Henry Lewis Damon SPALDING

• General Notes
  • "Damon" in 1900 census and on obit
    
    b. IN
    d. in Loogootee (city), Perry Twp, Martin Cty, IN  of a gunshot wound
    buried at St. Mary's Cemetery, Barr Twp, Daviess Cty, IN beside mother Della, father George, and father's first wife
    
    Donna Bishop:  "I found the death of Damon Spalding by gunshot listed in Martin County Death Records FHC film # 1436077.  I have no other info on him.  I wonder if any of the old newspapers would have an obituary on him?"
    
    obit:
    Daiess County Democrat 41-3, Washington, IN, Sat 3 Dec 1904
    Accidentally Killed Near Loogootee Friday
    Was Returning From a Hunting Trip When Accident Happened - A Son of the Late Dr. G. L. Spalding
       A distressing hunting accident occurred near Loogootee Friday afternoon in which Damon Spalding, a 13 year old boy almost instantly lost his life.
       Young Spaulding [sic] with a companion was returning to his home at Loogootee from a short hunting trip in the afternoon; the former was walking in the rear when somehow his gun was accidentally discharged, the load of shot striking him in the eye and penetrating the brain.  He fell to the ground and expired within a half hour without speaking or telling just how the shooting happened.
       The deceased was a son of Mrs. G. L. Spalding widow of the late Dr. G. L. Spalding who formerly lived in Knox county.  He was the mainstay of his widowed mother and his death is an exceptionally sad one.  He has two older brothers in the U.S. Navy and a sister at home.  The funeral will be held at St. John's church Loogootee.
    
    NMBaker note:  Martin Cty death record, d. 25 Nov 1904 age 13, gunshot, buried 27 Nov 1904 St. Mary's, s/o Geo. Spalding and Della Champlin, death record gives mother's first name as "Dellia"
    
    notes from source: Cemetery Records of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Barr Township, Daviess County, Indiana Including Additional Genealogical Information and Obituaries, Researched by Natalie Montgomery Baker, Washington, Indiana, 47501, 1996, p. 236..  Accessed 7/06 at Carnegie Public Library, Washington, IN.