Name Info

Harley Damon 1872-1920
Fathers:Nathan

Search.........Person
PAF-ID.........09120081
Gender.........male
Status.........deceased
Age............47y 0m 20d
Last-Marital...married
Fam-Group......SEARLS
Fam-ID.........SEARLS
Citizenship....US born

#Marriages.....1
#Divorces......0
#Sources.......3
#Events........1
#Images:.......0
#Comments......1
#Siblings......2
#Children......5

Person-Type....A
Immigrant?.....no
Immig-Known?...no
Parent?........father
Spouse?........husband
Sibling?.......brother
Child?.........son
Twin...........no
Adopted?.......

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Burial.........Ridge Cemetery section 6 row 9

Parents and Siblings
  1. Parent: Nathan A. Damon, male, born:1832-12-24 ?Medina county, Ohio, died:1897-08-01 (64y 7m 8d) ?Ohio, Dad:Nathan Damon, Mom:Hannah Shaw, #M:1, #SrcDocs:4
  2. Parent: Adeline\Adaline A. SEARLS, female, born:1843-05-31 ?Medina county, Ohio, died:1879-08-01 (36y 2m 1d) ?Ohio, Dad:Daniel SEARLS Jr., Mom:Sally\Sallie Ann Searls, #M:1, #SrcDocs:4
  3. Sibling: Owen H. Damon, male, born:1874-02-06 Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, died:1902-1964 (27y 10m 26d) , Dad:Nathan A. Damon, Mom:Adeline\Adaline A. SEARLS, #M:1, #SrcDocs:2
  4. Sibling: Fred S. Damon, male, born:1879-01-18 Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, died:1958 (78y 11m 14d) ?Ohio, Dad:Nathan A. Damon, Mom:Adeline\Adaline A. SEARLS, #M:1, #SrcDocs:3

Spouse(s) and Children
  1. Marriage: 1893 ?Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio
  2. Spouse: Zelda\Zerelda Chandler, female, born:1876 ?Ohio, died:1946 (70y 0m 0d) , #SrcDocs:3
  3. ..Child: Victor A. Damon, male, born:1894-01-10 , died:1919-03-17 (25y 2m 7d) , Dad:Harley Damon, Mom:Zelda\Zerelda Chandler, #SrcDocs:2
  4. ..Child: Lloyd Damon, male, born:1898 , died:1927-1988 (29y 0m 0d) , Dad:Harley Damon, Mom:Zelda\Zerelda Chandler, #SrcDocs:1
  5. ..Child: Harold Damon, male, born:1903-05-04 ?Medina county, Ohio, died:1905 (1y 7m 28d) , Dad:Harley Damon, Mom:Zelda\Zerelda Chandler, #SrcDocs:2
  6. ..Child: Chester Damon, male, born:1907 , died:1917-02-25 (10y 1m 24d) , Dad:Harley Damon, Mom:Zelda\Zerelda Chandler, #SrcDocs:2
  7. ..Child: Grace Adeline Damon, female, born:1910-01-10 , died:1940-2000 (29y 11m 22d) , Dad:Harley Damon, Mom:Zelda\Zerelda Chandler, #SrcDocs:2

Events
Birth
: 1872-12-12, Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio
Married
: ?1893 , Age:20y 0m 20d, ?Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, Role:groom
Census
: 1920 , Age:47y 0m 20d, Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, Role:census federal, Harley age 48 b.OH laborer at odd jobs, Zelda age 43 b.CA parents b.OH, Grace age 10 b.OH
Death
: 1920-1962, Age:47y 0m 20d
Burial
: 1956 , Age:83y 0m 20d, Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, Ridge Cemetery, section 6 row 9
Job
: ?, Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, mechanic

Places In
Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio

General

Harley owned a threshing maching which he loaned to his neighbors. He also was the first person in the area to own an automobile which was believed to be either a Maxwell or an Overland.


Sources
Book Life on Hinckley Ridge, Ruth Porter Jackson, 1983
Letter by Anna C Eastwood, New Lyme Ohio, 1934
Letters from Deanna Searles, Tuscon Arizona, 2001


Historical
1872: United States - Yellowstone National Park is created
1873: England - James Clerk Maxwell publishes "A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism", a set of four partial differential equations describing how the electric and magnetic fields relate to their sources, charge density and current density, and how they develop with time
1874-1875: Spain - First Republic in Spain
1874: France - The Societe Anonyme Cooperative des Artistes Peintres, Sculpteurs, and Graveurs, better known today as the Impressionists organize and present their first public group exhibition at the Paris studio of the photographer Nadar
1874: India, England - The British East India Company is dissolved
1875-1900: India - 26 million in India perish due to famine
1876-1879: China - 13 million die of famine in northern China
1876-1914: United States - The massive expansion in population, territory, Industry and wealth in the United States is referred to as the Gilded Age
1876: Bulgaria - The Bulgarian revolt against Ottoman rule
1877-1878: Europe - Following the tenth Russo-Turkish War, the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal Independence of the Principality of Serbia, Montenegro and Romania, Bulgaria becomes autonomous
1877: United States - Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the first nationwide labor strike
1878: United States - First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven, Connecticut
1879-1883: Chile, Peru, Bolivia - Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific
1879: South Africa - Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa
1880-1881: England, South Africa - the First Boer War between England and the Dutch-speaking Inhabitants of South Africa
1881-1899: Sudan - The Mahdist War in Sudan
1881: England - First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming, Britain
1882: England, Egypt - The British Invasion and the subsequent occupation of Egypt
1883: Indonesia - Krakatau (often mispelled Krakatoa) volcano explosion in Indonesia (Java and Sumatra)
1884-1885: Africa - The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European "scramble for Africa", attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves
1884-1885: Japan, Korea - The Sino-French War led to the formation of French Indochina
1885: United States - Singer begins production of the "Vibrating Shuttle" which would become the Model T of sewing machines
1886: Russia - Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians, Imam Shamil defeated
1888: Brazil - Slavery banned in Brazil
1888: England - Jack the Ripper is believed to have begun murdering in August and murdered his last victim in November
1889: Brazil - End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1889: France - Eiffel tower was Inaugurated in Paris
1889: India - Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community
1890: United States - The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the American Indian Wars, this event represents the end of the American Old West
1891: United States - James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, Invents basketball
1894-1895: Japan, Korea - After the First Sino-Japanese War, China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea
1895-1896: Ethiopia, Italy - Ethiopia defeats Italy in the First Italo-Ethiopian War
1896: Canada - Klondike Gold Rush in Canada
1896: Greece - Olympic Games revived in Athens
1896: Philippines, Spain - Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule
1897: Korea - Gojong, or Emperor Gwangmu, proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire lasts until 1910
1898-1900: China - The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance
1898-1902: Colombia - The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the "Liberales" and "Conservadores", culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903
1898: United States, Cuba, Philippines - The United States gains control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War
1899: England, South Africa - Second Boer War begins, lasting until 1902