Name Info

Fred S. Damon 1879-1958
Fathers:Nathan

Search.........Person
PAF-ID.........09120105
Gender.........male
Status.........deceased
Age............78y 11m 14d
Last-Marital...widowed
Fam-Group......SEARLS
Fam-ID.........SEARLS
Citizenship....US born

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

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: Harley Damon, male, born:1872-12-12 Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, died:1920-1962 (47y 0m 20d) , Dad:Nathan A. Damon, Mom:Adeline\Adaline A. SEARLS, #M:1, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:3
  4. 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

Spouse(s) and Children
  1. Marriage: 1900 ?Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio
  2. Spouse: Jessie Black, female, born:1882 ?Ohio, died:1956-08-24 (74y 7m 23d) , #SrcDocs:3
  3. ..Child: Arthur W. Damon, male, born:1903-09-18 ?Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, died:1972 (68y 3m 14d) ?Medina county, Ohio, Dad:Fred S. Damon, Mom:Jessie Black, #SrcDocs:3

Events
Birth
: 1879-01-18, Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio
Married
: ?1900 , Age:20y 11m 14d, ?Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, Role:groom
Death
: 1958 , Age:78y 11m 14d, ?Ohio
Burial
: 1958 , Age:78y 11m 14d, Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, Ridge Cemetery, section 6 row 9

Places In
Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio

Sources
Book The Searles Family, Harry A. Howk, 1962, Lisa Robinson 1996 revision
Letter by Anna C Eastwood, New Lyme Ohio, 1934
Letters from Deanna Searles, Tuscon Arizona, 2001


Historical
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