William Count Daymon

W. C. DAMAN.

Among those who devote their attention to the business of farming and stock raising in Big Lick township, Hancock county, is the above named gentleman, who successfully operates a farm of one hundred and twenty-five acres. The family of which he is an honored and worthy representative are of German ancestry. His father, John C. Daman, and his mother, Katherine Westerman, were natives of the fatherland, where they were married and subsequently emigrated to this country in 1830. Here they located in the old Buckeye state, chosing Columbiana county as their home and where they remained up to 1839, that being the date of their removal to Big Lick township. This was in the earlier history of the county, when much of the farming land was in its primitive state, and the carving out of a farm meant long hours of unremitting toil. They purchased forty acres to which they added until it was increased to sixty-five acres, and passed their lives in its cultivation. It is worthy to note that John C. Daman was a man who met every responsibility in life with credit. In the old country he had been a soldier in the German army, and had served out his time in his country's service. He took part in many of the campaigns conducted by the German army, and carried upon his body the scars of wounds received, and showed the marks of the hardships through which he had passed in the various campaigns. So severe had been the service that his constitution became impaired, and the latter part of his life was passed in very indifferent health. He died in 1848. The wife lived for a number of years after, her death having occurred in 1873. The family consisted of eight children, only two of whom are now living, Justice Daman, residing now in the county of Gratiot, Michigan, and W. C. Daman, of whom we are pleased to write. This gentleman was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, in 1836, the date being December 31. He passed the period of his boyhood in the grinding toil of farm life in that early day, but it had for one of its rewards the construction of a physical frame that has carried him successfully through his subsequent career. Arriving at manhood he resolved to devote his life to the pursuit of agriculture, and purchasing the farm upon which he now resides, in 1858, he began the construction of his home. He has at various times added to the original purchase, both in land and improvements, and is at present in possession of a farm which is looked upon as a model one in Hancock county. Marriage came to Mr. Daman in 1864, his first wife having been Angeline Measel, by whom he had two children: Flora and Warren \V. The second lady's maiden name was Ellen McEwen, and two of her children are now living, Celestia and Charles W., while one is deceased. By his third wife, whose maiden name was Lou Sleymaker, he became the father of a son named Frank. The present wife of Mr. Daman was Mrs. Phoebe Edwards, whom he married in 1885. To this union has been born Bessie, deceased, Edith, Frances E., and John D.

Mr. and Mrs. Daman are highly respected residents of the township, and are active and prominent members of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which organization he is a trustee and steward. They are numbered among Hancock county's best citizens, and as such the author of this volume present them to its readers.

• Taken from "A Centennial biographical history of Hancock County, Ohio" By Lewis Publishing Company