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(b. 6 August 1840,
, Maine, USA
d. 5 January 1904,
Farmington, Maine, USA
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Cause of Death: died in fire
America - Did you know? 1822: Denmark Vesey, an enslaved African American carpenter who had purchased his freedom, plans a slave revolt with the intent to lay siege on Charleston, South Carolina. The plot is discovered, and Vesey and 34 coconspirators are hanged.
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
An Appetizing Dish - One of the most appetizing dishes that can be placed before a hungry family, and which may tempt the appetite of one who isn"t hungry, is made in this way: Take one dozen ears of corn, grate it, stir in four eggs, one fourth of a cup of flour, a little salt, and fry in hot lard; if the corn is not milky, add a little milk or cream.
The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., February 1, 1882
1800s Advice and Etiquette for Ladies
Dress for Morning Visits — A lady should never receive her morning callers in a wrapper, unless they call at an unusually early hour, or some unexpected demand upon her time makes it impossible to change her dress after breakfast. On the other hand, an elaborate costume before dinner is in excessively bad taste.
The Ladies" Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness: A Complete Handbook for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society... by Florence Hartley, January 1, 1872
Farmington, Maine, USA
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Hilliard Page DAMON-- Date: 11 March 1874 Place: St Albans, Maine, USA
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indexing project (batch) number: I00654-2
system origin: Maine-EASy
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Libelant: Amanda B. Damon
Libelee: Hilliard P. Damon
Date of Divorce: 1891
County Where Divorced: Androscoggin
Notes: Divorce case heard Apr. term, 1891.
Source: Maine Supreme Judicial Court Records (Androscoggin Co.), 25/ 399 (docket no. 248)
Source citation: "Maine Divorces, 1799-1903," database, Maine Genealogy (www.mainegenealogy.net/ individual_divorce_record.asp?id=15890 : accessed 6 September 2012), entry for Amanda B. Damon & Hilliard P. Damon, 1891, citing Maine Divorce Index, Maine State Archives.
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Charles Ethelbert DAMON (b.5 December 1879, St Albans, Maine, USA d. 2 June 1942, Santa Clara, California, USA)
Amanda B
COX
(b. 6 August 1840,
, Maine, USA
d. 5 January 1904,
Farmington, Maine, USA
)
Cause of Death: died in fire
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Amanda B COX was born 6 August 1840
in , Maine, USA.
Amanda B COX
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She married Hilliard Page DAMON 11 March 1874 in St Albans, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child. They divorced. Hilliard Page DAMON was born 25 March 1854 in Charleston, Maine, USA . He died 1938 in , Maine, USA .
Amanda B COX died 5 January 1904 in Farmington, Maine, USA.
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born in Parkman, Piscataquis, Maine, USA
daughter of Ezra Cox and Mary R Fisher
NOTE: Jessie Cobb stayed at her house the night before she was murdered
Details of the life of Amanda appear below.
She married Hilliard Page DAMON 11 March 1874 in St Albans, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child. They divorced. Hilliard Page DAMON was born 25 March 1854 in Charleston, Maine, USA . He died 1938 in , Maine, USA .
Amanda B COX died 5 January 1904 in Farmington, Maine, USA.
Notes:
born in Parkman, Piscataquis, Maine, USA
daughter of Ezra Cox and Mary R Fisher
NOTE: Jessie Cobb stayed at her house the night before she was murdered
Details of the life of Amanda appear below.
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America - Did you know? 1822: Denmark Vesey, an enslaved African American carpenter who had purchased his freedom, plans a slave revolt with the intent to lay siege on Charleston, South Carolina. The plot is discovered, and Vesey and 34 coconspirators are hanged.www.infoplease.com
1800s Cooking Tips and RecipesAn Appetizing Dish - One of the most appetizing dishes that can be placed before a hungry family, and which may tempt the appetite of one who isn"t hungry, is made in this way: Take one dozen ears of corn, grate it, stir in four eggs, one fourth of a cup of flour, a little salt, and fry in hot lard; if the corn is not milky, add a little milk or cream.
The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., February 1, 1882
1800s Advice and Etiquette for LadiesDress for Morning Visits — A lady should never receive her morning callers in a wrapper, unless they call at an unusually early hour, or some unexpected demand upon her time makes it impossible to change her dress after breakfast. On the other hand, an elaborate costume before dinner is in excessively bad taste.
The Ladies" Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness: A Complete Handbook for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society... by Florence Hartley, January 1, 1872
Farmington, Maine, USA
View from Powder House Hill
Farmington, Maine, USA
Broadway, Farmington, Me.
Farmington, Maine, USA
Congregational Church
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Androscoggin's Secret - Based on the 1900 murder of Jessie Cobb in Lewiston, Maine
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Androscoggin's Secret - Based on the 1900 murder of Jessie Cobb in Lewiston, Maine
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marriage date: 11 Mar 1874
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indexing project (batch) number: I00654-2
system origin: Maine-EASy
source film number: 12062
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Libelant: Amanda B. Damon
Libelee: Hilliard P. Damon
Date of Divorce: 1891
County Where Divorced: Androscoggin
Notes: Divorce case heard Apr. term, 1891.
Source: Maine Supreme Judicial Court Records (Androscoggin Co.), 25/ 399 (docket no. 248)
Source citation: "Maine Divorces, 1799-1903," database, Maine Genealogy (www.mainegenealogy.net/ individual_divorce_record.asp?id=15890 : accessed 6 September 2012), entry for Amanda B. Damon & Hilliard P. Damon, 1891, citing Maine Divorce Index, Maine State Archives.
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Charles Ethelbert DAMON (b.5 December 1879, St Albans, Maine, USA d. 2 June 1942, Santa Clara, California, USA)Events, Pictures and Documents Related to the Lifetime of Amanda B COX
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1842 - Webster-Ashburton Treaty settled Maine/New Brunswick border disputewww.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ metimeln.htm -
1842 - August 9 – The Webster–Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States–Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains.Webster–Ashburton Treaty, (1842), treaty between the U.S. and Great Britain establishing the...Read MORE...
1844 - Married women in Maine become the first in the US to win the right to “separate economy”.https:/ / www.theguardian.com/ money/ us-money-blog/ 2014/ aug/ 11/ women-rights-money-timeline-history -
1844 - May 24 – The first electrical telegram is sent over the telegraph by Samuel F. B. Morse from the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. to the B&O Railroad "outer depot" in Baltimore, Maryland, saying "What hath God wrought".Taken from the Bible, Numbers 23:23, and recorded on a paper tape, the phrase had been suggested to ...Read MORE...
1846 - April 25 – Mexican–American War: Open conflict begins over border disputes of Texas' boundaries.The war, stemming from the United States’ annexation of Texas in 1845 and from a dispute over...Read MORE...
1848 - January 24 – California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill, in Coloma, California.Many people in California figured gold was there, but it was James W. Marshall on January 24, 1848, ...Read MORE...
1848 - February 2 - Mexican–American War formally ends with signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ceding virtually all of what becomes the Southwestern United States to the U.S.www.wikipedia.org - February 2, 1848
1851 - Maine first state to outlaw sale of alcoholic beverageswww.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ metimeln.htm -
1851 - June 5 - Uncle Tom's Cabin Appeared in Serial Form This influential book is often included in lists of "causes of the Civil War" (1861-65). Harriet...Read MORE...
1853 - Exhibition of the Industry of All NationsExhibition of the Industry of All Nations was a World's Fair held in 1853 in what is now Bryant...Read MORE...
1854 - July - Republican Party formed for abolition of slavery.It began in a little schoolhouse in Ripon, Wisconsin, in 1854. A small group of dedicated...Read MORE...
1859 - October 16 – John Brown raids the Harpers Ferry Armory in Harper's Ferry, Virginia, in an unsuccessful bid to spark a general slave rebellion.Late on the night of October 16, 1859, John Brown and 21 armed followers stole into the town of...Read MORE...
1860 - Civil War - On December 20, 1860, a little over a month after Abraham Lincoln had been elected President, South Carolina seceded from the Union. Six more states followed by the spring of 1861.www.civilwar.org/ education/ history/ civil-war-overview/ triggerevents.html - December 20, 1860
1861 - January 21 – American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate....Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, formally took leave of the Senate in a few eloquent remarks. He...Read MORE...
1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away Stateswww.wikipedia.org - February 8, 1861
1861 - Start of U.S. Civil War - April 12, 1861 - Confederate forces fire upon Fort Sumter.The shelling of the fort was the culmination of a simmering conflict in which a small garrison of...Read MORE...
1861 - April 20 - American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia.www.wikipedia.org - April 20, 1861
1861 - October 26 – The Pony Express announces its closure.ATCHISON - Oct. 19. - Orders have to-day been issued by the President of the Pike's Peak Express...Read MORE...
1861 - November 6 - Jefferson Davis Elected President of the Confederate States of America On November 6, 1861, Jefferson Davis was elected president of the Confederate States of America. He ...Read MORE...
1863 - January 1 - Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slavesPresident Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation...Read MORE...
1863 - July 1–3 – American Civil War: Battle of Gettysburg – Union forces under George G. Meade turn back a Confederate invasion by Robert E. Lee in the largest battle of the war (28,000 Confederate casualties, 23,000 Union).www.wikipedia.org - July 3, 1863
1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United StatesA NATIONAL THANKSGIVING
By the President of the United States,
A PROCLAMATION.
WASHINGTON,...Read MORE...
1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered a short speech at the end of the ceremonies dedicating the battlefield cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. That speech has come to be known ...Read MORE...
1865 - April 9 - Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysees S. Grant at Appomattox Court House.Harried mercilessly by Federal troops and continually cut off from turning south, Lee headed west,...Read MORE...
1865 - April 14 - Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: Shortly after 10 p.m. on April 14, 1865, actor John Wilkes Booth entered the presidential box at...Read MORE...
1867 - March 30 – Alaska is purchased for $7.2 million from Alexander II of Russia, about 2 cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward. The news media call this "Seward's Folly"U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward signs a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska for $7 million. Despite the bargain price of roughly two cents an acre, the Alaskan purchase was...Read MORE...
1869 - The Maine Senate, by a vote of 14 to 10, has passed a bill allowing physicians to obtain legitimate subjects for the dissection table.St Joseph Herald - Saint Joseph, Michigan - March 6, 1869
1869 - May 10 - The Union and Central Pacific Railroads joined their rails at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory and forged the destiny of a nation. (Golden Spike National Historic Site, Utah)THE PACIFIC RAILROAD.
The Last Rail Land and the Last Spike Driven.
San Francisco and New York...Read MORE...
1870 - France declares war on Prussia and Emperor Napoleon III is overthrown 1870 - A cable dispatch on the 28th says the Pope has issued a special elimination against the Fenians, both in America and Ireland.St Joseph Herald - Saint Joseph, Michigan - February 5, 1870
1870 - There are 226,000 children in Maine between the ages of four and twenty-one, and only fifty per cent of these attend school.St Joseph Herald - Saint Joseph, Michigan - February 26, 1870
1870 to 1871 - Franco-Prussian War, ending in French defeat, loss of Alsace-Lorraine and end of the Second Empire 1872 - 'Yellowstone Wonderland' is established as first national park.March 1 – Yellowstone National Park (once dubbed "Colter's Hell" after John Colter, of the Lewis &...Read MORE...
1874 Marriage / PartnerAmanda B COX and Hilliard Page DAMON 11 March 1874, St Albans, Maine, USA
1875 - Civil Rights Act of 1875United States federal law enacted during the Reconstruction Era that guaranteed African Americans...Read MORE...
1876 - May 10 - Centennial ExhibitiionMay 10, 1876: The Centennial Exhibition opened in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at which Caroline...Read MORE...
1876 - June 25 – American Indian Wars – Battle of the Little Bighorn:300 men of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer are wiped ...Read MORE...
1879 - Cleveland became the world's first city to be lighted electrically in 1879 when Charles Brush successfully demonstrated arc lights on the streets.www.e-referencedesk.com/ resources/ state-history-timeline/ ohio.html
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1879 Birth of ChildCharles Ethelbert DAMON was born 5 December 1879, St Albans, Maine, USA
1880 Palmyra, Somerset, Maine
Name: Amanda B. Daman
Age: 34
Birth Year: abt 1846
Birthplace: Maine
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Name: Amanda B. Daman
Age: 34
Birth Year: abt 1846
Birthplace: Maine
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At a meeting this evening, largely attended by prominent citizens and those...Read MORE...
1883 - November 18 – U.S. and Canadian railroads institute 5 standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.UNIFORM TIME
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1884 - May 1 – The eight-hour workday is first proclaimed by the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions in the United States. This date, called May Day or Labour Day, becomes a holiday recognized in almost every industrialized country.www.wikipedia.org - May 1, 1884
1884 - December 6 – The Washington Monument is completed in Washington, D.C., becoming the tallest structure in the world at this date.www.wikipedia.org - December 6, 1884
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1886 - January 29 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile, the Benz Patent Motorwagen (built in 1885).www.wikipedia.org - January 29, 1886
1887 - February 2 – In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, the first Groundhog Day is observed.www.wikipedia.org - February 2, 1887
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1893 - May 1 - World's Columbian ExpositionWorld's Columbian Exposition is held in Chicago, commemorating the 400th anniversary of European exploratory voyages to the western hemisphere. www.e-referencedesk.com/ ...Read MORE...
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1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain; the U.S. Congress announces that a state of war has existed since April 21 (later backdating this one more day to April 20)....On April 11, 1898, President William McKinley asked Congress for authorization to end the...Read MORE...
1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.On December 10, the Treaty of Paris officially ended the Spanish-American War. The once-proud...Read MORE...
1900 - Lewiston, Maine
name: Amanda Damon
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name: Amanda Damon
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1900 - March 15 – The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.The Gold Standard Act a Law.
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1900 - June 1 – American temperance agitator Carrie Nation begins her crusade to demolish saloons.THE KIOWA SALOONS RAIDED.
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1901 - January 22 - Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom dies at age 81, after more than 63 years on the throne, and her son the Prince of Wales formally succeeds her as King Edward VII.www.wikipedia.org - January 22, 1901
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1903 - December 17 – Orville Wright flies an aircraft with a petrol engine at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in the first documented, successful, controlled, powered, heavier-than-air flight.THE MACHINE ACTUALLY FLIES
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House in Which Farmington Normal Girls Boarded Badly Damaged.
A Domestic, Mrs. Amanda Damon, Loses Her Life by Suffocation.
Girls Fled from Burning Building in Night Clothes - No One Injured.
TWO DEATHS IN MAINE FIRES.
FARMINGTON, Me., Jan 5. - A defective chimney in a boarding house used as a dormitory by women students of the State Normal school caused a fire which cost a life and badly damaged the building early to-day.
Mrs. Amanda Damon, a native of Lewiston, was suffocated.
The other occupants fled from the building, scantily clad and were not injured.
Mrs. Damon was employed as a domestic. The damage to the building is placed at $3000.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
FARMINGTON, Me., Jan. 5 (Special).– Fire broke out at about 2.30 A. M. today in the Cameron House on South street. The inmates were aroused by a dense smoke which penetrated to every corner of the house. It was soon discovered that the house was on fire, the rear being a mass of flames. The fire caught about the chimney.
An alarm was sounded and the department responded promptly.
The dense smoke made it the hardest kind of a fire to fight. The fire was between the partitions and the smoke nearly suffocated the firemen.
It was supposed everyone was out of the building, but suddenly it was discovered that Mrs. Damon, a domestic, was missing and the firemen returned into the burning building and with greatest difficulty reached Mrs. Damon's room. Mrs. Damon was found prostrate on the bed in an unconscious condition.
The firemen succeeded in getting her to the window. This was no easy task, as Mrs. Damon weighs 225 pounds and the firemen were nearly suffocated. Help was quickly at hand as soon as they reached the window and Mrs. Damon was taken down the ladder.
The firemen who heroically risked their own lives, to save hers, collapsed completely on reaching the ground.
A physician was at once summoned, but before he reached the house where Mrs. Damon had been taken, she was dead. The firemen soon recovered.
The house was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Cameron, their son Freeman, Mrs. Damon and three or four Normal school girls. There was no panic and no one was hurt. Mrs. Damon's death was due to suffocation.
Everything was very quiet about the scene of the fire. People living but three doors away knew nothing of it till this morning they saw the ruins.
Lewiston Evening Journal, Lewiston, Maine, January 5, 1904
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DAMON Amanda B COX
Amanda B., Aug. 6, 1840 - March 5, 1904 “At rest, sister” [D/C: Amanda B Damon d 5 Jan 1904
Farmington age 63,4,30, div from Hilliard R Damon. housekeeper, suffocation by fire. born Parkman to Ezra
Cox farmer b Sumner & Mary R Fisher b Livermore]
Row/Lot 11
Stone 2
Cambridge Memorial Garden Cemetery
Cambridge, Somerset Co, Maine
A Domestic, Mrs. Amanda Damon, Loses Her Life by Suffocation.
Girls Fled from Burning Building in Night Clothes - No One Injured.
TWO DEATHS IN MAINE FIRES.
FARMINGTON, Me., Jan 5. - A defective chimney in a boarding house used as a dormitory by women students of the State Normal school caused a fire which cost a life and badly damaged the building early to-day.
Mrs. Amanda Damon, a native of Lewiston, was suffocated.
The other occupants fled from the building, scantily clad and were not injured.
Mrs. Damon was employed as a domestic. The damage to the building is placed at $3000.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
FARMINGTON, Me., Jan. 5 (Special).– Fire broke out at about 2.30 A. M. today in the Cameron House on South street. The inmates were aroused by a dense smoke which penetrated to every corner of the house. It was soon discovered that the house was on fire, the rear being a mass of flames. The fire caught about the chimney.
An alarm was sounded and the department responded promptly.
The dense smoke made it the hardest kind of a fire to fight. The fire was between the partitions and the smoke nearly suffocated the firemen.
It was supposed everyone was out of the building, but suddenly it was discovered that Mrs. Damon, a domestic, was missing and the firemen returned into the burning building and with greatest difficulty reached Mrs. Damon's room. Mrs. Damon was found prostrate on the bed in an unconscious condition.
The firemen succeeded in getting her to the window. This was no easy task, as Mrs. Damon weighs 225 pounds and the firemen were nearly suffocated. Help was quickly at hand as soon as they reached the window and Mrs. Damon was taken down the ladder.
The firemen who heroically risked their own lives, to save hers, collapsed completely on reaching the ground.
A physician was at once summoned, but before he reached the house where Mrs. Damon had been taken, she was dead. The firemen soon recovered.
The house was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Cameron, their son Freeman, Mrs. Damon and three or four Normal school girls. There was no panic and no one was hurt. Mrs. Damon's death was due to suffocation.
Everything was very quiet about the scene of the fire. People living but three doors away knew nothing of it till this morning they saw the ruins.
Lewiston Evening Journal, Lewiston, Maine, January 5, 1904
Amanda is buried at:
DAMON Amanda B COX
Amanda B., Aug. 6, 1840 - March 5, 1904 “At rest, sister” [D/C: Amanda B Damon d 5 Jan 1904
Farmington age 63,4,30, div from Hilliard R Damon. housekeeper, suffocation by fire. born Parkman to Ezra
Cox farmer b Sumner & Mary R Fisher b Livermore]
Row/Lot 11
Stone 2
Cambridge Memorial Garden Cemetery
Cambridge, Somerset Co, Maine
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