Legislator Details
Number of sessions served 4
Gender: Male
Age at election: 36
Vital Records Information:
Birth
Date: 6/4/1850
City: Madison, OH
County: Lake County, OH
Country: US
Death
Date: 7/13/1926
City: Mount Pleasant, MI
County: Isabella County, MI
Country: US
Type of Burial: Interred
Burial
Date: 7/16/1926
City: Mount Pleasant, MI
County: Isabella County, MI
Country: US
Cemetery: Riverside Cemetery
Marital Information:
married Ella Gertrude Jewett, 5/10/1873 ( 1853-1913), in Beloit, WI; children: 2, Howard Perry and Mabel Genevieve (Mitchell); married Mrs. Eliza Margaret Burwash or Burrows Cooper [or Casper], dau. of James A. and Susannah M. (Beattes?) Burrows, in Mt. Pleasant in 9/21/1915.
Number of Children: 2
Background
Religion: Methodist Episcopal
Military Service: United States Army
Occupation: teacher, pharmacist, grocer, banker, businessman
Race: Caucasian or White
Education:
attended Wisconsin State University, Madison
Biographical Sketch:
Scottish and English ancestry. Son of George Damon (1807-1860) and Mary (Tyler) Damon (1811-1864). His family moved to Dane County, WI in 1855. He taught for 2 terms before moving to Beloit, WI, where he worked as clerk in drug business; enlisted in the US Army, 1871-76; moved to Millington, MI in 1876, continuing in the drug and grocery business. He served as Millington village president [1888], treasurer, president of the school board and township superintendent of schools. In 1891, he sold his business and moved to Georgia to be a manufacturer but returned the following year. He opened drug and grocery businesses first in Hubbardston and, 2 years later, in Weidman. His stored burned in 1897 but was rebuilt and expanded. He was elected Isabella County treasurer in 1906 and 1908. He sold his business in Weidman and moved to Mt. Pleasant where he again went into the drug and grocery business, adding other merchandise. He maintain interests in the Weidman Banking Co. and the Holmes Milling Co., being vice president of each. Candidate for mayor of Mt. Pleasant, MI in 1920
Notable Facts:
Served in both chambers.
Some Manuals show married in 1872, 1889 says May, 1873; PolGryd shows date of marriage as May 10, 1873.
Directed a portion of the 1890 US Census finances in Michigan.
Died of Bright's Disease.
Sessions Served:
Committees Served On: Liquor Traffic , Banks and Corporations , College of Mines , Education and Public Schools , Industrial School for Boys , Michigan Farm Colony for Epileptics
City of Residence: Mt. Pleasant
County of Residence Isabella
District Description: comprising the counties of Gratiot, Isabella and Mecosta
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed
Committees Served On: Claims and Public Accounts , Michigan Farm Colony for Epileptics, Banks and Corporations , Education and Public Schools , Immigration , Kalamazoo State Hospital , Liquor Traffic , School for the Blind
City of Residence: Mt. Pleasant
County of Residence Isabella
District Description: Comprising the counties of Gratiot, Isabella and Mecosta
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Notes: Chair of Claims and Public Accounts; and Michigan Farm Colony for Epileptics
Committees Served On: Northern Asylum for Insane , State Capitol and Public Buildings , Towns and Counties
City of Residence: Millington
County of Residence Tuscola
District Description: Townships of Akron, Arbela, Denmark, Fair Grove, Gilford, Juniata, Millington, Tuscola, Vassar, Watertown and Wisner
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed
Committees Served On: Drainage , Religious and Benevolent Societies , Supplies and Expenditures
City of Residence: Millington
County of Residence Tuscola
District Description: Townships of Akron, Arbela, Denmark, Fair Grove, Gilford, Juniata, Millington, Tuscola, Vassar, Watertown and Wisner in Tuscola County
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Bibliography:
PolGryd: MIMarRec 1867-1952.; Manual 1889 p.638-39; Manual 1915 p.763-64; Manual 1917 p.778; Find-a-Grave.com; Michiganology; Fancher p.398-400
