Re: Damrons / Gallia County, OH
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In reply to:
Damrons / Gallia County, OH
1/27/01
I am a descendent of John Gibson Damron. He would be my Great great great grandfather.The family records from my aunt show that the elder John Gibson Damron was born May 28, 1817 in Bedford County Virginia. There is an indication that the spelling was Dameron at some point but never any other spelling indicated. His obituary was in the Gallipolis Journal October 10 1894 of which I have a copy and is the source of his birthplace information. He went to Kanawha County at age 16 (I am not sure the source of this information) and apprenticed as a cooper married Maria Louise Ward at age 20 and had 8 children with her.
He had a son of the same name born June 22 1850. The information on the younger John Gibson is from a family bible.
We do not have any records about the elder John Gibson Damron's parents. The Damron part of my tree ends with John Gibson Damron and I hope to begin searching for other Damrons from Bedford County Virginia.
Mary Damron Glaeser