George Damron
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This information was sent to me by researcher Mike Walker , descendant.
George Damron was born January 08, 1816 in Illinois, and died May 11, 1896 , buried Old Philadelphia Cemetery - Izard County Arkansas. He married Mary Ann Low, May 22, 1836 in Hardeman County Tennessee. Mary Ann was born circa 1818 in Georgia.
Children of George Damron and Mary Low are:
My Line
i. Martha
Jane Damron, born circa 1837 in Tennessee. She married
Richard Sargent Lawson.
ii. Mary C
Damron, born circa 1840 in Tennessee.
iii. Cynthia A
Damron,
born circa 1841 in Mississippi.
iv. John Sherwood
Damron, born circa 1842 in Tennessee. He married
Mary Ann Allison.
v. Barbara
Emaline
Damron, born March 1844 in Tennessee. She
married Thomas Harrison Allen 1865.
vi. Frances
Matilda
Damron, born circa 1847 in Tippah, Mississippi. She
married Thomas Fletcher Johnson in Jacksonport, Arkansas.
vii. George Damron,
born
circa 1848 in Mississippi.
viii. Sarah Damron,
born
circa 1851 in Jackson County Arkansas.
ix. William Damron, born
circa
1854 in Arkansas.
x. Samuel Damron, born
circa 1855 in Arkansas.
xi. Henry B Damron,
born
circa 1860 in Arkansas.
xii. Caroline Damron.
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Notes for George
Damron:
In 1880 George and Mary Ann (Low) Damron
were living in the household of Thomas Johnston (Johnson) and Frances
(their
daughter) - Household #92, Newburg Township, Izard County
Arkansas.
George died in 1896 and in the 1900 census Mary Ann was shown to be
living
in household #71, Newburg Township, next door to Frances M. Johnson,
widow,
mother-in-law of John W. Reid.
Notes for Sargent Lawson:
Sargent Lawson and Martha Jane (Damron)
were listed in the the Craighead County census in 1860. Sargent
was
killed in the Civil War - Battle of Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Martha
Jane and her three children Mahaley, Mary, and Sargent were in Searcy
County
in 1870, and in 1880 she and her two children, Mary and Sargent were
living
in Izard County, Newhope Township, household #266. Her daughter
Mahaley
was married to John M. Barnes and living in household #264.
Martha Jane's parents, George and Mary
Ann (Low) Damron were living in household #92, Newburg Township, Izard
County Arkansas.
Sources:
1. Info from Mike Walker.
2. 1860 Craighead County Census.
3. Info from message on IZARD-L.
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