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Damon, Harry Joseph

Damon, Harry Joseph

Male 1897 - 1951  (53 years)

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  • Name Damon, Harry Joseph 
    Birth 03 Apr 1897  Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • DOB listed as 4 Apr 1897 on SS Application. [1]
    Gender Male 
    Census 15 Jun 1900  Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 10 Apr 1910  Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 12 Jan 1920  Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 22 Apr 1940  Hebron, Oxford Co., ME Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Census 15 May 1950  Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Tombstone Photo Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Buckfield Village Cemetery 
    Death 02 Feb 1951  Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Burial Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Person ID I192  My Damon Genealogy
    Last Modified 31 May 2022 

    Father Damon, Bradbury Fremont,   b. 24 Oct 1862, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1927, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Gammon, Viola Abbie,   b. 08 Oct 1867, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 01 Oct 1918, Brockton, Plymouth Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years) 
    Marriage 18 Nov 1883  Canton, Oxford Co., ME Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11, 12] 
    • Married by Alvarado Hayford, JP [10]
    Divorce Oct 1906  Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F63  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Cushman, Lena Stella,   b. 19 May 1907, Hebron, Oxford Co., ME Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1972, Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Marriage 19 Apr 1930  Mechanic Falls, Androscoggin Co., ME Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Family ID F191  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2014 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 03 Apr 1897 - Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 15 Jun 1900 - Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 10 Apr 1910 - Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 12 Jan 1920 - Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 19 Apr 1930 - Mechanic Falls, Androscoggin Co., ME Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 22 Apr 1940 - Hebron, Oxford Co., ME Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Laborer; Odd Jobs - 15 May 1950 - Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsTombstone Photo - Buckfield Village Cemetery - - Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 02 Feb 1951 - Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Documents
    Damon, Harry Joseph and Lena Stella Cushman; Morris Nelson Robert and Lillian Viola Damon    		Damon, Harry Joseph and Lena Stella Cushman; Morris Nelson Robert and Lillian Viola Damon
    Marriage Record
    Damon, Harry Joseph    		Damon, Harry Joseph
    Birth Record
    Damon, Harry Joseph    		Damon, Harry Joseph
    Obituary
    Damon, Harry Joseph    		Damon, Harry Joseph
    WWI Draft Registration Card
    1910 U.S. census, Oxford County, Maine, population schedule, Buckfield, enumeration district 0183, p. 4A    		1910 U.S. census, Oxford County, Maine, population schedule, Buckfield, enumeration district 0183, p. 4A
    1920 U.S. census, Oxford County, Maine, population schedule, Buckfield, enumeration district 107, p. 5A    		1920 U.S. census, Oxford County, Maine, population schedule, Buckfield, enumeration district 107, p. 5A
    1950 U.S. census, Oxford County, Maine, population schedule, Buckfield, enumeration district 9-9, p. 71    		1950 U.S. census, Oxford County, Maine, population schedule, Buckfield, enumeration district 9-9, p. 71

    Headstones
    Damon, Harry J    		Damon, Harry J

  • 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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S25] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007.
      Harry Joseph Damon, database on-line, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 July 2015); citing Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007

    2. [S735] Maine, Birth Records, 1621-1922, No name [Harry Joseph] Damon, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 November 2011); citing Maine State Archives, Augusta, 1892-1907 Vital Records, roll 14.

    3. [S591] 1900 U.S. census, Oxford County, Maine, population schedule, Buckfield, enumeration district 0181, p. 6B (penned), dwelling 145, family 162, Viola A. and Bradbury Damon, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 October 2013); citing FHL microfilm 1240596, roll 596.

    4. [S592] 1910 U.S. census, Oxford County, Maine, population schedule, Buckfield, enumeration district 0183, p. 4A (penned), dwelling 85, family 98, Myrtie B. and John L. Damon, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 October 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T624_543.

    5. [S22] 1920 U.S. census, Oxford County, Maine, population schedule, Buckfield, enumeration district 107, p. 5A (penned), dwelling 106, family 120, Hazel K. and Wilson M. Damon, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 October 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625_647, image 713.

    6. [S697] 1940 U.S. census.
      Oxford County, Maine, population schedule, Hebron, enumeration district 9-24, p. 1A (penned), Western Maine Sanatorium, Harry J Damon, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 March 2017); citing NARA microfilm publication T627_1484

    7. [S44] 1950 U.S. census.
      Oxford County, Maine, population schedule, Buckfield, enumeration district 9-9, p. 71 (penned), household 53, Harry J in the home of Paul D Damon, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 May 2022); citing Roll: 5197.

    8. [S863] Buckfield Village Cemetery, (Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine; N Buckfield Rd; LAT/LON 44.29972N, -70.38389), Lena E Cushman and Harry J Damon marker.

    9. [S674] Obituary, "Buckfield Farm Laborer Suicide," scanned image of undated clipping, ca. 1951, from unidentified newspaper.

    10. [S26] McAllister, Rev. Donald L., and Lucille E. Naas, editors, Marriage Returns of Oxford County, Maine Prior to 1892, (Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1993), 223.

    11. [S708] Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4F3-2NR : accessed 19 Sep 2012), Bradbury F. Dammon and Viola A. Gammon, 18 Nov 1883; citing reference , FHL microfilm 10604.

    12. [S776] Buckfield (Maine). Town Clerk, Buckfield, Maine. Town Clerk, "Vital Records, 1803-1898", Marriage of Bradbury F. Damon and Viola A. Gammon; FHL microfilm 10604, section titled "Record of Marriages & Intentions (1803-1891)".

    13. [S812] Buckfield, Maine, "Marriages Records, 1892-1945", p. 41, Harry Joseph Damon and Lena Stella Cushman; City Clerk's Office, Buckfield.


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