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John H. DAMERON was born in the State of Missouri in 1850, and is a son of John and Julia (MELTON) DAMERON. The father was a tiller of the soil, and both he and wife died in 1850, leaving two children, Florence and John H., to battle their own way in the world. John H. was educated at Mount Pleasant Baptist School at Huntsville, Mo., and then became clerk in the clothing house of Stronger, Allen & Co., at St. Louis, Mo. In 1869 he came to Southwest Missouri, and has been successfully engaged in the general merchandise business in Marionville. He has a nice stock of goods, valued at about $15,000, and has a fine residence in the town. He is also interested in the smelting and mining company, at Aurora, and is one of the stockholders in the bank at Marionville. In 1873 he was married to Miss Estella, a daughter of Dr. P.M. SLAUGHTER, of Marionville, and, by her is the father of three children: Earnest P., Bert C. and Florence M. Mr.
Dameron is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
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