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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.

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Broncho pneumonia

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Bronchopneumonia

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BROTHER OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERAN LT. ELISHA BISBEE

REPRESENTATIVE TO THE MAINE STATE LEGISLATURE, 1823, 1825, 1827 and 1829

MEMBER OF THE MAINE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, 1819

Calvin was the son of Revolutionary War veteran Charles Bisbee and Beulah Howland. He was a member of the Maine Constitutional Convention in 1819 and a representative to the state legislature. He married Bethia Glover.

In Aug. 2009, Find A Grave volunteer Tim Cooper could not locate Calvin's tombstone. Many stones have disappeared or are no longer legible.

Bisbee, Calvin (I2157)

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Bruce was employed at the fur company in Jim Thorpe for @ 30 years

Melber, Bruce Robert (I52)

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Bruce was named after his mother's brother, Rutherford.
Part of the years that he worked for the railroad, he worked in the round house.

1940 Census lists highest education as 7th grade.

BRUCE R. MELBER: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
The (Allentown, PA) Morning Call, - Wednesday, January 25, 1989
Deceased Name: BRUCE R. MELBER

Bruce R. Melber, 85, of 623 South Ave., Jim Thorpe, died Tuesday in Gnaden Huetten Hospital, Lehighton. He was the husband of Dorothy I. (Moulthrop) Melber. They observed their 56th wedding anniversary last year.
Melber was a machinist for the former Jersey Central Railroad in Jim Thorpe and Bethlehem for 30 years before retiring in 1970.
Born in Jim Thorpe, he was a son of the late Harry G. and Edna (McLean) Melber.
He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, South Avenue, Jim Thorpe.
Survivors: Wife; sons, Bruce R. Jr., at home, and Donald of Jim Thorpe; daughters, Phyllis, wife of Ronald Esrang, Donna, wife of Richard Armbruster, and Mrs. Joyce Reed, all of Jim Thorpe, Mrs. Doris Farrell of Bethlehem and Sharon, wife of Elbert Damon of Manchester, York County; brothers, Nathan of Jim Thorpe and Adam of Pittsburgh; 12 grandchildren and eight great- grandchildren.
Services: At convenience of the family. No calling hours. Arrangements, Edward F. Melber Funeral Home, Jim Thorpe.
Author: The Morning Call
Edition: FIFTH
Page: B12

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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

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Buckfield Village Cemetery

Damon, Joseph Bradbury (I681)

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Buckfield Village Cemetery

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Buckfield Village Cemetery

Damon, Harold Walter (I13100)

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Buckfield Village Cemetery

Gammon, Charles Harrison (I789)

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Buckfield Village Cemetery

Brown, Frank (I4735)

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Buckfield Village Cemetery

Gammon, Lyda Bisbee (I14375)

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Buckfield Village Cemetery

Gammon, Carl Percy (I15470)

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Buckfield, Maine. Town Clerk. "Vital Records, 1803-1898". 35mm film. 1956. microfilm, 1 rolls.

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Burial: there is a tombstone next to John Henry Holt and his mother Elizabeth Holt that is reads "Molly Holt". There is nothing else on the stone.
Never married

Holt, Mary (Molly) (I83048)

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Buried at Old Cemetery, Middleboro, Mass.

Bennett, Captain Peter (I51926)

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Buried in Strong Village Cemetery

Damon, Beverly June (I26366)

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Buried in Union Hill Cemetery

Markley, Emma Leah (I82387)

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Caesar was a negro and they had children