Damon, Benjamin (1783-1872)

Name:

Damon, Benjamin (1783-1872)

Title:

Deacon, First Baptist Church
Surveyor of Lumber, Town of Concord, 1825, 1834
Member, Concord Mechanic's Association, 1828
Fire Warden, Town of Concord, 1833
Contributor, Concord Literary Institution, 1834.

Other Names:

Damon, Benjamin, Jr.

Born:

12/22/1783

Birthplace:

Amherst, NH

Died:

09/25/1872

Death Location:

Concord, NH

Residence:

Amherst, NH 1783-1806
Concord, NH 1806-1872

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Chairmaker
Ornamental painter
Painting contractor
Painter -1867

Father:

Damon, Benjamin

Mother:

Hosea, Polly

Relations:

Partnership, Low & Damon, chairmakers and painters, 1806-1826
(William Low & Benjamin Damon),

Spouse:

Married Sophia Nichols (1785-1866), 1811

Children:

George
Charles
Mary Anne

Notes:

Nathaniel Bouton, The History of Concord, From Its First Grant in 1725, To the Organization of City Government in 1853... (Concord, New Hampshire: McFarland & Jenks, 1856), 677-679.

Albert A. Fiske, Compiler, The Fiske Family. A History of the Family, (Ancestral and Descendant) of the Hon. William Fiske, Senior, of Amherst, N.H. (Chicago, Illinois: Albert A. Fiske, 1867), 141-143.

Donna-Belle Garvin, "Concord, New Hampshire: A Furniture-Making Capital," Historical New Hampshire, 45(Spring 1990)1, 18-20, 22, 25, 31-33, 37, 55, 77, 78.

Plain & Elegant, Rich & Common: Documented New Hampshire Furniture, 1750-1850. (Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1978), 74-75, 143, 148-149.

The Concord Directory, for 1867-8, Containing a General Directory of the Inhabitants, and a Business Directory... (Boston, MA: Dudley & Greenough, 1867), 38.

"Low & Damon" Advertisment, American Patriot, Concord, NH, March 28, 1809, 4.

"Low & Damon" Advertisment, New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette, Concord, NH, December 7, 1813, 4.

"At the Signof the Eagle" Advertisement, New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette, Concord, NH, February 6, 1816, 3.

"Apprentice Wanted" Advertisement, New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette, Concord, NH, May 3, 1824, 4.

"Dissolution of Copartnership" Advertisement, New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette, Concord, NH, January 23, 1826, 1.

"Fancy Chairs," New-Hampshire Statesman, Concord, NH, April 15, 1826, 3.

"Chairs," New Hampshire Observer, Concord, NH, July 6, 1833, 3.

"Assignee's Notice," New-Hampshire Statesman, Concord, NH, August 11, 1848, 3.

"Local Items," New-Hampshire Statesman, Concord, NH, September 27, 1867, 2.

"Death of Deacon Damon," The New-Hampshire Patriot, Concord, New Hampshire, September 25, 1872.

Old North Cemetery, Concord, NH