Charles, second son of Anson & Belah Mary Nellie Tadezbah, was a "stock raiser" on a very large ranch. He married twice 1) Hasbah and 2) Tahabah & had issue: .
1) Charles married Hasbah Ethel Plentymutash bef. 1895 (ca. 1872-1965), divorced (religious differences), and she subsequently married Charles’s younger brother, Thomas Jefferson Damon, about 1906 . Charles & Hasbah had the following children:
a. Marry (Mary) Damon (1895)
b. Nettie Damon (1898-1969)
c. John K. Damon (1900-1982) aka “Ushke Sousi Damon” per Indian Reservation Census
d. Edward Damon (10-3-1992)
e. Oscar Damon (1905-1999)
2) Charles married Tahabah Mennie Maxine (1876-1879 - 1961) between 1905-1906 and had the following children:
a. Glareye (Grareye) Damon (1905)
b. Simon Damon (1906-1962)
c. Nellie Damon (1910-1961)
d. David Damon (1913)
e. Anson Chandler Damon (1914-1984)
f. Olson Charles Damon, Adopted, 1918-1999)
"Charles translated Navajo oral traditions." The Navajo nation never had a written language. To preserve their oral traditions, Charles translated them into English. This occurred many years before this exceptional circumstance would effect the outcome of World War II (Code Talkers).
The lack of a written language was exceptional in that that the development of the "Code" was unique and invaluable during World War II. The Japanese had no way of learning or understanding this unwritten, highly evolved language to decode the messages sent in Navajo. His son, Anson, was a "Code Talker."
* Sources for family
1880 Buckeye Station, Apache, Arizona Census
1900 Arizona Territory Apache Navajo Indian Reservation District 0075
1910 Navajo Indian Reservation, Apache, Arizona
1920 Navajo Indian Reservation, McKinley, New Mexico Census
* Sources for Name "Charles Sumner Damon" (incorrectly named as Charles Butler Damon on web)
Son, John K. Damon's, hand-written family group sheet, written "Sumner" as his father's middle name, not "S." Document In possession of John’s son, Lafe Damon, and his wife, Kristin.
1900 US Federal Census (Twelfth Census of the United States). Charles S. Damon
Anson’s male children were all named after American heroes. IMO, Charles was named after the famous politician & abolitionist, Sen. Charles Sumner (1811-1874). Please read "The Crime Against Kansas" about "whether Kansas should be admitted to the Union as a slave state or a free state" (May 19, 1856) https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/The_Crime_Against_Kansas.htm
1) Charles married Hasbah Ethel Plentymutash bef. 1895 (ca. 1872-1965), divorced (religious differences), and she subsequently married Charles’s younger brother, Thomas Jefferson Damon, about 1906 . Charles & Hasbah had the following children:
a. Marry (Mary) Damon (1895)
b. Nettie Damon (1898-1969)
c. John K. Damon (1900-1982) aka “Ushke Sousi Damon” per Indian Reservation Census
d. Edward Damon (10-3-1992)
e. Oscar Damon (1905-1999)
2) Charles married Tahabah Mennie Maxine (1876-1879 - 1961) between 1905-1906 and had the following children:
a. Glareye (Grareye) Damon (1905)
b. Simon Damon (1906-1962)
c. Nellie Damon (1910-1961)
d. David Damon (1913)
e. Anson Chandler Damon (1914-1984)
f. Olson Charles Damon, Adopted, 1918-1999)
"Charles translated Navajo oral traditions." The Navajo nation never had a written language. To preserve their oral traditions, Charles translated them into English. This occurred many years before this exceptional circumstance would effect the outcome of World War II (Code Talkers).
The lack of a written language was exceptional in that that the development of the "Code" was unique and invaluable during World War II. The Japanese had no way of learning or understanding this unwritten, highly evolved language to decode the messages sent in Navajo. His son, Anson, was a "Code Talker."
* Sources for family
1880 Buckeye Station, Apache, Arizona Census
1900 Arizona Territory Apache Navajo Indian Reservation District 0075
1910 Navajo Indian Reservation, Apache, Arizona
1920 Navajo Indian Reservation, McKinley, New Mexico Census
* Sources for Name "Charles Sumner Damon" (incorrectly named as Charles Butler Damon on web)
Son, John K. Damon's, hand-written family group sheet, written "Sumner" as his father's middle name, not "S." Document In possession of John’s son, Lafe Damon, and his wife, Kristin.
1900 US Federal Census (Twelfth Census of the United States). Charles S. Damon
Anson’s male children were all named after American heroes. IMO, Charles was named after the famous politician & abolitionist, Sen. Charles Sumner (1811-1874). Please read "The Crime Against Kansas" about "whether Kansas should be admitted to the Union as a slave state or a free state" (May 19, 1856) https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/The_Crime_Against_Kansas.htm
Charles, second son of Anson & Belah Mary Nellie Tadezbah, was a "stock raiser" on a very large ranch. He married twice 1) Hasbah and 2) Tahabah & had issue: .
1) Charles married Hasbah Ethel Plentymutash bef. 1895 (ca. 1872-1965), divorced (religious differences), and she subsequently married Charles’s younger brother, Thomas Jefferson Damon, about 1906 . Charles & Hasbah had the following children:
a. Marry (Mary) Damon (1895)
b. Nettie Damon (1898-1969)
c. John K. Damon (1900-1982) aka “Ushke Sousi Damon” per Indian Reservation Census
d. Edward Damon (10-3-1992)
e. Oscar Damon (1905-1999)
2) Charles married Tahabah Mennie Maxine (1876-1879 - 1961) between 1905-1906 and had the following children:
a. Glareye (Grareye) Damon (1905)
b. Simon Damon (1906-1962)
c. Nellie Damon (1910-1961)
d. David Damon (1913)
e. Anson Chandler Damon (1914-1984)
f. Olson Charles Damon, Adopted, 1918-1999)
"Charles translated Navajo oral traditions." The Navajo nation never had a written language. To preserve their oral traditions, Charles translated them into English. This occurred many years before this exceptional circumstance would effect the outcome of World War II (Code Talkers).
The lack of a written language was exceptional in that that the development of the "Code" was unique and invaluable during World War II. The Japanese had no way of learning or understanding this unwritten, highly evolved language to decode the messages sent in Navajo. His son, Anson, was a "Code Talker."
* Sources for family
1880 Buckeye Station, Apache, Arizona Census
1900 Arizona Territory Apache Navajo Indian Reservation District 0075
1910 Navajo Indian Reservation, Apache, Arizona
1920 Navajo Indian Reservation, McKinley, New Mexico Census
* Sources for Name "Charles Sumner Damon" (incorrectly named as Charles Butler Damon on web)
Son, John K. Damon's, hand-written family group sheet, written "Sumner" as his father's middle name, not "S." Document In possession of John’s son, Lafe Damon, and his wife, Kristin.
1900 US Federal Census (Twelfth Census of the United States). Charles S. Damon
Anson’s male children were all named after American heroes. IMO, Charles was named after the famous politician & abolitionist, Sen. Charles Sumner (1811-1874). Please read "The Crime Against Kansas" about "whether Kansas should be admitted to the Union as a slave state or a free state" (May 19, 1856) https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/The_Crime_Against_Kansas.htm
1) Charles married Hasbah Ethel Plentymutash bef. 1895 (ca. 1872-1965), divorced (religious differences), and she subsequently married Charles’s younger brother, Thomas Jefferson Damon, about 1906 . Charles & Hasbah had the following children:
a. Marry (Mary) Damon (1895)
b. Nettie Damon (1898-1969)
c. John K. Damon (1900-1982) aka “Ushke Sousi Damon” per Indian Reservation Census
d. Edward Damon (10-3-1992)
e. Oscar Damon (1905-1999)
2) Charles married Tahabah Mennie Maxine (1876-1879 - 1961) between 1905-1906 and had the following children:
a. Glareye (Grareye) Damon (1905)
b. Simon Damon (1906-1962)
c. Nellie Damon (1910-1961)
d. David Damon (1913)
e. Anson Chandler Damon (1914-1984)
f. Olson Charles Damon, Adopted, 1918-1999)
"Charles translated Navajo oral traditions." The Navajo nation never had a written language. To preserve their oral traditions, Charles translated them into English. This occurred many years before this exceptional circumstance would effect the outcome of World War II (Code Talkers).
The lack of a written language was exceptional in that that the development of the "Code" was unique and invaluable during World War II. The Japanese had no way of learning or understanding this unwritten, highly evolved language to decode the messages sent in Navajo. His son, Anson, was a "Code Talker."
* Sources for family
1880 Buckeye Station, Apache, Arizona Census
1900 Arizona Territory Apache Navajo Indian Reservation District 0075
1910 Navajo Indian Reservation, Apache, Arizona
1920 Navajo Indian Reservation, McKinley, New Mexico Census
* Sources for Name "Charles Sumner Damon" (incorrectly named as Charles Butler Damon on web)
Son, John K. Damon's, hand-written family group sheet, written "Sumner" as his father's middle name, not "S." Document In possession of John’s son, Lafe Damon, and his wife, Kristin.
1900 US Federal Census (Twelfth Census of the United States). Charles S. Damon
Anson’s male children were all named after American heroes. IMO, Charles was named after the famous politician & abolitionist, Sen. Charles Sumner (1811-1874). Please read "The Crime Against Kansas" about "whether Kansas should be admitted to the Union as a slave state or a free state" (May 19, 1856) https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/The_Crime_Against_Kansas.htm
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