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Joseph Damon

Birth: 27 Jun 1759
Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death: 17 Feb 1843 (aged 83)
Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial: Laurel Hill Cemetery

Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 42.5261612, Longitude: -71.1039187
Memorial ID: 67814020 View Source

A Revolutionary soldier. He died of "old age", aged 84 years [February 18. gravestone]. (source: gravestone inscription & Vital Records of Reading, MA to the end of the year 1849)

A Revolutionary soldier. He died of "old age", aged 84 years [February 18. gravestone]. (source: gravestone inscription & Vital Records of Reading, MA to the end of the year 1849)

Inscription

epitaph:

"Farewell then my father,
thy course here is ended,
No more will thy presence
our pilgrimage cheer,
Thou hast mingled with dust,
to the grave hast decended,
Thy loss we must mourn
our parent most dear."

Family Members

Parents

Jabez Damon

1722–1775

Spouse

Patience Richardson Damon

unknown–1821 (m. 1782)

Siblings

Children

Rufus Damon

1789–1870

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Created by: John Glassford
Added: Apr 2, 2011
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67814020/joseph-damon: accessed ), memorial page for Joseph Damon (27 Jun 1759–17 Feb 1843), Find a Grave Memorial ID 67814020, citing Laurel Hill Cemetery, Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by John Glassford (contributor 47271570).

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