Damon, Howard Curtis

1922 - 1997  (75 years)

• Name	Damon, Howard Curtis
  Birth	23 Aug 1922	Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Census	May 1930	Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME   [4]
  Census	07 May 1940	Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME   [5]
  Family	Never married
  Tombstone Photo	Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME   [2]
  	Buckfield Village Cemetery
  Death	06 Nov 1997	Lewiston, Androscoggin Co., ME   [2]
  Burial	Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME   [2]
  Person ID	I1470	My Damon Genealogy
  Last Modified	27 Jul 2015

  
  

  Father	Damon, Clifford Leroy,   b. 25 Apr 1889, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME d. 13 Sep 1950, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Gould, Isabelle Adelaide,   b. 24 Jul 1888, Portland, Cumberland Co., ME d. 23 Jun 1964, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	20 May 1916	Portland, Cumberland Co., ME
  Family ID	F1170	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 23 Aug 1922 - Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME Census - May 1930 - Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME Census - 07 May 1940 - Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME Tombstone Photo - Buckfield Village Cemetery - - Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME Death - 06 Nov 1997 - Lewiston, Androscoggin Co., ME Burial - - Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME  = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents » Slide Show		Damon, Howard Curtis Obituary
  		1940 U.S. census, Oxford County, Maine, population schedule, Buckfield, enumeration district 9-10, p. 3B
  		1930 U.S. census, Oxford County, Maine, population schedule, Buckfield, enumeration district 7, p. 8A

  
  

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  Damon, Howard Curtis

  
  

• Notes

  Howard C. Damon, 75, died Wed, November 6, at Montello Manor Nursing Home. He had previously lived at Schooner Estate for six months. Born in Buckfield, August 23, 1922, the son of Cliford L and Isabelle Gould Damon, he was a 1940 graduate of Buckfield High School. During World War II, Mr. Damon served in the U.S. Army. He was a graduate of the University of Maine and received an advance degree from Bowdoin College. He Also studied at the Bread Loaf School of Elish at Middlebury College. An educator all his life, he taught at Lee Academy, Maine Maritime Academy, Needham High School at Needham, Mass, The Moses Brown School in Rhode Island and New York University. For 20 years he taught English at Jericho High School, Long Island, New York, where he served as department head until his retirement in 1985 due to ill health. In the 1960 he co-authored a series of English Text Book for the California School System. Mr. Damon had a life long interest in antiques and with a partner he owned and operated Gould House Antique at Huntington, Long Island. Survivors include a brother, Clifford of Auburn, a sister, Jeannette of Gray, and several nieces and nephews and their families.

  
  

• Sources

  [S674] Obituary, "Howard C. Damon," undated clipping, ca. 1997, from unidentified newspaper; held by the Buckfield Historical Society, Buckfield, Maine. [S863] Buckfield Village Cemetery, (Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine; N Buckfield Rd; LAT/LON 44.29972N, -70.38389), Howard C Damon marker. [S25] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. Howard Curtis Damon, SS no.007-14-9556, database on-line, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 July 2015); citing Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007 [S583] 1930 U.S. census, Oxford County, Maine, population schedule, Buckfield, enumeration district 7, p. 8A (penned), dwelling 80, family 81, Isabella G. and Clifford L. Damon, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 October 2013); citing FHL microfilm publication 2340570, roll 835, image 1065.0. [S697] 1940 U.S. census, Oxford County, Maine, population schedule, Buckfield, enumeration district 9-10, p. 3B (penned), household 60, Isabelle A. and Clifford L. Damon, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 October 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T627_1484.