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Melissa Damon

Melissa Damon

Female 1856 - 1915  (59 years)


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  • Name Melissa Damon  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] 
    Birth 9 Apr 1856  Richland, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] 
    Gender Female 
    Death 9 Apr 1915  [8] 
    Burial Richland, Oswego County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Person ID I35424  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father George Bonner Damon,   b. 22 Aug 1822, , , New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Oct 1863, Orwell, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Betsey Mason,   b. 1 Mar 1820   d. 2 Jul 1912 (Age 92 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F17724  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ethel M. Stewart,   b. 15 Jun 1855, Richland, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Mar 1937, Pulaski, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 6 Dec 1873  Orwell, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Fred Benjiman Stewart,   b. 18 Oct 1875, Orwell, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Apr 1937, Richland Township, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Grace B. Stewart,   b. 20 Oct 1880, Richland Township, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Oct 1977, Fulton, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 97 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Leroy Stewart,   b. Abt 1884, Richland Township, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 May 1885, Richland Township, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Blanche Ethel Stewart,   b. 19 Sep 1892, Richland Township, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jul 1954, Syracuse, Onondaga, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F27293  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Newspaper Obituary - Thursday, April 15, 1915 Sandy Creek News - Sandy Creek, New York - Meacham District - Richland - Mrs. E. Damon Stewart, died Friday, April 9, on her 59th birthday, having been in poor health all winter though able to be about and thought to be on the gain. Two weeks ago she was stricken with pneumonia which proved too much for her weakened condition. She is survived by her husband, who is sick in bed, and has been for three weeks. The funeral was held at the church in Richland Monday at 2 o'clock. She leaves one son, Fred Stewart of Spring Brook and two daughters, Mrs. Bernice Lyons of Pulaski and Blanche Stewart who is at home with her parents, and four brothers, Clayton, William and Curn Damon of Orwell and George was homeless in the South.

      Newsaper Obituary - Pulaski Democrat - April 1915 - Stewart - In Richland, April 9, 1915, Mrs. E. Damon Stewart, aged 59 years.

      Vitals - April 9, 1915 - Melissa Damon Stewart, age 59 years. Date of birth April 9, 1856, born in New York. Sex, female; race, white; married; occupation, housework. Name of father, George Damon, born in New York. Name of mother, Betsey Mason, born in New York. Informant, Mrs. Bernice Lyon, Pulaski, New York. Cause of death, pneumonia, contributed by nephritis. Signed by A. G. Dunbar, M.D., April 9, 1915, Richland, New York. Place of burial, Richland, April 12, 1915. Undertaker, Enos & Morton, Pulaski, New York.

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