DAMM, Mary 1854-1927

DAMM, HAWN, HOWN, HOUN, GREEN, GREENE

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Date: 5/11/2010 at 21:39:03

Fairfield Daily Ledger
September 30, 1927

MARY H. DAMM DIED AT NOON

Postmistress At Glendale For 43 Years and had Spent Entire Life There

Miss Mary HAWN DAMM, postmistress of Glendale for over 43 years, passed away today noon at 12:30 o'clock at the home of her niece and nephew, Mr. and Mrs. W.C. GREENE, after an illness of nearly a year.

The funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at three o'clock from the home in Glendale and burial will be in the Union cemetery.

Miss DAMM was 73 years old September 10th. She was a half-sister of Michael DAMM, who died over a year ago. She was the daughter of John HAWN and her step-father was Michael DAMM Sr.

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes. I am not related to the subjects.

Fairfield Daily Ledger
Tuesday October 11, 1927

OBITUARY

MARY HAWN DAMM

Mary Hawn, daughter of John and Dorothy HAWN was born in Jefferson County, Iowa, just east of Lockridge, on September 10, 1854. She departed this life at the home of her nephew and niece, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. GREEN (sic. GREENE) in Glendale, Iowa, on September 30, 1927 at 12:30 p.m. Her age was 73 years and 20 days.

Miss HAWN DAMM came to Glendale from Jockey Hollow and later became the assistant Post Mistress and held this position until her step-father, Michael DAMM, died (sic. Michael DAMM Sr. died in 1905). She then became Post Mistress and served in the two positions for a period of 43 years.

In her girlhood she professed her faith in the Lord Jesus and became a member of the Roman Catholic church.

She was preceeded in death by her parents and her brother, the latter departing this life in January 1926.

She is survived by her neice (sic. niece) Mrs. W. T. GREEN (sic. GREENE), by her sister-in-law Mrs. M. DAMM and a nephew Bernard DAMM as well as a large circle of faithful friends and relatives who were at her bedside as a great comfort to her in her long illness.

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes. I am not related to the subjects.

Transcriber note: The first death notice and subsequent obituary for Mary DAMM allude to her birth surname as "HAWN" (father John HAWN). That surname has been found in several sources as having multiple variations, which could affect genealogy searches. The headstone for her biological father at Union Cemetery is "John HOWN". His probate documents of 1856/1857 are filed under the surname "HOUN". There are further variations found within his probate materials.

Family researchers of this family should consider these variations when documenting this individual on a family tree. Mary was put under the guardianship of Michael DAMM Sr. by the time of John HOWN/HOUN's probate in 1856. Michael married Dorathea, the wife of John HOWN/HOUN and mother of Mary, in 1858.

Additional note: The headstone for Mary DAMM is engraved with the dates "1854-1928". She died on September 30, 1927.