Jul 1848 in Auburn, Androscoggin Co., ME. John was born on 02 Mar 1824 in Auburn, Androscoggin Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Barrett, Mary Ann on 09 Jul 1857 in Douglas, Worcester Co., MA. Mary was born on 22 Apr 1839 in East Thompson, Windham Co., CT; died on 23 Feb 1904 in North Abington, Plymouth Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 30 Aug 1850, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME

Lucinda married Hicks, Anson on 08 Sep 1856 in Weymouth, Norfolk Co., MA. Anson was born about 1829 in Weymouth, Norfolk Co., MA; died before 1935. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: Civil War Veteran Served from 15 August 1862 to 1865 Private in Co. I. 11th Regt. Inf. ME. Volunteers Transferred to Invalid Corps in 1865
• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Buckfield Village Cemetery
• Census: 30 Aug 1850, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 16 Jun 1860, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Joseph and wife living with John Miller Damon
• Census: 17 Jun 1870, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; Farmer
• Census: 04 Jun 1880, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME

Notes:

Joseph was a Civil War veteran. He was with the Maine volunteers. He was called "JB". by both family and friends. He was a farmer, and a woodsman and the last Civil War veteran in Buckfield. When Veterans Day came around each year the parade would stop In front of Alton's house with JB on the porch when he could no longer walk in the parade and they would stop and play a song out of respect for what he had done. He would often remind his children of the values of loving your country and your town. He was a very patriotic and a good family man, and a church goer. Geneva Damon his granddaughter talked very respectfully of JB and his two sons and the values they shared. JB lived in the house that Jonathan had built and his granddaughter Geneva was the last Damon to live in the Damon homestead near the Damon Cemetery.
Joseph enlisted August 15, 1852 from Bridgton, Me. to serve 3 years as a private in Co. I, 11th Reg., Maine Volunteers Infantry. While in the service and while in the line of duty, he was taken sick with chills and fever and sent to the hospital at Hilton Head, South Carolina where he remained for 4 weeks. When he returned to his Reg., while building tents, he fell striking his right side and was sent to Beaufort, South Carolina, where he remained in the hospital for about 1 year, serving in the 2nd battalion of the Invalid Corps. He was then sent North to Central Park Hospital, New York City, and then came home on a furlough. He returned to Augusta and later to Central Park Hospital. He rejoined his Reg. at Deep Bottom and did some light duty, when he was again taken sick and sent to Reg. Hospital, then went on board transport and proceeded to Fort Schuyler, after which he was sent to Augusta, Me. where he was honorably discharged May 15, 1865 by reason of disability. Following is a section at the bottom of his record. This picture of the Easel Chapel Monument bearing the personal record of Joseph B. Damon was dedicated to him December 1, 1894, by his wife Ester M.

This is a story written by Geneva V Damon about her grandfather, Joseph Bradbury Damon.
Gramp, by Geneva Damon

I think I remember Gramp most often in church. Whenever the minister strikes an especially telling blow on the side of the angels, I can hear Grandfather's ringing "Hallelujah!" or "A-a-men!" I can also feel myself squirm with embarrassment and wish I might drop through the floor. It made no difference to Gramp that nobody else in the congregation did this. If he felt it, he said it!

For that matter, I doubt if anyone else raced horses on their way home from church. Perhaps Gramp didn't consider it racing, exactly. Certainly no money changed hands over the outcome. It was just that he liked fast horses, and he had a fast horse. It happened that we had a neighbor about a half-mile up the road who also had a fast horse. I don't think that she ever went to church, but Vestie always seemed to be in the village on Sunday morning, and just starting for home when we came from church behind Black Billy.

I'm sure both horses looked forward to these encounters. Billy's ears would prick up when he spotted Black Sambo in the Square, and people and dogs learned to scramble for the sidewalks when the two blacks headed across the Bridge and made the turn for High Street.

My legs were still so short that when I sat back on the wagon seat, as instructed by Gramp, my legs could only stick straight out in front of me. So my place was in the middle, with a death-grip on Grandfather's arm on one side and that of my sister on the other. I was scared half to death, but wouldn't have missed it for the world.

After the long up-slope of High Street, there was a short level stretch, then a long down hill sweep where we really picked up speed. Gramp hardly tightened the reins but spoke softly to Billy, "Woosh, back now, Whoosh, back!" Billy knew that this didn't mean for him to slow down, only to be careful how he stepped.

At the foot of this hill was our house, but we whizzed on by with no thought of stopping. Then we were on the plains with a clear straightaway. Here was where you had to watch out for Vestie and Sambo. They'd pass us if they could, before we got to the steep pitch beyond the cemetery. The wagon swayed from side to side and the dust rose in clouds as we thundered down and swooped across the Pond Brook Bridge, and on past Vestie's house.

It was really a horse race. I don't think either driver ever used the whip. Whoever was in the lead making the turn around the watering trough in the Upper Village, about two miles from the starting point, was considered the winner for that day. Going back, Vestie would drop out at her place and we rolled on home to Sunday dinner.

Grandfather must have been in his seventies when I first remember these excursions. He was a fine looking gentleman in his Sunday best. A broad-shouldered, rugged man, just under six feet in height, Blue eyes, white hair and a well-trimmed white mustache. One occasion, probably an Old Home Sunday, when the Honorable John Davis Long, who had been Sec. of the Navy in Pres. William McKinley's administration, had returned to town for the celebration. He and Gramp stood outside the church talking together, and they looked enough alike to be brothers. Furthermore, you could not have told at a glance which was the farmer and which the politician.

I do not think Gramp would have been a success as a politician, and I never heard that he had any ambitions in that direction. He was a firm believer in a man's right to run his own affairs as he saw fit and expected neither help nor interference from anyone. When the government first began legislating how many acres one could plant on this and that, and paying farmers not to farm, my brother would often remark, "It's a lucky thing that Gramp isn't around now and trying to farm. He'd be in jail half the time!"

By the time I can remember him, Gramp's temper was under better control than in his younger days. I do know that he was not patient with animals when they didn't do just as he expected them to. Once when a colt kicked him and broke his wrist, my brothers were far from sympathetic, and said it served him right.

I recall hearing about one incident involving Mr. Atwood, the store keeper, and a pair of rubber boots. Evidently, Gramp felt he had been gypped on the deal. He marched into the store and said as much, and probably more, to Mr. Atwood. I don't know what, if anything, the store keeper said, but Grandfather reached across the counter, grabbed him by the ears and had a good start at hauling him over the counter by these handles before other customers rescued the poor man. I believe it took four of them to subdue Gramp.

Church and Grange meetings were about the only social affairs Gramp attended. He and Grammie would occasionally go to visit relatives and old friends, when she was feeling well enough. She suffered terribly from asthma and this was a great distress to all of us, because we adored Grammie Esther. This was also an area where we did not think Gramp showed a proper concern. He was accustomed to having "Et", as he called her, wait upon him hand and foot when he was in the house. I well remember one Sunday morning when she was struggling for every breath, but still helping Gramp get ready for church. She had just sunk into her chair exhausted, when he called, "Et! my hat needs brushing!" Well, that did it! My sister and I spoke as one indignant voice, "Brush your own hat! Can't you see she's sick?"

Well, the sisters did not attend church that morning. (We told each other we wouldn't have gone with him anyway.) Mother brushed the hat, and probably smoothed over our disrespectful utterances somewhat. But she did not need to punish us. Nothing could have been worse than seeing Grammie sitting there with tears rolling down her cheeks, just sadly looking at us and shaking her head. Gramp and Grammie never practiced women's lib.

Gramp had brought the Plains Farm, where my sister and I were born and grew up, when he was in his fifties, I believe. The original Old Homestead was up on a high ridge, several miles from the village. Of course, there was no village there when Gramp's grandfather received his homestead grant after the Revolutionary War. It was a typical rocky New England hill when Johnathan started to clear the fields.

Evidently the men in our family, generation after generation, had had a "thing" about rocks. By the time Johnathan, his son, Joseph, and then his son, J.B. (Gramp) and my father had finished with those fields, no rock dared show its hear to interfere with plow, harrow or mower. The rocks were wrestled out and became sturdy foundations and deep rock-walled cellars under houses, barns and outbuildings. Or they lined the walls of deep, cool wells and springs, or formed stone culverts under the road. Tons of rocks were laid deep underground for miles of drainage ditches and more tons were stout boundary walls.

When our men were not moving their own rocks, they were moving rocks for other people. For miles around they built the foundations and cellars of houses, lined wells, built fireplaces, laid stone culverts and built bridge abutments.

I never knew whether Gramp finally got tired of wrestling rocks or just wanted to be nearer town, but whatever the reason, he bought the Plains Farm. Some of his old neighbors were fond of joshing him about it. "Well, J.B., I hear you're retiring. No more hills and rocks, eh? Just smooth level sand on these plains. Easy to work in the spring, and not a darned thing to do in the fall, 'cause you sure won't raise anything but dust on this sand pile."

They didn't know J.B. as well as they thought they did. Besides the sandy plains there was a flat intervale, through which a little river flowed, and overflowed. It had thick, rich, black muck a foot deep. With horses and cart, muscle and stubborn determination, that much was removed from the flat and deposited on the sandy plains. And things grew. They wouldn't have dared not to!

In fact, Gramp must have been a pretty good farmer and manager, as they seemed to live quite comfortable and he was able to "lay by" a little through the years. He and Dad were practising woodlot management and selective cutting before most people had ever heard of it. And many of the bits that Gramp had "laid by" were dispensed, from time to time, without fanfare, to many different people, in many different sorts of emergencies. Some of these we learned about years later, from the recipients - never from Gramp.

J.B. also had a cemetery. If I ever did know, I've forgotten what sore of a disagreement he had with the Village Cemetery Association. Whatever it was, he started a cemetery of his own, on his own land, right beside the other cemetery and in competition with it. He laid out blocks of lots and sold them, laid out roads, had water piped in from the town water supply, and was his own Sexton. He opened graves, mowed the grass and tended the lots as long as he was able. Then the job descended to Dad and thence to my brothers. We kids were all brought up in the cemetery, more or less, as we helped with the mowing and trimming of lots, especially just before Memorial Day. I shall never forget crawling on my knees, trimming the grass from around the small headstones, until I had blisters on top of my blisters, and black fly and mosquito bites wherever there was room for another on my aching carcass.

Gramp was one of the youngest of a family of thirteen children. He never saw his oldest brother, who died in California at the age of 104. The strain must have been diluted somewhat by the time J.B. came along, as Gramp lived to be only 93.

He was in his seventies when I can first remember him, but in his eighties he was still moving rocks. When Dad took over most of the management of the farm, Gramp didn't exactly retire. He had a few acres about a mile from the house, on another road, which is still known as Gramp's Orchard. Part of it he had set with apple trees, and the rest was woodlot. Any rocks that got in his way in the orchard were moved. They either went farther underground and became drainage ditches or went into the magnificent retaining wall he built along the side next the road. This wall sloped from about eight feet high at the highest part of the lot, to only about two feet on the low end. That wall stands as true today as it did sixty years ago.

Mother used to worry about Gramp taking Black Billy and going up there to the Orchard to work all alone, a man in his eighties! So quite often, when we were not in school, we girls were delegated to go with him. I don't recall that we helped him. We weren't invited to. And we were not what you could Call company for him, because he promptly forgot we were there. He worked, and we played. But we found it was a good idea to keep one eye on what he was doing. One day he dropped a tree so nearly on top of us that the outside branched knocked us flat. As we scrambled out from under the assessed the damages, he noticed us and called out, "Take care there or you'll get a heist!" Whereupon we promptly deserted him and walked home in high dudgeon. We informed Mother that we were thought taking care of Gramp, that he was a darned sight safer then we were.

J.B. was a veteran of the Civil War, and it was a source of great satisfaction to him, I remember, to have his pension check arrive regularly every month. I am sure it was a very small amount then, and would seem even smaller now, but it was his, and he'd jolly well earned it!

He marched proudly in the Memorial Day parades for a good many years. Then he consented to ride to the cemetery, though he was more than likely to walk back from the cemetery to the house. Finally, the last few years, he'd just sit on the porch and watch the parade. They would halt in the road in front of the house and the band would play a number, just for him. He was one of the last of the G.A.R. veterans in the town.

In his cemetery, he laid out four lots, one for each of his children, and graded them all together into one square, forty feet to a side. When Grammie Esther dies, Gramp bought a family monument and set it right in the middle of this block. It is immense, but plain. A tall, sturdy square of grey New England granite, not too highly polished. A fitting symbol for Gramp.

Buried:
Buckfield Village Cemetery

Joseph married Drake, Esther Merrill Jordan on 01 May 1858 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. Esther (daughter of Drake, Martin and Bisbee, Celia) was born on 27 Jan 1839 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; died on 29 Dec 1921 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 30 Aug 1850, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 19 Jul 1860, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME

Notes:

1860 census, living at home

Family/Spouse: Barrett, Ellen Marion. Ellen was born in Dec 1842 in East Thompson, Windham Co., CT; died on 17 Jun 1902 in North Abington, Plymouth Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Farrar, Jefferson D. on 30 Oct 1860 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME. Jefferson was born on 21 Feb 1842 in South Paris, Oxford Co., ME; died on 31 Dec 1920 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Albina married Lawrence, Albert H. on 08 May 1868 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. Albert was born on 28 Jul 1834 in Falmouth, Barnstable Co., MA; died on 25 Nov 1909 in Chelsea, Suffolk Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Family: No children

Leonora married Bray, William Wallace in 1869. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Buckfield Village Cemetery

Freeland married Bragdon, Harriet D. Shedd on 04 Jun 1876 in Poland, Androscoggin Co., ME. Harriet was born on 20 Dec 1846 in Poland, Androscoggin Co., ME; died on 05 Jan 1933 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Apoplexy (stroke)

Buried:
Riverside Cemetery

Frank married Buck, Lulie A. on 10 Dec 1887 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. Lulie was born on 11 Oct 1867 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Family: Never married
• Census: 19 Jul 1860, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 17 Jun 1870, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME

Other Events and Attributes:

• Family: No children
• Census: 19 Jul 1860, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME

Family/Spouse: Beloga, Morris. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Arey, Robert E.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Family: No children

Sarah married McCorrison, James on 15 Dec 1869 in Meadowbrook. MA. James was born in 1836 in Vinalhaven, Knox Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Arey, Robert on 15 Dec 1869 in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA. Robert was born about 1836 in Vinalhaven, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Buckfield Village Cemetery

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Buckfield Village Cemetery

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 19 Jul 1860, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME

Family/Spouse: Leighton, Lewis. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Page, Charles. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Foss, Moses/Alvin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 19 Jul 1860, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 17 Jun 1870, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME

Charles married Cox, Mary Ellen on 5 Jul 1872 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME. Mary was born on 15 Jun 1852; died on 19 Dec 1927 in Quincy, Norfolk Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Buckfield Village Cemetery

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Buckfield Village Cemetery
• Census: 17 Jun 1870, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: May 1930, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME

William married Stiles, Ella Elizabeth on 21 May 1885 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. Ella was born on 08 Mar 1866 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; died on 03 Apr 1934 in Auburn, Androscoggin Co., ME; was buried in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Family: No children
• Census: 17 Jun 1870, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 04 Jun 1880, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME

George married Fiske, Hattie E on 8 Mar 1893 in Portland, Cumberland Co., ME. Hattie (daughter of Fisk, George and Foss, Jannette) was born in Jun 1862 in Saccarappa, Cumberland Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Cummings, Jarius Mellon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Wood, Romanzo. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Buckfield Village Cemetery

William married Churchill, Fannie Myrtle on 30 Apr 1892 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. Fannie was born on 03 Nov 1871 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; died on 20 Mar 1964; was buried in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Cummings, Jarius Mellon. Jarius was born on 20 Jan 1853 in South Paris, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Tanner, Ezra Perry on 06 Apr 1879 in Abington, Plymouth Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Tanner, Clif. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Buckfield Village Cemetery
• Census: 16 Jun 1860, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Buckfield Village Cemetery
• Census: 16 Jun 1860, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Buckfield Village Cemetery
• Census: 16 Jun 1860, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Buckfield Village Cemetery

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Buckfield Village Cemetery

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: No headstone, only a small stone that says "Father". Buried alongside son Wilson.
• Census: 25 Jun 1870, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 28 Jun 1880, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 15 Jun 1900, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Farmer
• Census: 10 Apr 1910, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Living with brother John L. Damon
• Census: 13 Jan 1920, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Living with Virgil DeCoster, listed as Hired Man

Notes:

1870 Census: listed as "Joseph B."

Tombstone in Buckfield marked only "Father and Mother", next to Wilson.

Bradbury was a very fun loving guy with a good sense of humor. He was known for his practical jokes on family and friends. He was a small man in stature only measuring 5'3''. He worked his dad's farm and had a farm of his own which Wilson took over later. He raised cattle for both milk and beef. Milk went to the local dairy. Beef was shipped to Boston, along with apples from his orchard. His main cash crop was corn that he sold to a local cannery. He sold pigeons to sell in Boston which he sold as fresh "quail". He worked in town as a butcher, in the winter and was suspected to sell deer meat as veal.
When the train went into the creek it was never set up again for freight. This changed a lot of commerce trading for Buckfield. Getting products to Boston now was impossible. Cash was tight and Bradbury turned to running Rum from Canada threw Smuggler's Notch in Vermont. This was across a lake and Bradbury would keep most of the rum on the outside of the boat connected by ice thongs and if chased would squeeze the top and the rum would drop to the bottom of the lake making it easier for him to get away or at least have nothing to get caught with. He sold his rum to a local pharmacy who had a run in with the town. One Sunday morning the preacher warned his Parrish that anyone who drank could not cross the threshold of his church next Sunday. Later that week the church and the school next to it were burned down. No one was arrested but the pharmacist left town never to return and his accomplice was never revealed. Local gossip has it that Brad was part of this incident. He spent a lot of time with a man named Larry Fisher and they were partners in the rum running.
As time went on his wife Viola left him; traveling with a salesman named Joe Bowles; to Boston. He sold pots and pans and known to locals as a Jew boy. She went to Boston with him and divorced Bradbury and later married Walter Reed. She took Elbert her youngest son with her never to return to Buckfield except to be buried with Bradbury.
Bradbury was a hunter and a fisherman as most men in those days were. He was a heavy drinker and a chain smoker. When he died they gave him nicotine pills so he would lay still and die quitely. He lived his last days living with his son Wilson.
John Linwood Damon Jr. told Brian Edward Damon these stories as he had first hand knowledge of his uncle and talked about him with a smile and a chuckle. He ended each story with the disclaimer " or so I heard".

Bradbury married Gammon, Viola Abbie on 18 Nov 1883 in Canton, Oxford Co., ME. Viola (daughter of Gammon, Charles Harrison and Sturtevant, Mary B.) was born on 08 Oct 1867 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; died on 01 Oct 1918 in Brockton, Plymouth Co., MA; was buried in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Buckfield Village Cemetery
• Census: 25 Jun 1870, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 28 Jun 1880, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 15 Jun 1900, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: May 1930, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME

Celia married Dunn, Adelbert Layfayette on 15 Dec 1887 in Turner, Androscoggin Co., ME. Adelbert (son of Dunn, Charles Bradbury and Drake, Sarah Jane) was born on 29 Feb 1860 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; died on 25 Jan 1939; was buried in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 28 Jun 1880, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 01 Jun 1900, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Farmer
• Census: 18 Apr 1910, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 17 Jan 1920, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: May 1930, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 02 May 1940, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME

John married Buck, Myrtil Belle on 31 Dec 1898 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. Myrtil was born on 30 Jan 1878 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; died on 03 Dec 1956 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Chandler, Martha Emma on 27 Nov 1884 in Holbrook, Norfolk Co., MA. Martha was born on 13 May 1859 in Holbrook, Norfolk Co., MA; died on 29 Jan 1925 in Holbrook, Norfolk Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Family: No children

Estelle married Jenkins, Charles S. on 05 Sep 1885 in Holbrook, Norfolk Co., MA. Charles was born on 05 Sep 1857 in Abington, Plymouth Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Family: No children

Agnes married Cushing, Everly West on 24 Dec 1884 in Abington, Plymouth Co., MA. Everly was born on 08 Aug 1861 in Mt Pulaski, Logan Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Family: No children

Medora married Cobbett, Frank Stoddard in 1892 in Abington, Plymouth Co., MA. Frank was born on 09 Apr 1871 in Norwell, Plymouth Co., MA; died in 1930 in MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Family: No children

Family/Spouse: Perkins, Annie Denton. Annie was born on 27 Aug 1867 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA; died on 15 Dec 1923 in Abington, Plymouth Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Harold married Gibbs, Blanche Bradford on 17 Dec 1900 in Rockland, Plymouth Co., MA. Blanche was born on 12 Jul 1880 in East Falmouth, Barnstable Co., MA; died on 01 Jul 1942 in Brockton, Plymouth Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Thompson, Florence Gertrude. Florence was born in Rockland, Plymouth Co., MA; died on 09 Nov 1953 in Rockland, Plymouth Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Family: No children

Family/Spouse: Blake, Welcome. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Yes
• Census: 17 Jun 1870, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 04 Jun 1880, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 18 Apr 1910, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 17 Jan 1920, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Machinist
• Census: May 1930, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Machinist; shop owner

Notes:

Arlington was the town mechanic. He built and repaired farm equipment. He also turned Model T into tractors by customizing them. He also had bulk scales and would weight and resell coal.

According to John Linwood Damon III, Arlington committed suicide. Also, Arlington was the first person in Buckfiled to have electricity.

Arlington married Bowley, Flora Frances on 26 Nov 1896 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. Flora (daughter of Bowley, James F and Churchill, Rose) was born on 20 Jun 1878 in Provincetown, Barnstable Co., MA; died on 20 Sep 1960 in Turner, Androscoggin Co., ME; was buried in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Buckfield Village Cemetery
• Census: 17 Jun 1870, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 04 Jun 1880, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 03 May 1940, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME

Alton married Bearce, Annie Velzora on 21 Sep 1895 in Hebron, Oxford Co., ME. Annie was born on 21 Sep 1874; died on 31 Jul 1966 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 04 Jun 1880, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: May 1930, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 05 Apr 1940, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME

Mabel married Bisbee, William Columbus on 29 Oct 1894 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. William (son of Bisbee, Francis Marion and Heald, Ella Cynthia) was born on 09 Jul 1873; died on 23 Jun 1958 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Buckfield Village Cemetery
• Census: 04 Jun 1880, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME

Abigail married Murch, Horatio Clifton on 21 Oct 1900 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. Horatio (son of Murch, Alden and Bearce, Hattie) was born on 12 Oct 1869 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; died on 18 Jul 1948 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Bates, Albert Jr.. Albert was born on 09 Aug 1869 in South Weymouth, Norfolk Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Family: No children

Family/Spouse: Clark, Marshal. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: McKenney, Frederick. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Earle married Corbett, Eleanor on 21 Mar 1902 in North Abington, Plymouth Co., MA. Eleanor was born on 14 May 1885 in Hopkinton, Middlesex Co., MA; died on 13 Nov 1964 in Weymouth, Norfolk Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Barlow, William F. Jr.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Family: Never married

Family/Spouse: Merrill, Grace. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Gallant, Elizabeth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Vaughn, Lizzie. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Rowe, Celia M.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Rowe, Jesse. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Rowe, Walter. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Buckfield Village Cemetery

Notes:

Buried:
Wayside Cemetery

Percival married Cushing, Alice Mae on 19 Jul 1916. Alice was born on 08 Oct 1894 in Poland, Androscoggin Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: Veteran of WWI was in France 6-25-1918 to 5-13-1919

Notes:

Buried:
Riverside Cemetery

Other Events and Attributes:

• Family: No children

Gladys married Higgins, Paul on 09 May 1923 in Portland, Cumberland Co., ME. Paul died in 1965; was buried in Portland, Cumberland Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Foss, Mosely. Mosely (son of Foss, Alvin B. and Damon, Diantha) was born on 24 Apr 1852; died on 28 Jul 1852. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Duham, Frank. Frank was born in West Paris, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Bryant, Christopher. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Family: No children
• Census: 04 Jun 1880, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 04 Jun 1880, Sumner, Oxford Co., ME

Notes:

1880 Census: living with grandparents, Bethiah and Jonathan C. Damon

Luella married Iverson, Carl on 16 Nov 1891 in Yarmouth, Cumberland Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Luella married Packard, Albion on 21 Mar 1902 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME. Albion was born about 1870 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Luella married Swift, Ethan A on 20 Jun 1903 in Auburn, Androscoggin Co., ME. Ethan was born about 1860 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Luella married Russell, Charles W. on 01 Oct 1910 in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA. Charles was born about 1885. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edith married Jordan, Joseph O on 11 Mar 1896 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME. Joseph (son of Jordan, William R and Oliver, Maria R) was born about 1875 in Bethel, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edith married Pingree, Olin Farrington on 20 Sep 1907 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. Olin (son of Pingree, Lawson and ( ), Esther) was born about 1869 in Norway, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Hunter, Melvin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Buckfield Village Cemetery
• Census: May 1930, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 07 May 1940, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME

Clifford married Gould, Isabelle Adelaide on 20 May 1916 in Portland, Cumberland Co., ME. Isabelle was born on 24 Jul 1888 in Portland, Cumberland Co., ME; died on 23 Jun 1964 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Buckfield Village Cemetery

Carl married Desjardins, Fabiola Regina on 13 Sep 1924 in West Sumner, Oxford Co., ME. Fabiola was born on 13 Mar 1908 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; died on 02 Feb 1989 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Fuller, Gloria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Stillborn

Family/Spouse: Briggs, Gerald I. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Robinson, Elizabeth G. on 14 Mar 1923. Elizabeth was born in Probably Machias, ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Walling, Lillian. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nelson married Barrows, Bertha on 22 Oct 1922. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Buckfield Village Cemetery
• Census: 15 Jun 1900, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 24 Apr 1910, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Farm laborer
• Military: 12 Sep 1918, South Paris, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 12 Jan 1920, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Farmer
• Census: May 1930, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Farmer
• Census: 05 Apr 1940, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Farmer
• Census: 9 Apr 1950, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Woodsman for Lumber Co

Notes:

Wilson started out in life as a premature baby. He was born at home and to keep him warm he was put in a shoe box over top of a water bucket on the wood stove. Wilson owned a farm that Bradbury had before him. Wilson and his brothers also did a lot of logging and Wilson owned a pair of oxen to drag the lumber out of the woods. He was very proud of the work that those oxen could do. Like most of the Damon's he loved to hunt for both food and pleasure. His favorite pastime to relax was fox hunting. His parents are buried in his funeral plot.

Wilson married Keene, Hazel Laura on 27 Dec 1909 in East Sumner, Oxford Co., ME. Hazel was born on 04 May 1893 in Turner, Androscoggin Co., ME; died on 29 Apr 1972 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Buckfield Village Cemetery
• Census: 15 Jun 1900, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 12 Jan 1920, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: May 1930, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 05 Apr 1940, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 9 Apr 1950, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME

Notes:

Leona always lived on East Buckfield road and worked with her husband a large dairy farm.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Leona married Sanborn, Charles Adam on 28 Oct 1922 in Rumford, Oxford Co., ME. Charles was born on 05 Dec 1891 in Lunenburg, Worcester Co., MA; died on 30 May 1977 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Buckfield Village Cemetery
• Census: 15 Jun 1900, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 29 Apr 1910, Hartford, Oxford Co., ME; Farm Laborer
• Military: Jun 1917; WWI Draft Registration Card
• Census: 21 Feb 1920, Hartford, Oxford Co., ME; Farm Laborer
• Census: May 1930, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Farmer
• Census: 02 Apr 1940, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Laborer
• Census: 9 Apr 1950, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME

Notes:

Linwood And Wilson married sisters, Ruth and Hazel Keene

Linwood married Keene, Ruth Lucinda on 25 Nov 1917 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. Ruth was born on 16 Oct 1900 in Hebron, Oxford Co., ME; died on 29 Jun 1970 in Norway, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Buckfield Village Cemetery
• Census: 15 Jun 1900, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 7 Jan 1920, Rumford, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 24 Apr 1930, Turner, Androscoggin Co., ME
• Census: 8 Apr 1940, Freeman, Franklin Co., ME

Notes:

1910 census, living with Ada M Shaw as a servant.

Mary married Burdin, Howard Malcolm Wilder on 11 Jun 1912 in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME. Howard was born on 26 Apr 1889 in Turner, Androscoggin Co., ME; died on 11 Apr 1980 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died at birth

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation I: A. C. Lawrence Leather Co., retired 1960
• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Buckfield Village Cemetery
• Census: 15 Jun 1900, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Military: 05 Jun 1917, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 12 Jan 1920, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Farmer
• Census: May 1930, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Farm Laborer
• Census: 04 Apr 1940, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Farmer
• Census: 15 May 1950, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Buckfield Village Cemetery
• Census: 15 Jun 1900, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 10 Apr 1910, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 12 Jan 1920, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 22 Apr 1940, Hebron, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 15 May 1950, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Laborer; Odd Jobs

Notes:

Harry had a rough life and never seemed to fit in with the Buckfield way of life. He married Lena Cushman and after he found out she was having an affair with another man, he committed suicide by hanging himself at home from a water pipe in the basement of his house. His brothers had spent the day with him and thought he would be alright and found him the next morning. Harry had been drinking a lot that day and they thought he would be able to go home and sleep it off. He was buried in the Cushman family plot as none in the Damon family would take responsibility for his death and wanted Lena to be accountable for her actions.

Birth:
DOB listed as 4 Apr 1897 on SS Application.

Census:
Western Maine Sanatorium for persons with Tuberculosis

Harry married Cushman, Lena Stella on 19 Apr 1930 in Mechanic Falls, Androscoggin Co., ME. Lena was born on 19 May 1907 in Hebron, Oxford Co., ME; died in 1972 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: North Adams, Berkshire Co., MA; Southview Cemetery
• Census: May 1910, Greene, Androscoggin Co., ME; Listed as step son to Charles Reid
• Census: 02 Jan 1920, Brockton, Plymouth Co., MA; Box Maker
• Census: 08 Apr 1930, North Adams, Berkshire Co., MA; Engineer
• Census: 1940, North Adams, Berkshire Co., MA
• Occupation I: Between 1940 and 1947, North Adams, Berkshire Co., MA; Policeman

Notes:

Elbert was the youngest child of Bradbury and Viola. He moved from Buckfield with his mother when she left with a traveling salesman, Joe Bowles. They moved to Boston where she married Charles W. Reed in 1906. He never moved back to Maine. He moved to North Adams, Mass to become a policeman and there meet Pearl VanArman and had two sons. He later became a 3rd class engineer at Sprauge Electric. At the time of his death he was working as a maintenance man there and during the winter he forgot his insulin and got caught at work during a snow storm and went into insulin shock and never recovered.
As we remember him he was a very happy person who liked to have a drink occasionally and he was very handy around the house. He built a tool shed and would spend a lot of time there. He used the paving stones form the North Adams streets when they pulled them up for the foundation and a retaining wall. He also started building a second larger house which he never completed. This building was to be partially used as a guest house.
At a family reunion in 1996 in Buckfield he was remembered, because he went back several times to visit and was a very friendly person who had a real wild side about him. He took Laura Damon back with him to visit in North Adams once and she rode back in the rumble seat and remembers it as a great trip of her youth. Laura also remembers Pearl and his two sons and the great summer vacation she had with them.
Once he was married, he never went back to visit his mother, however he did make a few trip's to Buckfield to visit friends and relatives there.

Elbert married VanArman, Pearl Ruby on 15 Oct 1919 in Everett, Middlesex Co., MA. Pearl (daughter of VanArman, George Henry and Laurie, Sarah Margeret) was born on 06 Aug 1893 in Ellenburg, Clinton Co., NY; died on 08 Feb 1957 in North Adams, Berkshire Co., MA; was buried on 10 Feb 1957 in North Adams, Berkshire Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Buckfield Village Cemetery
• Census: 15 Jun 1900, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 27 Apr 1910, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: May 1930, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 02 Apr 1940, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME

Gertrude married Gammon, Almer A. on 29 Nov 1906 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. Almer (son of Gammon, Charles Harrison and Sturtevant, Mary B.) was born on 06 Aug 1884 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; died on 22 Dec 1977 in Lewiston, Androscoggin Co., ME; was buried in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Buckfield Village Cemetery
• Census: 15 Jun 1900, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME

Wendell married Record, Martha Jane on 05 Mar 1910. Martha (daughter of Record, William Harrison and Record, Ella May) was born on 29 May 1892 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; died on 05 Sep 1984 in Livermore Falls, Androscoggin Co., ME; was buried in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Buckfield Village Cemetery
• Census: 15 Jun 1900, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: May 1930, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME

Perley married Heald, Helen Maude on 20 Sep 1916 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. Helen was born on 24 Sep 1895 in North Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; died on 13 Aug 1992 in Livermore Falls, Androscoggin Co., ME; was buried in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Buckfield Village Cemetery
• Census: May 1930, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME

Raymond married Johnson, Laura C. on 09 Nov 1935 in Lewiston, Androscoggin Co., ME. Laura was born on 31 Jul 1908; died on 16 Jun 1995; was buried in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 01 Jun 1900, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Buckfield Village Cemetery
• Census: 18 Apr 1910, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 17 Jan 1920, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: May 1930, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 05 Apr 1940, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME

Alice married Atkinson, Oscar Raymond on 18 Oct 1922 in West Paris, Oxford Co., ME. Oscar (son of Atkinson, Albion Greenlief and Monk, Bessie May) was born on 07 May 1901 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; died on 28 Jul 1959 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 18 Apr 1910, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 17 Jan 1920, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: May 1930, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 02 May 1940, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME

Notes:

Brian Damon first met John at a Family reunion in June of 1997. The following are some of the stories told by him at that meeting.
John was sitting in the room when I first meet him and quite alert for a man of 90. At first he was reluctant to talk to me but, after a few minutes we started to talk and had a wonderful time. John told me he loved hunting and fishing. His favorite gun is the 30/00/6 and his 12 gauge shotgun. He had at one time 30 to 40 guns and his Craig was his favorite. When he would go hunting just walking the mountains was as much an enjoyment as hunting itself. He would often walk 20 miles a day when hunting. Deer season was whenever he was out hunting and even though he never went Moose hunting sometimes they got in the way and he would have to bring one home. When he was younger hunting was a vital part of the families diet during the winter and spring. When I asked him if he liked fly fishing or reel he told me when he really wanted fish to eat a 12 gauge would usually work well. He lived on a farm and raised cattle and poultry, and pigeons, that he sold and was shipped to Boston on the train.
John served in WWII and was with the US Army's 2nd Division. He was with the division when they hit Normandy beach during D-day. John was laying on the beach when German planes were strafing the beach. There were 40 or 50 bodies laying all around him and he laid there while waiting to get over a hedge row. While waiting he was shot in the hip and leg and walks with a limp now due to these injuries. He went on to fight with the 2nd division, and march across Europe and later into Berlin. He was also stationed in Hawaii but, didn't like it because he felt it was a foreign country, and not really part of the United States. His home is in Buckfield and he loves it more than any place he has ever visited.
John did not get married until after the war and he was 45 years old. He then told me he had to make up for lost time and proceeded to have 5 children. He often showed a lot of quite emotion when relating these stories with a sadness about the war or a chuckle when talking about his children or Bradbury. He told me "We are all short timers in life so enjoy because it goes by so fast ". I asked him about the rumor that Damon's were stubborn and he told me with a smile, " we're not stubborn but, If you don't think as I do then I guess you should go your way and I'll go mine. I had a wonderful time talking to him and felt as if I had known him all my life after only a short afternoon with him. For the first time in my life someone saw family traits and resemblance in me that were unknown to me before this day. It gave me a feeling of belonging and I will always be grateful to him for that.
He asked me before he left to remind him who I was and who I belonged to in the family. I told him I was his nephews grandson. He wanted to know what happened to Elbert. When I told him he died at 48 of diabetes, John was a little disgusted, and said that was stupid he should have taken care of himself better, by dieting and lots of exercise. Walt, Gayle's wife and a doctor agreed with him and said he was probably right. He loved to tell me the stories of Bradbury and chuckled a lot when telling me the tales. John tired after a good meal and wanted to go home and said now it's time to go, and very simply got up and left.

Obituary:
John was born the son of John L. and Myrtie (Buck) Damon and was educated in local schools. He passed on at his home. He had worked as a farmer most of his life. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and gardening. He especially loved his grandchildren. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army having earned the purple heart and a bronze star as well as three bronze service stars among other medals. He was a life member of the VFW, American Legion and the NRA. Mr. Damon is survived by three sons, John L. Damon III, Harold Damon and Alfred Damon all of Buckfield; two daughters, Mertie Remaley of Buckfield and Ruth McAllister of Norway; one brother, Harold Damon of Buckfield; seven grandchildren and four great- grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife, Helen (Record) Damon; one brother, Carroll Damon and one sister, Alice Atkinson.
Memorials in his memory are requested to the Buckfield Rescue, P.O. Box 99, Buckfield, ME 04220. Arrangements by Andrews Funeral Home, High Street, Buckfield.

John married Record, Helen Elizabeth on 23 Mar 1952 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. Helen was born on 23 Mar 1926 in Norwood, Norfolk Co., MA; died on 01 May 1995 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 18 Apr 1910, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 17 Jan 1920, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: May 1930, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 02 May 1940, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME

Notes:

Twin to Carroll
Harold passed away peacefully in his sleep at the residence of his nephew John Damon III and wife Dorothy, with whom he had lived for the past 13 years. He loved to watch the birds and the family dogs, and he enjoyed gardening and working on firewood. He especially enjoyed his great-great-nieces and nephew, Brooke, Olivia and Gavin. His sense of humor and ready smile will be missed by all who knew him. Mr. Damon was predeceased by his father, John Damon; his mother, Myrtie (Buck) Damon; two brothers, John Damon Jr. on April 10, 2006 and Carroll Damon and his sister, Alice. He is also survived by many nieces and nephews. Memorials in his memory are requested to the Buckfield Recreation Department, Buckfield, ME 04220. Arrangements by Andrews Funeral Home, High Street, Buckfield.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Family: Twin to Harold Damon
• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Buckfield Village Cemetery
• Census: 18 Apr 1910, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: 17 Jan 1920, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME
• Census: May 1930, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME

Notes:

Carroll lived in Arlington Damon's home in Buckfield.

Family/Spouse: Whitman, Mildred F.. Mildred was born on 02 Jul 1911 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; died on 24 Mar 1993 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alma married Orcutt, Waldo Marshall on 25 Dec 1913 in Holbrook, Norfolk Co., MA. Waldo was born on 23 Dec 1879 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA; died on 23 Feb 1922 in Brockton, Plymouth Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alma married Magaw, Alfred Clayton on 25 May 1925 in Whitman, Plymouth Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Family: Never married

Helen married Coulter, Melvin Lee on 18 Apr 1908 in Providence, Providence Co., RI. Melvin was born on 29 Nov 1889 in Brockton, Plymouth Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Fickers, Louise. Louise was born in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Yes
• Census: 18 Apr 1910, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME

Notes:

According to Betty, Amy may have drowned in the river in Buckfield.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Buckfield Village Cemetery

Lerone married Kennedy, Fern Helen on 25 Aug 1927 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. Fern was born on 09 Sep 1905 in Kingfield, Franklin Co., ME; died on 01 Jan 1999 in South Paris, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in South Paris, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation II: owner and sexton of Damon Cemetery
• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Buckfield Village Cemetery
• Census: 03 May 1940, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME

Richard married Tripp, Marion Eunice on 08 Sep 1920 in Washington, District of Columbia. Marion was born on 07 Jan 1889 in NY; died on 10 Jul 1966 in Walnut Creek, Contra Costa Co., CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Grover, Thelma J. on 02 Apr 1939 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. Thelma was born on 14 Feb 1903; died on 18 Jun 1970; was buried in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Buckfield Village Cemetery
• Census: 05 Apr 1940, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME

Holly married Sinclair, Guy Ellery on 16 Dec 1927 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. Guy was born on 10 May 1896 in Bartlett, Carroll Co., NH; died on 22 Sep 1953 in Biddeford, York Co., ME; was buried in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Holly married Hill, George Anson on 26 Sep 1956 in Saco, York Co., ME. George was born on 21 Apr 1908 in Bradford, Penobscot Co., ME; died on 24 Apr 1984 in Nashua, Hillsborough Co., NH; was buried in Saco, York Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Buckfield Village Cemetery
• Census: 05 Apr 1940, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME

Notes:

Buckfield town clerk; poet and writer
SACO - Geneva V. Damon, 88, poet and former town clerk of Buckfield, died Sept. 21 at
Evergreen Manor.
The daughter of Alton and Annie Bearce Damon, she graduated from Buckfield High School and the
School of Commerce in Auburn.
She was a bookkeeper for Maine Fruit Growers Exchange, Irish Bros. Manufacturing Co. and the IGA store in Buckfield.
In 1944 she moved to Saco and worked at Biddeford auto parts and Saco Lowell Shops.
Miss Damon then returned to Buckfield and became the town clerk in the 1950's working not from town hall but from her living room.
"It was nothing for an out-of-state hunter to pop in after 11 at night or at 5 in the morning" for a license, recalled Diane Tolman, her friend of 22 years.
According to her cousin, Roger Bearce, Miss Damon was also a tax collector in Buckfield and secretary to the principal of Buckfield High School.
She then moved to Nashua, N.H., and worked for J.M. McElwain in the purchasing department. She retired in 1966.
Her interests ranged from genealogy to old expressions. But as a member of the Buckfield Literary Club and the Buckfield Community Church, Miss Damon's true passions were writing and literature. She wrote humorous poems and essays on family. Poems and prose she published with her sister, Holly, were included in the Maine Women Writers Collections at the Abplanalp Library on the University of New England's Westbrook campus.
Miss Damon especially loved reading mysteries, and she was always eager to share her passion with others. "We'd stop in just to see Geneva, and when we left we'd suddenly have a book or two," said her cousin, Roger Bearce.
Described by Tolman as "the best" and a "true friend," Miss Damon was an excellent listener who never had a bad word to say. She had a wonderful sense of humour and was always there for her friends and family.
Said Bearce, "She was the strong but quiet person who was the center of gravity in the family. Geneva was the constant one."
Surviving are her niece, Jean Descrochers of Saco, with whom she resided, and two nephews, Richard Damon of Walnut Creek, Calif, and Gerard Sinclair of Portsmouth, N.H.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Oct 8, at Buckfield Community Church. Arrangements are by Cote Funeral Home.
- Lindsay Tice

Other Events and Attributes:

• Family: Probably Never Married

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; Buckfield Village Cemetery

Esther married Thaxter, Captain Maynard Kimball on 05 Feb 1928 in Somerville, Middlesex Co., MA. Maynard was born on 24 Sep 1903 in Machias, Washington Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Olive married Smith, Lawrence L. on 12 Aug 1923 in Mexico, Oxford Co., ME. Lawrence was born on 22 Apr 1900. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Olive married Eastman, Earl F. on 16 May 1936 in Mexico, Oxford Co., ME. Earl was born on 18 Oct 1910 in Mexico, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Family: Never married
• Tombstone Photo: Yes

Leon married Hiltz, VirginiaBoston, Suffolk Co., MA. Virginia was born on 16 Sep 1911. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Corbett, Rufus S.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Corbett, Winslow T.. Winslow died on 17 Jun 1976. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Como, Lillian. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Coupal, Gene. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ethel married Bowser, J. William on 27 Jan 1920 in Rockland, Plymouth Co., MA. J. was born on 04 Aug 1900 in Dorchester, New Brunswick, Canada; died on 29 Apr 1962 in Milton, Norfolk Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Emily married Poole, RayAbington, Plymouth Co., MA. Ray was born on 27 Nov 1899; died on 12 Oct 1948 in Auburn, Cayuga Co., NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mildred married Pratt, Arthur Russell on 13 Aug 1936 in Angola, Steuben Co., IN. Arthur was born on 23 Mar 1886 in Detroit, Wayne Co., MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dorothy married Henderson, Lester K. on 01 Jan 1927 in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA. Lester was born on 09 May 1906 in Rockland, Plymouth Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thelma married Langley, Abner James on 14 Oct 1936 in North Abington, Plymouth Co., MA. Abner was born on 09 May 1910 in Goldboro, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Walter married Connell, M.F. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Proctor, E.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

D.E. married Sampson, R.F. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Platts, A.G.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

M. married Kelley, E.H. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

H.P. married Lawson, C.A. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Russell married Hackett, Meridith on 01 Mar 1947 in Hanover, Plymouth Co., MA. Meridith was born in Hanover, Plymouth Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sheriden, C.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

D. married Starrett, L.E. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Stetson, Clara. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]