Obituary from the Ellensburg Capital, Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington, dated 22 April 1915: "M. M. Damman, a pioneer of the valley, died at his west side home on Monday and will be buried from the family home this morning. He was over 60 years of age and was widely and favorably known."
Merritt Monroe Damman's biography is found in "History of the Yakima Valley Washington, Volume II, pages 659-60, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919] -
"Merritt Monroe Damman. - In the death of Merritt Monroe Damman, who passed away April 19, 1915, Ellensburg & Kittitas county lost a public spirited citizen who was highly esteemed and respected by all who knew him. He was born in Stoughton, Wisc., Feb. 27, 1857, a son of Jeremiah Douglas & Mary J. (Cushing) Damman, natives of Maine, who migrated to Wisconsin as pioneers of the state and later crossed the plains to Utah in 1869. The following year they came to Kittitas valley there the father operated one of the first sawmills, also taking up a homestead claim, to the cultivation of which he devoted his remaining days and passed away Feb. 27, 1898. His wife had preceded him many years, her death occurring January 4, 1865."
Merritt M. Damman passed his boyhood days under the parental roof and attended the schools in the neighborhood of his fathers' farms in Wisconsin and in Utah. The year 1872 marked his arrival in the Kittitas valley, whither he came from Ogden Utah, the latter city having been his home for several years. He soon turned his attention to farming and in 1885 took up a homestead two and half miles south of Ellensburg, comprising 160 acres of land, of which he later sold 80 acres. To its cultivation and improvements of this property he devoted his life, making it one of the valuable farms of the neighborhood, and here he followed agricultrual pursuits with growing success, always using modern and up to date methods, making many improvements and installing modern equipment. As the years passed his industry, tenacity and straightforwardness combined in bringing to his success.
On the 28th of March 1883, Mr. Damman was united in marriage to Miss Florence Agnes Stickney, native of Horicon, Warren County, New York and a daughter of Henry J. and Fannie Jane (Bunker) Stickney. While residing in the east, Mrs. Damman was a successful teacher but in 1884 she crossed the continent, becoming a resident of Yakima County, where she continued on her chosen profession in Old Yakima City. She was there when the railroad just reached the town but later she moved to the Kittitas valley, where she also witnessed the first coming in of the railroad. (History of Yakima County.)
Merritt, his wife and two children, age 3 and 1, are listed as living in Kittitas County, Washington Territory in 1889. He was living next door to his wife's parents and brother. (source: Territorial Census)
Four children were born to them. Three survived to adulthood (Harold, Fannie, and Ray); their youngest child, Dorothy Agnes, died at the age of 7 years and 10 months, of diptheria.
M. M. Damman attended the Methodist Episcopal church, to which his widow and family belonged. Fraternally he was connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and his political persuasion was that of the democratic party. Although not active in public life, he was ever ready to give his support to worthy movements undertaken on behalf of the public and his name was connected with various enterprises which have proven of benefit to the inhabitants of Kittitas County. All who knew him, and he had many friends, had the highest regard for him and esteemed him as a straighforwarded honorable man whose word was as good as his bond. His death was a great blow to his family, who lost in him a beloved husband and father, who had ever a heart the welfare of those dear to him. (History of Yakima County, p. 660).
In a letter dated December 4, 1879 from "Sparta, Yakama at Washington Territory", J. D. Damman writes his son [Merritt] to come help him at the mill.
Merritt Monroe Damman's biography is found in "History of the Yakima Valley Washington, Volume II, pages 659-60, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919] -
"Merritt Monroe Damman. - In the death of Merritt Monroe Damman, who passed away April 19, 1915, Ellensburg & Kittitas county lost a public spirited citizen who was highly esteemed and respected by all who knew him. He was born in Stoughton, Wisc., Feb. 27, 1857, a son of Jeremiah Douglas & Mary J. (Cushing) Damman, natives of Maine, who migrated to Wisconsin as pioneers of the state and later crossed the plains to Utah in 1869. The following year they came to Kittitas valley there the father operated one of the first sawmills, also taking up a homestead claim, to the cultivation of which he devoted his remaining days and passed away Feb. 27, 1898. His wife had preceded him many years, her death occurring January 4, 1865."
Merritt M. Damman passed his boyhood days under the parental roof and attended the schools in the neighborhood of his fathers' farms in Wisconsin and in Utah. The year 1872 marked his arrival in the Kittitas valley, whither he came from Ogden Utah, the latter city having been his home for several years. He soon turned his attention to farming and in 1885 took up a homestead two and half miles south of Ellensburg, comprising 160 acres of land, of which he later sold 80 acres. To its cultivation and improvements of this property he devoted his life, making it one of the valuable farms of the neighborhood, and here he followed agricultrual pursuits with growing success, always using modern and up to date methods, making many improvements and installing modern equipment. As the years passed his industry, tenacity and straightforwardness combined in bringing to his success.
On the 28th of March 1883, Mr. Damman was united in marriage to Miss Florence Agnes Stickney, native of Horicon, Warren County, New York and a daughter of Henry J. and Fannie Jane (Bunker) Stickney. While residing in the east, Mrs. Damman was a successful teacher but in 1884 she crossed the continent, becoming a resident of Yakima County, where she continued on her chosen profession in Old Yakima City. She was there when the railroad just reached the town but later she moved to the Kittitas valley, where she also witnessed the first coming in of the railroad. (History of Yakima County.)
Merritt, his wife and two children, age 3 and 1, are listed as living in Kittitas County, Washington Territory in 1889. He was living next door to his wife's parents and brother. (source: Territorial Census)
Four children were born to them. Three survived to adulthood (Harold, Fannie, and Ray); their youngest child, Dorothy Agnes, died at the age of 7 years and 10 months, of diptheria.
M. M. Damman attended the Methodist Episcopal church, to which his widow and family belonged. Fraternally he was connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and his political persuasion was that of the democratic party. Although not active in public life, he was ever ready to give his support to worthy movements undertaken on behalf of the public and his name was connected with various enterprises which have proven of benefit to the inhabitants of Kittitas County. All who knew him, and he had many friends, had the highest regard for him and esteemed him as a straighforwarded honorable man whose word was as good as his bond. His death was a great blow to his family, who lost in him a beloved husband and father, who had ever a heart the welfare of those dear to him. (History of Yakima County, p. 660).
In a letter dated December 4, 1879 from "Sparta, Yakama at Washington Territory", J. D. Damman writes his son [Merritt] to come help him at the mill.
Obituary from the Ellensburg Capital, Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington, dated 22 April 1915: "M. M. Damman, a pioneer of the valley, died at his west side home on Monday and will be buried from the family home this morning. He was over 60 years of age and was widely and favorably known."
Merritt Monroe Damman's biography is found in "History of the Yakima Valley Washington, Volume II, pages 659-60, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919] -
"Merritt Monroe Damman. - In the death of Merritt Monroe Damman, who passed away April 19, 1915, Ellensburg & Kittitas county lost a public spirited citizen who was highly esteemed and respected by all who knew him. He was born in Stoughton, Wisc., Feb. 27, 1857, a son of Jeremiah Douglas & Mary J. (Cushing) Damman, natives of Maine, who migrated to Wisconsin as pioneers of the state and later crossed the plains to Utah in 1869. The following year they came to Kittitas valley there the father operated one of the first sawmills, also taking up a homestead claim, to the cultivation of which he devoted his remaining days and passed away Feb. 27, 1898. His wife had preceded him many years, her death occurring January 4, 1865."
Merritt M. Damman passed his boyhood days under the parental roof and attended the schools in the neighborhood of his fathers' farms in Wisconsin and in Utah. The year 1872 marked his arrival in the Kittitas valley, whither he came from Ogden Utah, the latter city having been his home for several years. He soon turned his attention to farming and in 1885 took up a homestead two and half miles south of Ellensburg, comprising 160 acres of land, of which he later sold 80 acres. To its cultivation and improvements of this property he devoted his life, making it one of the valuable farms of the neighborhood, and here he followed agricultrual pursuits with growing success, always using modern and up to date methods, making many improvements and installing modern equipment. As the years passed his industry, tenacity and straightforwardness combined in bringing to his success.
On the 28th of March 1883, Mr. Damman was united in marriage to Miss Florence Agnes Stickney, native of Horicon, Warren County, New York and a daughter of Henry J. and Fannie Jane (Bunker) Stickney. While residing in the east, Mrs. Damman was a successful teacher but in 1884 she crossed the continent, becoming a resident of Yakima County, where she continued on her chosen profession in Old Yakima City. She was there when the railroad just reached the town but later she moved to the Kittitas valley, where she also witnessed the first coming in of the railroad. (History of Yakima County.)
Merritt, his wife and two children, age 3 and 1, are listed as living in Kittitas County, Washington Territory in 1889. He was living next door to his wife's parents and brother. (source: Territorial Census)
Four children were born to them. Three survived to adulthood (Harold, Fannie, and Ray); their youngest child, Dorothy Agnes, died at the age of 7 years and 10 months, of diptheria.
M. M. Damman attended the Methodist Episcopal church, to which his widow and family belonged. Fraternally he was connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and his political persuasion was that of the democratic party. Although not active in public life, he was ever ready to give his support to worthy movements undertaken on behalf of the public and his name was connected with various enterprises which have proven of benefit to the inhabitants of Kittitas County. All who knew him, and he had many friends, had the highest regard for him and esteemed him as a straighforwarded honorable man whose word was as good as his bond. His death was a great blow to his family, who lost in him a beloved husband and father, who had ever a heart the welfare of those dear to him. (History of Yakima County, p. 660).
In a letter dated December 4, 1879 from "Sparta, Yakama at Washington Territory", J. D. Damman writes his son [Merritt] to come help him at the mill.
Merritt Monroe Damman's biography is found in "History of the Yakima Valley Washington, Volume II, pages 659-60, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919] -
"Merritt Monroe Damman. - In the death of Merritt Monroe Damman, who passed away April 19, 1915, Ellensburg & Kittitas county lost a public spirited citizen who was highly esteemed and respected by all who knew him. He was born in Stoughton, Wisc., Feb. 27, 1857, a son of Jeremiah Douglas & Mary J. (Cushing) Damman, natives of Maine, who migrated to Wisconsin as pioneers of the state and later crossed the plains to Utah in 1869. The following year they came to Kittitas valley there the father operated one of the first sawmills, also taking up a homestead claim, to the cultivation of which he devoted his remaining days and passed away Feb. 27, 1898. His wife had preceded him many years, her death occurring January 4, 1865."
Merritt M. Damman passed his boyhood days under the parental roof and attended the schools in the neighborhood of his fathers' farms in Wisconsin and in Utah. The year 1872 marked his arrival in the Kittitas valley, whither he came from Ogden Utah, the latter city having been his home for several years. He soon turned his attention to farming and in 1885 took up a homestead two and half miles south of Ellensburg, comprising 160 acres of land, of which he later sold 80 acres. To its cultivation and improvements of this property he devoted his life, making it one of the valuable farms of the neighborhood, and here he followed agricultrual pursuits with growing success, always using modern and up to date methods, making many improvements and installing modern equipment. As the years passed his industry, tenacity and straightforwardness combined in bringing to his success.
On the 28th of March 1883, Mr. Damman was united in marriage to Miss Florence Agnes Stickney, native of Horicon, Warren County, New York and a daughter of Henry J. and Fannie Jane (Bunker) Stickney. While residing in the east, Mrs. Damman was a successful teacher but in 1884 she crossed the continent, becoming a resident of Yakima County, where she continued on her chosen profession in Old Yakima City. She was there when the railroad just reached the town but later she moved to the Kittitas valley, where she also witnessed the first coming in of the railroad. (History of Yakima County.)
Merritt, his wife and two children, age 3 and 1, are listed as living in Kittitas County, Washington Territory in 1889. He was living next door to his wife's parents and brother. (source: Territorial Census)
Four children were born to them. Three survived to adulthood (Harold, Fannie, and Ray); their youngest child, Dorothy Agnes, died at the age of 7 years and 10 months, of diptheria.
M. M. Damman attended the Methodist Episcopal church, to which his widow and family belonged. Fraternally he was connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and his political persuasion was that of the democratic party. Although not active in public life, he was ever ready to give his support to worthy movements undertaken on behalf of the public and his name was connected with various enterprises which have proven of benefit to the inhabitants of Kittitas County. All who knew him, and he had many friends, had the highest regard for him and esteemed him as a straighforwarded honorable man whose word was as good as his bond. His death was a great blow to his family, who lost in him a beloved husband and father, who had ever a heart the welfare of those dear to him. (History of Yakima County, p. 660).
In a letter dated December 4, 1879 from "Sparta, Yakama at Washington Territory", J. D. Damman writes his son [Merritt] to come help him at the mill.
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